First Pre-Delivery Test Flight for China’s COMAC C919
The first of COMAC’s C919 narrowbody airliners to be delivered flew its first flight Saturday, moving one step closer to entering service.
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Katharine Wright Trophy Honors Jill Meyers, Aeronautical Engineer and Pilot
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USAF Crew Sets Record With 24-Hour KC-46A Pegasus Flight
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The aircraft’s red livery is a nod honoring the famed Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.
NASA’s Unique SOFIA Boeing 747SP Flying Telescope Is Done
NASA announced Thursday that a rare modified Boeing 747SP—known as the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), will be shut down this year, after years of inflight observations of the moon, stars, planets, and far away galaxies.
Boeing Endures Another Tough Quarter
Mounting losses and delays create big challenges for the company through the first part of 2022.
What Will Self-Flying Air Taxi Vertiports Look Like?
California-based Wisk Aero has released a “first-of-its kind” report detailing how vertiports and related systems and infrastructure could better accommodate automated electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis.
