During a solo circumnavigation attempt, a pilot performed a night ILS approach into Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, ...
Thanks to the cutting-edge technology of its carbon fiber airframe and enormous composite wing, even the largest and heaviest Boeing 787 Dreamliner needs just eight wheels on its main landing gear. If ...
Not all its aircraft have been beautiful; most have veered wildly between appearing utilitarian, evil, cute, and totally mad.
The Boeing 777X is different from other planes because its wingtips fold, helping a massive wingspan fit into regular airport gates.
In the Vietnam War US Phantoms claimed to have destroyed around 147 aircraft (of a total of 195 North Vietnamese Air Force ...
On Dec. 19, 1999, South Carolina athletics pilot Dewey "Sonny" Foster died in a plane crash. USC coach Lou Holtz was on the passenger list.
Audio from air traffic control communications reveals a passenger attempted to access the cockpit, prompting the Delta flight to declare an emergency and return to William P. Hobby Airport. In the ...
Korean War pilot Royce Williams battled Russian jets in the longest historic dogfight, kept secret for half a century. At 100 years old, he earned the Medal of Honor.
As makers of electric air taxis showcase their aircraft, airports, operators and governments have considerable work to do before the first paying customers can get airborne.
As the first major piloted NASA X-plane to fly in a generation and the first crewed, purpose-built U.S. high-speed research aircraft since the X-15 of the 1960s, the X-59 low-boom ...
A NAVY Top Gun who made history by shooting down Iranian drones has described the “relief that I did it right”. The stealth jet pilot, who can’t be named, downed two drones in 20 minutes as he ...