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Fires continue to devastate the west, Hurricane Laura smashes inland, and some actual good news in this week’s roundup of aviation stories in the headlines.

You won’t believe how he intends to do it.

With the release last week of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, hurricane hunting has turned safe and easy. Plus, we’ve got scenes from real hurricane hunters.

The storm came ashore as a Category 4 hurricane, causing extensive damage to infrastructure.

The company that operated the flight of the Sikorsky S76B that crashed in late January killing basketball superstar Kobe Bryant and seven others is suing air traffic controllers. The suit alleges that controllers’ handling of the flight, specifically turning down the pilot’s request for flight following, caused increased stress and workload, which resulted in the […]

In the suit, the charter company claims the controllers are at fault for the crash.

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.