Remember the old joke about helicopters being a loose collection of parts flying in formation? Well here’s an example of a helicopter on the ground whose loose collection of parts suddenly decided to become a lot looser. The self-imposed destruction of this Helibras-built AS350 AStar happened in Brazil on Feb. 23. Ground resonance is thought […]
Despite a tumultuous year that saw the company pushed to the verge of bankruptcy, Diamond Aircraft‘s sales increased by a healthy 33 percent last year, according to Q4 numbers released by the company. Diamond said it made a total of 185 deliveries last year, a substantial leap from the 139 deliveries made in the year […]
The FAA National Kit Evaluation Team recently gave a thumbs up to Sonex Aircraft‘s single-seat kitplane known as the Onex, granting Onex builders access to approved checklists for the foldable-wing design that will allow them to show compliance with the 51 percent rule. Powered by an 80 hp AeroVee engine and small enough to fit […]
Remember that runway overrun by an F-16C at Oshkosh last summer (see it on video here)? Plenty of armchair pilots speculated about why it might have happened, with possible causes centering on what many presumed was a brake problem or perhaps too high an airspeed on final. It turns out that not a single one […]
You can’t beat a front-row bleachers view of a stellar aerobatic performance from a group like the Black Diamond Jet Team, unless of course you’re actually in the cockpit. The majority of us may never get that chance, but this video is perhaps the next best thing. With footage shot from a GoPro Hero 2 […]
Cirrus Aircraft said it delivered more airplanes in the fourth quarter of 2011 than any since 2008, handing the Duluth, Minnesota, manufacturer its strongest performance of the last 12 quarters and reason for optimism heading into 2012. “Several factors came together in the fourth quarter to make it one of the strongest in recent memory,” […]
André Borschberg, the CEO and co-founder of Solar Impulse, has completed three continuous days and nights of simulated flight in preparation for the planned solar-powered circumnavigation of earth scheduled to take place in 2014. The purpose of the simulated flight was to evaluate the effects of continuous flight on the human body and the design […]
Seven Marines were killed Wednesday night when an AH-1 Super Cobra and a UH-1Y Huey collided midair during a routine training exercise at the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Arizona. According to the Marine Corps, the collision occurred in a remote training region west of the Chocolate Mountains in California. The crash occurred around […]
Eclipse pilots can now add one more go-to aviation app to their repertoire of iPad favorites, Eclipse Aerospace announced on Wednesday. The new app, custom made for pilots of the twin-engine Eclipse jet, offers a variety of tools to streamline the flight planning process and improve situational awareness in flight. In addition to emergency procedures, […]
(March 2012) Slipping gradually toward an accident is very common, but it is not the only way accidents happen. At the opposite end of the spectrum lie accidents in which a pilot who has always flown in a safe and professional manner makes one critical mistake. One area in which this type of accident is […]
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