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The pilot had barely survived an unrelated house explosion two years earlier.

It wasn’t a tornado, but this kind of severe weather mimics the devastating impact of one.

Plus, a big deal for Garmin, an eastern European country forces down a Western jetliner, NTSB head to step down and much more!

This week’s Plane & Pilot Photo of the Week is from Nick Howell, who along with some very good (and very fit) friends flew their taildraggers into Mineral Canyon, Utah, for some camping, camaraderie and bicycling. The biking was hardcore, 103 miles of hugely vertical stuff, around the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park. […]

The acquisition gives the avionics giant a huge opening for new business.

The rule might have been adopted in good faith, but the actuality could be a disaster for pilots and operators.

The Tecnam lost its engine, and the pilot, with precious cargo aboard, made a textbook (very) soft field landing.

The Super Connie went missing over a remote tract of open ocean. Sinister theories abound. But what really happened?

The digital cam was lost for two years, but once it was found, it helped inform the NTSB’s conclusions on this shocking crash.

Despite the humor and hilarious candor, it looks like a pretty nice plane.