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The national flag carrier for the Netherlands, KLM, has flown that flag now for 100 years, not only with a royal blessing, but also a number of other firsts and records to its credit. KLM celebrates 100 years of flying under the same business name, “Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij voor Nederland en Koloniën,” or Royal Dutch […]

With women still only making up approximately seven percent of the total U.S. pilot population, Women in Aviation International’s (WAI) mission continues to be introducing interested girls age 8-17 to what is possible should they choose aviation and aerospace as a career path. To present the industry to girls worldwide, WAI held their Girls in […]

Aerobatic performer and competitor Rob Holland continues to dominate the Unlimited Power Category at the International Aerobatic Club’s U.S. National Aerobatic Championships, taking his ninth consecutive win in Salina, Kansas, last weekend. Flying an MX Aircraft MXS airplane, Holland won all three programs: known, free and unknown, accumulating a total of 11,265 points, 237 points […]

Handling emergencies and unusual situations is a significant part of learning to fly and remaining current to fly any airplane. Flight training can’t possibly teach pilots how to handle every single event they could encounter, however. With that concept in mind, pilots are often taught to look for the similarities between one event and another […]

Like all aviation associations, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) keeps a sharp focus on the “next generation” of young leaders entering the aviation workforce. One of the association’s most visible initiatives in this regard is their Young Professionals in Business Aviation Council (YoPro), the group tasked with choosing NBAA’s 2019 “40 Under 40” list. […]

The Boeing B-17 Nine-O-Nine crashed at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, during a week of an airshow featuring vintage aircraft. The airplane was operated by The Collings Foundation. The airport confirmed in a statement at 10:21 a.m. on Wednesday, October 2, that a Collings Foundation “World War II aircraft” had been involved in […]

The triennial meeting of the global aviation agency ICAO is taking place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on September 24 through October 4, 2019, and it has been punctuated so far with protests on climate change—while at the same time maintaining its focus on global priorities to address aviation safety, air navigation capability and efficiency, security, […]

“Aviators tell their own story,” says Lindsey Dreiling, president of the board of directors of the Kansas Commission on Aerospace Education. “[The goal for KCAE] was to bring school-age kids to a hands-on experience, to sit in the aircraft.” With 53 aircraft total participating in the 2019 Kansas Air Tour last weekend, more than 1,000 […]

The Boeing Blue Sky Aviation Gallery at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum at Centennial Airport in Englewood, Colorado was a “breathtaking” venue for the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) to present their Enshrinement of the “Class of 2019” Inductees. Among the inductees at the 57th annual dinner and induction ceremony were […]

John Goglia and Gregory Feith, two well-known and outspoken aviation safety insiders, this week released episode three of their new podcast the “Flight Safety Detectives.” The show looks in depth at aircraft accidents, aircraft technology and the big business of aviation around the world. The hosts will also provide important “backstories” to the flying public […]