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Are aircraft condensation trails really a form of chemical warfare being carried out on unsuspecting innocents below?

The Batcopter will make an appearance at the Sebring Sport Aviation Expo starting next week. Here’s why everything you thought you knew about the crime fighting copter was wrong.

Learn all about the history and evolution of gliders.

Forty years in between memorable experiences in very different airplanes keeps love of flying alive for pilot.

The partial government shutdown is in Day 19, and things are getting bad. They could soon be worse.

PILATUS PC-12 Amarillo, Texas Injuries: 3 Fatal The pilot and two medical crewmembers departed on an air ambulance flight in night instrument meteorological conditions to pick up a patient. After departure, the local air traffic controller observed the airplane’s primary radar target with an incorrect transponder code in a right turn and climbing through 4,400 […]

The new rules will bring some profound changes to the process for instructors, practical test takers and examiners, too.

Knowing when to give it another try is a key to avoiding a big safety risk.

The internet is yelling four simple instructions to this lucky-to-be-alive pilot.

Forty years ago, a Twin Otter went down en route to Denver from Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The story of what happened next is as riveting as the analysis of why it happened.