Aviation News for the Week of March 1, 2021
Third time is the charm, said the announcer as SpaceX’s SN10 rocket touched down successfully. But it was a …
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FAA Employee Charged After Self-described “Treason And Espionage”
In a bizarre legal case that has observers scratching their collective heads, Brian J. Booth, a 38-year-old member …
Video: Hog Hunt Chopper‘s Engine Fails As Wild Sequence Ensues
The accompanying gripping video was shot by the left-seat passenger on the third hog-hunting flight of the day …
SpaceX Starship SN10 Sticks The Landing (Then Blows Up!)
On its third try at landing its spaceship prototype, SpaceX showed that it could successfully maneuver the huge rocket ship …
Help Your Airplane Fly Better
In the days before the arrival of the Boeing 757 and Airbus A 320, with their glass cockpits, full-feature …
Ghost Blimp
MYSTERY
In August of 1942, a U.S. Navy L-8 blimp crash-landed in Daly City, California. What makes …
Ever Land At The Wrong Airport? It‘s An Easier Mistake Than You Think
Your Friendly Aviation Administration brings some useful and valuable assets to your effort to stay up to date with enhancing …
Air Racing Goes Electric!
It’s hard to imagine enjoying an air race without the din of high-powered piston engines thundering around the …
A Short Flight Home Takes A Heart-Stopping Detour
There aren’t a lot of friendly choices when you lose power on takeoff from an airport set in a …
Here’s What’s Wrong With The Future of Flight As Imagined By Silicon Valley
With the passing of Chuck Yeager late in 2020, the era of the World War II aviator is symbolically gone …
