Day: August 26, 2024

Japan says a Chinese military intelligence gathering aircraft entered its territorial airspace off remote islands in the East China Sea on Monday, the first time Tokyo has accused the People’s Liberation Army Air Force of an airspace violation and a new irritant in frosty relations between China and Japan.

On Monday, a Chinese military surveillance aircraft transited into Japanese airspace off the Danjo Islands without permission, according to Japan’…

Yes, Donald Trump flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s planes. Here are more famous celebrities and politicians who were passengers throughout the years.

State troopers are investigating two separate small plane crashes, including one that was fatal, Monday morning in northeast Nebraska.

Ahead of his trial, Joseph Emerson said he’s using his experience to raise awareness about pilots’ mental health.

Federal investigators are now trying to determine what occurred.

A small jet ran off the runway at Clearwater Airpark on Monday morning. No injuries were reported.

The US military has developed several futuristic aircraft over the decades, some of which never made it into production, but others have set impressive records. From the Bell X-1 Rocket engine-powered aircraft to the Grumman X-29 forward-swept wing experimental aircraft, a few look like something out of science fiction. For example, the McDonnell Douglas X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft would have made a good spaceship in a sci-fi movie but never achieved its aim of becoming the fighter jet of the future. 

Experimentation is vital to developing new technologies that last beyond the program. Something important is gained from all of these X-planes, even the ones that never really make it past the prototype. 

My personal favorite X-plane is the X-15 hypersonic aircraft operated by NASA, which set the world altitude record, though it couldn’t take off on its own. The X-15 was designed to be carried under the wing of a “mother

There is no such thing as “rawdogging.”

ANA is providing passengers Pokemon-themed airline safety and disembarkation videos.

A pilot was critically injured when a small plane crashed and erupted in flames near Santa Paula Airport.