Pia Bergqvist

A new 3D display of the Wright Flyer, credited as the airplane that achieved the first powered flight in December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, has been added to the downtown campus of the Smithsonian Institution. The Wright Flyer was scanned using a 3D laser, which produces a highly detailed and accurate image of […]

FAA documents obtained by a local news source in Salisbury, Maryland, indicate that an airline pilot who was flying a Bombardier Dash 8 carrying 24 passengers and three crewmembers intentionally flew at a very low altitude at high speed over his house and a local mall. The incident occurred during the Christmas season in 2012, […]

The fire season is upon us and, with severe drought conditions in some parts of the country, it has the potential to be an ugly one. If you’re planning on flying in the late summer and early fall, before any regular precipitation starts to fall, you need to be aware of the fire potential and […]

Sikorsky has announced the certification of new avionics software that adds capabilities to the cockpit of the S-76D helicopter and reduces the workload for its pilots. The V400 avionics software makes flying the S-76D simple enough that the FAA has signed off on single-pilot operations for pilots flying under IFR rules with the new software. […]

Pilots and flight instructors may soon have a whole new way to evaluate their flights or those of their students. Hilton Software, the creator of the WingX Pro aviation app, has announced that it will soon offer what it calls WingX Rewind, a feature that allows the user to record flight parameters and later replay […]

If you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of major airshows such as AirVenture, which just concluded on Sunday, here is your chance to find out. A reality TV miniseries called Air Boss just launched over the weekend on iTunes TV with great success. According to FourPoints Television, the company that produced Air […]

Volunteers in Wichita, Kansas, who are working to restore a B-29 Superfortress named Doc have brought the massive airplane close to completion and are getting ready to return the bomber to the skies before the new year. The non-profit volunteer organization Doc’s Friends is now raising money for a permanent museum to provide protection and […]

A Hawker Sea Fury that was flying as part of the Royal Navy Culdrose Air Day in Cornwall, in the southwestern corner of England, crash-landed last week in front a large crowd. Video shows smoke coming out of the engine cowl as the 1940s-era fighter approached the runway. The landing gear was extended just before […]

Head up display systems have been around for decades in military airplanes and have started to emerge into the cockpits of business jets in the past few years. While some companies have tried to introduce the system into light aircraft, the effort has yet to see any success. This may change with a new system […]

A Mooney M20L crashed yesterday in a Costco parking lot in San Diego. The Los Angeles Times reported that one of the passengers, an 80-year old woman, died as a result of the crash while the other occupant survived the accident with injuries. No one on the ground was hurt. From the attached video, it […]