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First Documented Wing Walk: 1911 Early Use: Aircraft refueling & repair (World War I) Founder Of First “Flying Circus:” Ormer Locklear, 1919 Trademark Stunt: Jumping plane-to-plane Most Daring Feat: “Dance of Death” The Stunt: Two pilots switching planes mid-air Hollywood Film Featuring Locklear: The Great Air Robbery Aircraft: Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” Film Featuring His Death: […]

Piper PA-18 Super Cub Big Lake, Alaska/Injuries: 1 The pilot reported that, while performing touch-and-go landings, he applied carburetor heat during the second landing. During takeoff after the second landing, he turned the carburetor heat off and applied full power. Once airborne, the airplane began to lose power, and he manipulated the throttle and carburetor […]

The new airworthiness directive will affect many thousands of planes, and if cracks are detected, the repairs will be expensive.

This short-wing Piper touched down on a Southern California dry lake and just kept sinking.

The emerging supersonic airliner will make first flights next year in a human-piloted scale demonstrator that we totally want to buy when they’re done with it!

Bugs in the pitot? You wish. This pilot had a slightly more substantial problem.

Industry forecasters are downbeat, a very cool new supersonic demonstrator, a pair of tragic GA crashes, and a pair of new events’€”one virtual, one not.

The scale jetliner makes use of semi-aeroelastic wingtips in gate-to-gate demonstration.

The video was clearly staged, but the risks were very real.

The annual, data-based forecast sees three important trends.