Fly together above the Nevada desert on an exciting glider flight! Ideal for couples with a sense of adventure, a glider flight takes you riding the thermals, columns of warm air rising from the desert. Feel the rise, dip and thrust of pure flight as you soar above the desert.

Description
A glider is an unpowered aircraft - an airplane without a motor. Gliders are amazing graceful machines and are about as close as humans can get to soaring like birds. Just imagine yourself gliding effortlessly, silently, peacefully high above the Nevada Desert, barely a sound to disturb you.

Without an engine, a glider's first challenge is getting off the ground and up to altitude. The most common launching method is an aero-tow. A conventional powered plane tows the glider up into the sky using a long rope.

The glider pilot controls a quick-release mechanism, located in the glider's nose and releases the rope at the desired altitude. Right after release, the glider and the tow plane turn in opposite directions and the glider begins its unpowered flight.

The key to staying in the air for long periods of time is to get some help from Mother Nature whenever possible. For 30 minutes glide through the sky. Ride the desert thermals - columns of rising air created by the heating of the Earth's surface.

The thermals keep these unique aircraft airborne (flight time may be extended if conditions permit). With no engines to disturb the silence - the only sound you'll hear is the WOOOOSH of the wind across the wings.

Our professional pilots all have more than 10 years of experience flying gliders so you can just sit back and have a good time.

Our morning flights offer the smoothest rides, while our afternoon flights may be extended due to optimum weather conditions. Try our sunrise or sunset flights for spectacular photo opportunities!

Comfort & Safety
Maximum combined body weight on this tour is 300 pounds.

Experience the graceful flight of a bird for yourself! Come check it out and see what all the buzz is about!

Maximum combined body weight on this tour is 300 pounds.

Avoid booking this tour on the last day of your stay. You may experience a flight delay if there is wind, rain or a heavy cloud base.

If one passenger is over 200 lbs, we recommend booking our single passenger flights. If you are interested, click here.