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Going Direct: Cape Air Orders 75 Eviation Alice Electric Planes “¦or So They Say
The order is part of a song and dance that airplane makers and their customers have been performing for decades. Here’s what the ’news’ really means.
Three Plane Crashes Into Power Lines And Why They Happened
Each incident was preventable.
“A Plane Without A Pilot”Crashes Into House
The taildragger was not a top secret Bellanca drone. No one was hurt.
Going Direct: The FAA Needs Meaningful Reform
Past legislative efforts designed to make the FAA less heavy handed have failed.
FAA Suspends Backcountry Aviator Trent Palmer‘s Certificate
The decision seems to rest on some extremely problematic assumptions.
Announcing Finalists for Plane & Pilot Your Flying World Photo Contest
The winners will be announced next week!
Photo Of The Week: Two Launches
Photographer Andi Wofford captured the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral this week. The result, as you can see, is spectacular.
Mystery of EgyptAir Crash Solved, FAA on Red Bull Fiasco, and 172 Takes Small Arms Fire
Plus, YouTube pilot gets ticket revoked; Daher delivers first FADEC TBM; Young Eagles getting older; and much much more.
EgyptAir Flight 804 Disaster Caused by Pilot Smoking
The crash killed all 66 people aboard
