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The military is looking at the machine, called Hexa, for troop mobility. We want one for fun!

Beech 35 Bonanza Caldwell, New Jersey/Injuries: 4 The pilot reported that the air traffic tower controller had cleared him to land behind another airplane and that he was distracted searching for the airplane ahead and did not extend the landing gear. He eventually visually located the traffic and continued the approach. He did not hear […]

Pilots Prepare for Pink Slips as Furloughs Firm Up

See how fast it all happens and what precision flying it takes. Amazing.

The updated look at the birth of the manned space program is a dramatic series based on the book by Tom Wolfe. There’s a lot to recommend it.

Across 1 Substance used as a drying agent when storing planes 6 Sudden severe turbulence occurring in cloudless regions causing violent buffeting of the aircraft, abbr. 8 Prop sound 9 Gauge datum 10 Dornier letters 11 Religious denomination, for short 13 Venturi _____ (plural) 16 _____ yaw: yaw generated when the ailerons are used 18 […]

When artificial intelligence soundly defeated a frontline fighter pilot last week, it wasn’t the beginning of the end. It was just the punctuation.

This week’s Plane & Pilot Photo Of The Week is a devastating one—a satellite image courtesy of NASA that shows great extent of the smoke created by the dozens of active fires burning in the Western United States. The photo shows that smoke reaching at least 500 miles from the California shore. There are literally […]

Extreme Weather and Wildfires, Police Hunt A Scofflaw Pilot, Fastest King Air, Aviation For Girls and More

The big tri-engine Douglas heavy does its thing on the front lines, and there’s real risk involved to everyone on site.