The NTSB released its final report on the 2017 runway excursion of a charter plane, Ameristar 9363, carrying the University of Michigan’s basketball team to a tournament, which it would go on to win, by the way. The plane, an MD-83 (a derivative of the DC-9) went off the runway as its pilots were attempting more »

If you’re like us, then flying is one of the most important things in the world to you. And it doesn’t take long, usually soon after our first solo, if not before, that we begin to learn new things literally on the fly. We learn about flying, for sure, but we also learn about life, more »

The mystery behind the crash on February 23, 2019, of an Atlas Air 767 freight hauler operating under Amazon Prime delivery remains a mystery, though investigators have recently made progress toward solving the riddle of just what happened to the flight. The 767 freighter crashed in stormy weather in Houston’s Trinity Bay far short of more »

Sometimes the cause of a crash is easy to guess at in the early hours. Controlled flight into high terrain in bad weather, a stall/spin on base to final, or a midair collision between two planes are all accidents that give investigators numerous clues to guide the probe. Such is not the case with an more »

  The story about the China Airlines captain asleep at the controls has gone viral…for all the wrong reasons.  There are really only a few possible interpretations to the story, and only one of them is particularly damning to the pilot.  Are you an aviation enthusiast or pilot? Sign up for our newsletter, full of tips, more »

GAMA released its final numbers for aircraft deliveries in 2018, and show several interesting trends in the marketplace.

The most famous fighter of World War II and one of the best-loved airplanes of any kind ever, the P-51 Mustang has been going up in price for years, driven by a limited stock of them—North American Aviation hasn’t made them for 70-something years, after all. It’s pretty typical for P-51s to go for better more »

The head of the 20th Fighter Wing, Colonel Derek O’Malley, on Tuesday relieved Captain Zoe Kotnik of her command of the Viper F-16 demonstration team, saying in an announcement that the move was “due to a loss of confidence in her ability to lead and command” the team. Kotnik will not fly with the team more »

A number of previous episodes and reports raise serious questions about the airman’s history and culpability.

For Oregon man, this wasn’t the first go around, so to speak.

In a well researched and timely piece in the New York Times, authors James Glanz, Julie Cresswell, Thomas Kaplan and Zach Wichter went into detail about how the crash happened and the decisions that led up to it. It was extraordinary reporting, in part because the authors were straightforward in their determinations about what happened. more »

Fans of the original Batman TV series, and we are big fans, who want to get up close and personal with movie lore can do so at the Sebring Sport Aviation Expo, starting next week, where the Batcopter and Batmobile will both appear. The original TV series, starring Adam West as Batman/millionaire Bruce Wayne and more »

What do you do in a developed flat spin? If this question sends a chill down your spine, you’re not alone.  The video, which shows a test pilot of an LSA trying to recover from a well-developed spin pulling the chute, finally. According to BRS, the plane suffered only superficial damage. Without the chute pull, more »