Unpowered flight

The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days, but the Pentagon decided not to shoot it down over concerns of hurting people on the ground, officials said Thursday. The discovery of the balloon puts a further strain on U.S.-China relations at a time of heightened tensions.

They are co-training in free fall jumps

In the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, the first hot air balloon took off in Göbeklitepe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site which is described as the "zero point in history."

A hang glider participates in the 32nd Panhellenic Hang Gliding Championship, which started on Saturday in Old Kastania, in the Municipality of Servia-Velvento, northern Greece. Around 40 of Greece's best hang gliders are competing daily. The championship is co-organized by the Hellenic Aeronautical & Airsports Federation and the Municipality of Servia-Velvento.

Two people have lost their lives in an incident with a hung glider not far from Kazanlak in central Bulgaria.

The pilot has died in the crash. The other man has passed away en route to the hospital, public radio BNR reports.

The Pera Museum in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Istanbul will present a special "Long Friday Concert." Hezarfen Ensemble will perform composer Mark Andre's works on Feb. 26.  

A Turkish cardiac surgeon died on Sept. 13 in a parachute accident during a wingsuit jump from the summit of a mountain in the French Alps, where he traveled on the weekend.

An American BASE jumper has died after an accident while BASE jumping from a rocky mountain in the eastern Turkish province of Erzincan on July 21.

2014 was a year in which the strengths and weaknesses of Turkish design were seen clearly in regard to its tradition and practice, which sometimes shone with brilliant examples and at other times bedevilled people with conditions that challenged the ?sanity? of innovators.