NTSB Cites Disturbing Cause Of Fatal Atlas Air Crash
The Safety Board’s report describes a number of causal and contributing factors, leading it to recommend new rules that could have wide-reaching effects on pilots.
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Groundbreaking Piston Single-Engine Planes Through the Years
The evolution of the most popular planes in the sky came in bursts of brilliance and daring.
Dog Chases P-51 Mustang. Guess Who‘s Faster.
The video of an airport pup taking off after a P-51 making a low pass is the best thing we’ve seen all week!
Accident Brief: Fatal NORTH WING Pulse Crash
The hang glider pilot was performing a routine in an airshow that included the hang glider being towed to altitude by a truck-driven winch trailer. The truck and hang glider typically needed to make three passes along the runway in order to gain the altitude required for the routine; however, at the beginning of the […]
Words Aloft: Socially Distant At 140 Knots
Having nowhere in particular to go sounded like a perfect plan. It wound up being even better than that.
Just The Facts News Roundup for the Week Of July 6, 2020
A busy news week includes two tragic aircraft accidents, a new bush plane and a marginally impressive milestone.
Photo Of The Week: The Smile Of Success
Completing your flight training is awesome. Completing your initial training in a jet to become a Naval Aviator? Even better
Video Of The Week: How Scary Is This Cessna 195 Trailer Takeoff!
Watch a gorgeous Cessna 195 take off from behind a speeding truck, and then watch a floatplane land on terra firma.
Mysteries Of Flight: What Happened To Disappearing Boeing 727
In 2003, a Boeing 727 allegedly being piloted by a man with only a private pilot certificate took off from an airport in Angola and was never seen again.
