During flight, the engine can be turned on and off with the flip of a switch, allowing the aircraft to be flown as either a microlight or glider. Unlike typical microlights and self-launching gliders, ProAirsport's GloW is propeller-free.

For the weekend enthusiast – a big segment of the microlight and glider flying crowd – a clear advantage of GloW is its ease of use: simple to rig and ready to fly in 15 minutes. Another advantage claimed by company owner, veteran glider pilot Roger Hurley, will be the GloW's revolutionary price, though exactly what that price is has yet to be determined.

"GloW is a recreational aircraft designed as a crossover between the microlight or ultralight, and self-launching sailplane [glider] traditions," says Hurley. "It's also a hybrid that takes advantage of developments in small powerful electric motors and the light weight and small size of micro-jet turbines.