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Night Flying Tips From The Night Owls
The rocks are just as hard at night as during the day. Here are some tips to avoid them.
Plane & Pilot Photo of The Week for February 26, 2021
The engine came apart on departure, with parts raining down on Denver suburbs
Just The Facts Roundup of Aviation News For The Week Of February 22, 2021
Amazing images from Mars, first video of a promising Multicopter, farewell to an aviation friend and more details emerge on the UAL 777 that lost an engine on departure last weekend.
First-Ever Video: Joby Aviation Flies Electric Multicopter/Tiltrotor
The six-motor mobility platform is probably the most ambitious craft of its type to fly
Video: Giant Ice Cave! (Or is it a tunnel?) Is Disneyland for Pilots
A naturally forming and seasonal ice cave is the fly-out destination for Alaska pilots. Check out pilot Geoff Oliver’s super video of the wonder.
Aileron Cable Broke On Takeoff? Pilot Rolled To A Survivable Crash Landing
The early explanation is that the fast-thinking pilot rolled into the uncommanded turn and crash-landed on the belly. There are some questions investigators are likely to raise, though.
Smithsonian‘s National Air And Space Museum To Honor Naval Aviator
A $10 million donation from the Kislak Family Foundation will fund a World War II aviation gallery
A Pilotless Future? Two New “Advances”Continue The Movement
Headlines include a big helicopter’s pilotless first flight and a two-pilot ’crew’ with only one human.
UFO Swarms Of The Hudson Valley
A mid-’80s outbreak of mystery craft by hundreds of people continues to defy explanation.