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Giant Pothole Closes Runway at LaGuardia Airport

A pothole measuring 8 feet by 2 feet appeared on Runway 13-31 at LaGuardia Airport yesterday, leaving just one open runway and bottlenecking departing and arriving flights for over an hour. Around 3 p.m., a pilot on a departing flight from LGA reported the damage. On air traffic control recordings, the pilot is heard telling […]

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Video: Skydiver Jumps from T-6 Texan

This video ranks in the “don’t try this at home” category, but we thought it was worth sharing. The video shows a skydiver jumping out of a North American T-6 Texan, the legendary advanced military trainer, which has become a staple in the warbird scene at airshows around the country. However, with its glass canopy […]

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Video: Helicopter crashes in Pearl Harbor

A tourist taking photos at Pearl Harbor caught a frightening moment on video when a helicopter giving a tour of the area crashed into the water right in front of him. The video footage shows the Bell 206B quickly lose altitude over the water near the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii before crashing down Thursday […]

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Top 10 Viral Aviation Videos of 2015

These days almost anything aviation can be caught on video — stunning airshow performances, hair-raising emergencies or priceless experiences you can only get while being in the cockpit. Thanks to the accessibility of video cameras, people have the opportunity to capture some pretty incredible and unbelievable moments that were much more difficult to record only […]

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Video: Business Jet Belly Landing in Palm Springs

Hair-raising footage of a business jet making an emergency belly landing at the Palm Springs International Airport in California has spread across the Web since the incident on Friday, Dec. 4. After the aircraft’s landing gear failed, the pilot made a skillful belly landing, sliding in with minimal sparks and smoke and skidding safely to […]

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Videos: Watch Highlights from FAI World Air Games

The FAI World Air Games, essentially the Olympics of aerial sports conducted every four years in different parts of the world, are now in their second week in Dubai where the powered and glider aerobatic champions were crowned over the weekend. At the top of the podium for powered aerobatics was French pilot Olivier Masurel, […]

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Fly Along with 80-Year-Old Glider Design

Before people were fortunate enough to have access to powered airplanes, pilots supported their flying addictions by taking off in basic open gliders. Even after the event of powered flight, people would fly gliders as it was a less expensive way to take to the skies. And the peace and quiet of powerless flight is […]

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