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A Sukhoi Superjet 100 landed on its belly at Keflavik International Airport in Iceland over the weekend during a test evaluation of the airplane’s fully automated landing gear. The incident occurred while the jet was performing a landing with a simulated engine failure amid strong crosswinds. None of the five individuals aboard the Superjet were […]

The Westman Islands, locally known as Vestmannaeyjar, are a group of islands off the southern coast of Iceland. Like their better known neighboring island, the Westman Islands are distinguished by rugged terrain that makes flying there particularly challenging. See for yourself how a pilot of former Islandsflug closely skirts the rough mountainsides and ridges to […]

If you’ve always dreamed of becoming a pilot flying with a formation team at the biggest airshow in the world, here is your chance to give it a try. If you plan to attend AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, next week you can get behind the controls of a Yak-52, to fly with the Aerostars aerobatic […]

Soon we launch Flying Magazine’s “51 Heroes of Aviation,” a salute to the greatest, most inspirational and impactful figures in aviation history. “51 Heroes” is the follow on to last year’s hugely popular “Top 100 Airplanes” and this year’s “Top 50 Navigation Innovations”** **— in “Heroes” we recognize not the greatest pilots of all time […]

Helicopter pilots looking for guidelines for situations not covered by checklists, procedures or operating manuals can now get help from a new set of standards called the Helicopter Pilots Model Code of Conduct. The document was designed to help pilots interpret ambiguous regulations and to provide criteria for how to operate their helicopters while minimizing […]

Italian GPS-maker AvMap is about to introduce a lightweight panel-mounted EFIS designed for light sport, experimental and ultralight aircraft. Weighing 5.1 ounces, the AvMap Ultra got its name for its ultra light design. It incorporates a 3.5-inch LCD display that slots into a standard round instrument panel hole. The unit is a full air data […]

Should you pack a tie for Oshkosh? Redbird Flight Simulations has announced it will host pilot interviews for SkyWest Airlines, as well as conduct evaluations of candidates’ IFR skills in a King Air 350i simulator. The process will all take place at the Redbird tent (No. 208) on the EAA AirVenture grounds. Redbird and SkyWest […]

Icon Aircraft has finished designing and testing the angle-of-attack indication system in the Icon A5 light sport amphibian and created an informative video showing just how the device works (view it below). The Icon A5’s AoA indicator is a round dial in the pilot’s line of sight showing a picture of a wing that increases […]

The FAA is crafting an airworthiness directive requiring mandatory inspections of the Boeing 787’s emergency locator transmitters following a fire on board a Dreamliner parked at London Heathrow International Airport earlier this month. The fire aboard the Ethopian Airlines 787 on July 12 burned the top of the jetliner’s fuselage in an area where the […]

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 lost its nose wheel on landing at New York LaGuardia Airport on Monday, spewing sparks as the jetliner skidded on its nose down the runway and injuring eight on board. The incident led to lengthy flight delays at LaGuardia after something went wrong as Southwest Flight 345 landed in light […]