Meg Godlewski

Sometimes an aircraft, especially a military aircraft, is a touchstone for families. It doesn’t matter if the loved one was the pilot of the airplane or even a member of the flight crew. What matters is that they have a fond memory of the airplane, and when they share it with their family, the airplane […]

A retired Air Force maintenance technician recalls working on one of these famous aircraft.

For the first time in more than 18 months, airlines are carrying passengers from the U.K. to the U.S. And the occasion was celebrated with quite a unique event. British Airways flight BA001—a flight number previously reserved for Concorde—and Virgin Atlantic flight VS3, both operating on A350 aircraft, departed from London’s Heathrow (EGLL) airport bound […]

Resilience is a key trait for both pilots and non-profit organizations, and both were manifested by the LightHawk conservation organization during a second year of the pandemic. On Monday, LightHawk released its annual report noting the challenges and successes of the 2021 fiscal year as the group moved ahead with its mission to protect the […]

Improper maintenance, poor judgement by the flight crew and the FAA’s decision to approve the airline to operate out of the accident airport have been cited as causal factors in the deadly runway overrun by a Saab SA-2000 in Unalaska, Alaska in 2019. On Tuesday, the NTSB held a meeting to determine the causal factors […]

Teaching people to fly should incorporate risk management, yet currently the test standards for CFIs do not contain a mechanism for evaluating the applicant’s judgement toward risk. This will change with the release of the airman certification standards for CFIs, a document currently in development. The date for the release has not been set; however, […]

Some of aviation’s ghosts are more famous than others. The Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, is the home of the Howard Hughes H-4. Hughes dubbed the behemoth wooden airplane The Hercules, but most people know it as ‘the Spruce Goose,’ a pejorative name allegedly bestowed by a senator who objected to the […]

This year’s event is scheduled for July 25 to 31 back in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Inspector general alleges maintenance issues at American Airlines have resulted in unairworthy aircraft.

Are you one of those pilots who opts to hang up their wings during the winter? While it is true that the shorter days, colder weather, ice, snow, and rain can make flying more of a challenge, there is no reason to slam on the brakes. With a little more planning you can make the […]