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When we laid eyes on the Elytron 2S tiltrotor plane prototype last year at the Experimental Aircraft Association's fly-in airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, it was a half-built concept with only part of its Prandtl wing box installed. The company has now
A French prosecutor alleges that the co-pilot intentionally sent Germanwings Flight 9525 into its doomed descent. He is identified as German national Andreas Lubitz. VPC
and why the Germanwings co-pilot was able to lock out the captain
A senior French official involved in the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the lack of communication from the pilots during the plane's descent was disturbing, and that the possibility that their silence was delibera
Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed in mountainous terrain so rugged and remote that authorities must be flown in by helicopter, which will make recovering the bodies and determining what went wrong a slow, punishing task indeed.
A pilot who is trying to make history by flying a solar-powered plane around the world launched an angry attack on Indian bureaucracy on Wednesday after a lengthy hold-up in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state.
Look out for Ewoks!
UK-based ProAirsport has developed a hybrid microlight/glider with electrically powered wheels to taxi the aircraft into position, and a jet turbine for takeoff, climb and cruise.
company that plans to send tourists to near-space by balloon has just completed its first commercial flight.
Takes off like a helicopter, flies like an airplane, comes in colors other than camouflage
A pair of Swiss explorers have begun a mission to circumnavigate the globe via air and sun.
A plane skidded off of a snow covered runway at LaGuardia Airport and nearly ended up in the water. It happened around 11:05 a.m. on Thursday morning. There were no initial reports of serious injuries. At least 2 people were transported to a hospital
Jeff Kuprycz was golfing when he saw the plane taking off. "Immediately you could see the engine started to sputter and just cut out, and he banked sharply to the left," he said. "He ended up crashing around the eighth hole."
A plane skidded off of a snow covered runway at LaGuardia Airport and nearly ended up in the water. It happened around 11:05 a.m. on Thursday morning.
We've all seen B-roll video footage of robots busily building cars on an assembly line, spinning and whirling with impressive precision and nary a human in sight. But you've probably never seen anything like this.
... Brian Howard woke early and headed to Chicago Center, an air traffic control hub in Aurora, Illinois, where he had worked for eight years. He had decided to get stoned and kill himself, and as his final gesture he planned to take a chunk of the U
Working with colleagues from Deakin University and CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), researchers from Australia's Monash University have created the world's first 3D-printed jet engine.
Doctors must be available round-the-clock in case CBP officers suspect they have a "swallower," which is what internal drug smugglers are known as. The doctors are charged with X-raying or otherwise examining suspects' body cavities,
Precedents exist for requiring citizens to produce special ID for domestic travel; they include Nazi Germany, apartheid South Africa and Russia (both Imperial and Soviet).
As US relations with Cuba continue to thaw, it going to get a lot easier to fly to the island nation.
In its relentless quest to prove itself a passenger's worst enemy, the TSA "detained" a mild-mannered professional for "more than 20 hours" because he wanted to file a complaint.
Paul Mehling said the TSA has cost him thousands in replacements and repairs, improperly re-packing his delicate travel bass, almost every time he flies in spite of leaving them detailed repacking instructions. "If they could just put it back th
This happened yesterday night FP time. I do not like posting disaster footage but this was right place at right time footage and I find it tragically fascinating.
In other words--as has happened many times before to American Muslims--Gulet's own government secretly exiled him with no due process by placing him on a no-fly list while he was traveling overseas.
Security for flying in this country is tightening up. And your driver's license just may be your ticket to boarding airplanes in the future. Sometime in 2016, the TSA will require you to show a security enhanced driver's license called a Real ID card
The technology exists, but will airlines use it?
5 years ago, the Philadelphia police thought carrying Arabic-language flashcards was enough to warrant the arrest of an innocent traveler. A settlement reached I brought against the police department makes it clear that it is not.
For a plane that's now being flown by the original crews' grandchildren, the B-52 is still going strong.
Emirates is not only the A380's biggest customer, it can be argued that the airline is the superjumbo's only customer that matters.
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