Glider

A team of engineers at Northwestern University have built tiny microchips with wings that glide like a maple tree's winged seed.

Mini Flutterers 

They want to drop swarms and fill the air.

Scientists Build World's Tiniest Flying Machines, Smaller Than a Grain of Sand

A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology invented a glider made out of a special polymer that self-destructs at a certain temperature.

Puddle Glider

All that's left is a faint smell and some residue.

This Stealthy Glider Self-Destructs When Exposed to Sunlight

And it did so without any help from an engine.

This Is the Weirdest Aircraft You've Ever Seen, and It Just Broke an Important Record

Airbus Is Trying to Send a Glider Into Suborbital Space