Julie Boatman

With an incredible history, the legendary biplane meets the modern era.

FLYING’s editor-in-chief counts down the top stories from 2023.

December 17, 1935, saw the first flight of the Douglas Sleeper Transport, or DST, which marked the first variant of the DC-3 series. One last major offensive in World War II is worth reflection upon the anniversary of the DC-3’s first flight.

The next expression of a modern trainer comes from an atelier of Italian design.

Winter in North Carolina came early—bringing a deluge of rain that threatened the celebration of the Centennial of Flight on December 17, 2003.

The two-seat training airplane, the Tecnam P-Mentor, is flying around Europe and we get a demo flight in Italy.

Diamond Aircraft launched its first single-engine piston airplane into the European market in 1992 with the two-seat Dimona—later Diamond—DV20 Katana, powered by a Diamond Wankel engine.

The single-engine piston, diesel-powered Diamond DA50RG with a Continental CD-300 engine sets the bar for the category. We put one of the first ones to the test in Austria.

Differences between the V-tail and T-tail Bonanza versions exist and are significant enough to show up on a comparative level.

The collaborative project between the French OEM, Safran, and Airbus demonstrates the next step in the decarbonization roadmap via distributed propulsion.