Aircraft

UK military officials are selling off Royal Air Force Sentinel R1 airframes, reversing previous plans to scrap the surveillance aircraft for parts.

It’s said that one person’s treasure is another person’s trash. This played out last week at King County International Airport (KBFI) in Seattle, where the county oversaw the demolition of what it describes in a media release as a “derelict 727.” According to the release, “A court action last year declared the aircraft a nuisance […]

Cessna’s Citation Special Olympics Airlift is set to take off this weekend, the latest in a long series of such airlifts started by Cessna back in 1987. This year the big change is that many of the athletes will be flying in airplanes built by Beechcraft, Cessna’s new sister company under the Textron Aviation banner. […]

Two larger-than-life FLYING covers grace the factory walls at the Piper Aircraft manufacturing facility in Vero Beach, Florida. The first, from March 2008, shows off the newly launched Piper Matrix, a nonpressurized version of the original PA-46 series made a little bit easier to manage by its relative lack of complexity, bringing a big-cabin feel […]

Under partnership, Pipistrel to supply motors, batteries and motor controllers for Airflow’s proof-of-concept aircraft.

As far as aircraft go, the Douglas C-124 Cargomaster II was a vital way marker for the U.S. Air Force in the days following the year-long Berlin Airlift when U.S. and British air forces began airlifting food and fuel to a blockaded West Germany in 1948. Two years later, in 1950, the cargo aircraft that […]

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.

Jason Williamson says flying clubs can give you a pretty good taste of airplane ownership before you dive completely in.

The 2021 Bell Fort Worth Alliance Air Show on October 23 featured dramatic action from the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, and performers Bill Stein, David Martin, and Matt Younkin tracing magic through the skies. Also on display: several demonstration teams from the armed forces showing off the latest hardware—and a few famous friends like the […]