Tag: GLIDER

In case all the shake-ups at NASA have gotten you down in the dumps, perhaps you can take solace in those thrifty Brits and their newest entry in the space race: paper airplanes. Three private citizens -- Steve Daniels, John Oates and Lester Haines -- raised $13,000 (£8,000) in funds to launch the 'Vulture 1' glider (which measures three feet across) and its attached helium balloon into ...

Finding somebody to tow your fancy glider thousands of feet into the air is hardly cheap or convenient, so Desert Aerospace has developed a jet-powered sailplane that can launch itself into the sky. The company's TST-14J BonusJet, which completed its first successful test flight this spring, will supposedly be cheaper than other self-launching gliders that are manufactured in Europe (although, ...

Every year, Neiman Marcus offers outrageously expensive and exclusive gifts through its Christmas Book. In the past, the catalog has featured such one-of-a-kind items as a space flight on Virgin Galactic (currently scheduled for 2009), a Skycar even a private water park. This year, though, the high-end retailer has really outdone itself on the gadget front. The creepiest is easily the Swami ...