Multiple foreign news outlets shared a video earlier this week that appears to show a foreign object striking the Bell P-63 Kingcobra just moments …
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NTSB Calls For Special Operating Rules for Alaska Air Tours
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Wednesday published a letter urging the FAA to develop and implement new airspace …
The Questionable Goal of Carbon Neutrality in Aviation
Recently a startup company, Ampaire, reported on the first flight of its Cessna Caravan conversion, which it calls the Eco …
Hybrid Caravan Makes First Flight
Ampaire, the maker of a diesel/electric modification of the Cessna Caravan turboprop single, is making their case for the …
Following 2016 Tragedy, FAA Mandates Medical Cert for Commercial Balloon Pilots
After the 2016 balloon tragedy in Texas, in which all 16 aboard the craft perished after it hit power lines …
Metroliner Full of Dogs Crash-Lands, All Survive
To start off, no, none of the dogs aboard an Ameriflight Swearingen Metroliner that crashed outside of Milwaukee on Tuesday …
Understanding the Dallas Midair Disaster
The midair collision last weekend (November 12, 2022) between two World War II vintage aircraft, a Boeing B-17 Flying …
Helicopter Pioneer Frank Robinson Flies West
Frank Robinson, the legendary founder of Torrance, California-based light helicopter manufacturer Robinson Helicopters, died on Saturday at his Rolling …
Dallas Midair Disaster: Authorities Identify Victims
Authorities have identified the six men who died in the collision of two World War II-era planes, a Boeing …
FAA Clarifies Joby Path to Certification
The FAA has published a special rule to give Joby Aviation a pathway to certify its vertical lift urban aerial …
ForeFlight Struggles
Popular all-in-one pilot app ForeFlight has had a rough couple of weeks, and at least some of it …
