Flying Staff

Managing Editor Connie Sue White gets back to her roots.

After a 15-month orbital mission, the super secret X-37B touched down in California over the weekend.

This 16-prop “volocopter” eyes approval.

John Monnett has had a fascinating career in aviation…without any formal training. Here are his most prominent designs.

Yesterday’s crash has thrust the high-flying Global Hawk into the spotlight.

Think you can tell a Pilatus PC-12 cockpit from the cockpit of a TBM 850? How about a Grumman F8F Bearcat from a Vought F4U Corsair? Whether you’re a new aviation enthusiast or a veteran airplane fanatic, take our Name that Airplane quiz and see if your aircraft knowledge is up to snuff. Launch the […]

How the Glasair and the GlaStar changed the world of composite homebuilts.

One family’s unique aircraft design is taking off with the help of a grassroots online fundraising effort.

The Dragon has achieved a major milestone, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station.

This model airplane fly-in featured aircraft that come amazingly close to the real thing.