The phrase is often used by people who soar high in the sky in non-motorized lightweight aircraft. These adventurists hang gliders and paragliders, known as pilots, challenge gravity from a 600 feet ...

Some like to take in the Inland Northwest's views from a comfortable park bench. Others like to take them in while plummeting from 13,000 feet above the ground. "If you don't like having fun, then don ...

The closest Rich Selgrad has ever gotten to achieving his lifelong dream of flying like a bird is when he is up in his hang glider or paraglider. “I’ve been wingtip to wingtip with a bald eagle,” said ...

ADAMS — Hang gliders and paragliders say they’re working with the state to find a way to safely take flight off of Mount Greylock's eastern summit on weekends. After two mishaps between spectators and ...

Williams Ridge: Access from 6 miles up Williams Peak Road, found about 1 mile past Green Mountain Reservoir on Highway 9 (25 miles north of Silverthorne) Copper Mountain: Access is limited to members ...

A TWO-TIME hand-gliding champion has died after a catastrophic paragliding crash in Brazil. Philip Haegler, 59, was seconds from safe landing when disaster struck. The veteran flyer took off just ...

A hang gliding instructor killed along with an 11-year-old boy in a crash near Jean on Friday did not have a permit to operate on the federal land where the aircraft went down, according to the Bureau ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - The future of the University of Montana's south campus is still in the air, but that's not stopping the UM Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club from looking at the future. The ...