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The aircraft—dubbed Maker—flew at Archer’s California testing facility on December 16 after months of development and preparation.

The first flight of the Douglas DC-3 series turned modern air transport into reality.

The Wright brothers’ first flight isn’t the only aviation happening that occurred on December 17.

U.K.-based air taxi startup Vertical Aerospace has officially become a publicly traded company, following its merger with Broadstone Acquisition Corp.

Each new year presents an opportunity to review the last 12 months. Like our editor in 2020, 2021 saw me receive the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for a half-century of flawless flying. Okay, it wasn’t truly flawless, but nothing got bent. As I review this period, I am somewhat amazed at the metamorphosis […]

The FAA has inspected Archer Aviation’s prototype electric air taxi program, authorizing a special airworthiness certificate, clearing the way for its first hover test flight.

As a VFR pilot who likes to fly at night, I enjoyed Jim Wolper’s “Prepping for Darkness,” September 2021), and a couple of additional points come to mind. First, up your personal weather minimums a lot—four-mile visibility might be fine during the day, but I won’t go unless it’s 10 at night. Second, beware the […]

Hundreds of millions of dollars are potentially at stake in a court battle over two designs for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Have you ever seen a ghost? This time of year, it’s not an uncommon question, even in the scientific world of engineered flight. Aviation is, at its core, an endeavor with the capacity to push Man and machine to new limits. Flying can be pure magic. Perhaps it’s no surprise that sometimes a bit of […]

Starting in 2020, the National Aviation Hall of Fame partnered with a trusted name in early childhood education, ThinkTV/PBS, to create an aviation and aerospace-led, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math)-based curriculum for grades 1 through 3. The program, called “Discovering Flight: Learning with the National Aviation Hall of Fame,” includes in-person tutelage at the […]