Aviation News

The photograph is haunting, if you know when it was taken. Most of the upper part of the frame is filled with a bright yellow wing, banked fairly steeply to the right. The flap is down a notch; the aileron too is deflected slightly downward. The lower part of the picture contains a patch of […]

NASA’s Discovery shuttle took off from Kennedy Space Center aboard the back of a modified Boeing 747 on Tuesday for one final departure from Cape Canaveral as it heads for its resting place at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Close to 2,000 spectators coalesced near the runway to bid NASA’s oldest shuttle farewell […]

Air race lovers rejoiced after the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) scheduled the annual National Championship Air Races this year in Reno, Nevada, Sept. 12-16. Tickets are already on sale, but time will tell what the event may look like. As a result of the accident investigation following the devastating crash of the Galloping Ghost […]

When Appareo, Sporty’s and ForeFlight launched Stratus, an all-new free-weather ADS-B receiver for the iPad at Sun ‘n Fun, we couldn’t wait to review it. As it turned out, we didn’t have long to wait. Yesterday, I flew Stratus with ForeFlight co-founder Tyson Weihs to evaluate the unit so we could answer the question we’ve […]

Seventy years after the Doolittle Raiders took off from the USS Hornet in B-25s for the first air strike of World War II on the Japanese mainland, the five remaining Doolittle Raiders are coming together to commemorate their historic mission and share their stories with the public. The reunion will take place April 17-20 at […]

A major restoration project is underway of one of the most famous B-17s, the Memphis Belle, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. This Flying Fortress, which completed 25 missions over Europe before returning to the United States, was made famous by the […]

The ** crash of an F8F Bearcat** at Breckenridge, Texas, last week that claimed the life of well known air racer and airshow performer Howard Pardue came during an abortive aerobatic maneuver. According the NTSB’s preliminary report on the crash, Pardue was executing a low-level manuever that somehow went terribly wrong. A witness, a pilot […]

Industry giants Boeing and Embraer are joining forces in an effort to develop ** sustainable biofuels** and achieve other goals, the two companies announced on Monday. In a vaguely worded statement, the two companies agreed to “pursue several areas of cooperation, including commercial aircraft features that enhance safety and efficiency, research and technology and sustainable […]

In celebration of its 80th year in business, Sensenich has created a promotion that will award one customer an 80 percent discount off the purchase from the factory of any new or rebuilt metal, wood or composite propeller. In order to be eligible to win, you need to be one of the first 80 customers […]

The full details are still unknown, but the FAA is investigating a bizarre April 3 incident at Denver International Airport in which controllers are heard on a tower audio recording ignoring an emergency call from a United Airlines flight with smoke in the cockpit, apparently deciding the call is a hoax. A controller is heard […]