First off, the Shuttle IS a glider. It's main engines are only designed to get it to orbit, then once the fuel is used up it loses the tank and main engines wont operate, and BTW this should be common knowlege to you and anyone that doesnt live in a cave. ::)

As for the black panel, I have not seen this except in some customers reports in the "bug" section, which is where this question belongs BTW. ;)

Uhhh, and no need to shout, or cuss.