Civil Aviation

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The tragic fate of Airwolf Bell 222: a few years after the show ended it was destroyed due to pilot error during a storm killing three aboard

The tragic fate of Airwolf Bell 222: a few years after the show ended it was destroyed due to pilot error during a storm killing three aboard

Pilot error caused the former Airwolf Bell 222 and its crew to impact near a rock quarry close to Halbeswig… Read More

4 days ago

Footage shows crash of Russian Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport aircraft at 1973 Paris Air Show

The crash delayed the Tu-144 development. The aircraft in fact was introduced into passenger service on Nov. 1, 1977, almost… Read More

2 weeks ago

Here’s how a British Airways Boeing 747 that lost all four engines due to volcanic ash was able to land safely

The events around British Airways Boeing 747 flight BA 009 reveal the potential dangers of volcanic ash. Plumes of volcanic… Read More

2 weeks ago

Boeing 757 pilot recalls when he and his captain did an unrestricted climb to 10,000 feet (with no passengers aboard)

‘I asked the ATC controller how it had looked he said, “That was IMPRESSIVE!” It was a rush!’ Frank Fowells,… Read More

4 weeks ago

Here’s why a photo of a Concorde flying at Mach 2 doesn’t exist

While operational, it was effectively impossible to intercept to all the jet fighters of its generation barring a stripped Electric… Read More

1 month ago

Wagner chief Prigozhin dead in Embraer Legacy 600 corporate jet crash northwest of Moscow

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner who staged a short-lived mutiny against Russia’s military leadership in June,… Read More

1 month ago

Boeing to transform this MD-90 jet into X-66A Sustainable Flight Demonstrator to test Transonic Truss-Braced Wing configuration

The MD-90 will be modified to test the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) configuration as part of NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator… Read More

2 months ago

It’s not goodbye; it’s see you soon. New York’s Intrepid Concorde on the move for a three-month restoration.

The Concorde was craned out of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York for a three-month restoration… Read More

2 months ago

Iconic Catalina Amphibious Flying Boat production to restart

Iconic Catalina amphibious flying boat to be resurrected as new production transport category turboprop. Catalina Aircraft, holder of the Type… Read More

2 months ago

[Updated] ATC controller recalls when he asked for vertical separation to an SR-71 Blackbird crew in conflicting route with an Air France Concorde Supersonic Airliner

‘I was controlling a westbound Concorde just entering my airspace when I received details of an SR-71 coming eastbound on… Read More

2 months ago