THE AIRPORT (Part Five): Helicopter air-ambulance flights are fast, vital, and expensive. How do they work?

According to Fairview Hospital officials, each year 15 emergency helicopter air-ambulance flights lift off from Great Barrington Airport to rush Fairview patients to other hospitals. Here’s how those flights work—and how they fit into our rural health-care system.
Care Flight crash: Company that owned plane tied to 3 crashes that killed 11

The air ambulance crash outside Reno on Feb. 24 is the second in three months and the third fatal crash since 2019 involving Guardian Flight.
A New Documentary From ‘TMZ’ Suggests a Fifth Plane Was Meant to Be Part of the 9/11 Attack

A new documentary produced by sensationalist media outlet ‘TMZ’ suggests 9/11 was supposed to involve a fifth plane. Here’s what we know.
Electric motor drive takes off in test flight of passenger hybrid electric plane

Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas achieved a major milestone Feb. 20 with the successful test flight of their electric motor drive on a hybrid electric aircraft. The project could lead to significant changes in the aeronautics industry and huge benefits to environmental quality.
Tinker AFB airmen prepare for severe weather season with plane evacuation exercise

It’s severe weather season in Sooner State and Tinker Air Force Base spent Monday morning preparing for its worst-case scenario.
Girardi prosecutors question Alzheimer’s diagnosis as defense asks to limit evaluation

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are casting doubt on disbarred California lawyer Tom Girardi’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis as they wrangle over how to test his competency to stand trial for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from his law firm’s clients.
‘bRaised in the CLE’ making the most of Yelp’s 10K veteran’s business grant

The company “Yelp” wanted to show its support for veterans, so it started a “Veteran’s Business Fund”, giving a handful of those veteran-owned businesses a $10,000 grant.
Pilot lands plane on helipad on roof of 56-story building (video) | Boing Boing

image: Red Bull/YouTube screengrab Pilot Luke Czepiela stuck the landing on a helipad atop Dubai’s 56-story Burj Al Arab Jumeirah hotel. Video below. The airplane is a Piper Super Cub, a two-…
Cotswold Airport hosts plane crash training exercise

Emergency services have been taking part in a scenario to test their reaction to a major incident.
Former Diva Left WWE After Randy Orton and Edge Bullied Her on Plane Ride – The SportsRush

Former WWE female talent recalls her disturbing experience on a plane ride that caused her friend to quit WWE thanks to Randy Orton and Edge
New York City assemblyman piloting plane makes emergency landing on Long Island beach: video

Queens Assemblyman Clyde Vanel said he was forced to make an emergency landing on Shoreham Beach on Long Island after his small plane suffered engine failure.
Paper plane-throwing robot provides insights into aerodynamics for engineers

A group of engineers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne built a robotic arm which could make and fly paper planes to test their trajectories.
7 Airlines Offering The Most Luxurious Economy Seats

These airlines offer luxurious economy seats, complete with good champagne, amenity kits and wider seats. Check them out.
Pilot reported ‘shimmy’ before fiery Brainard plane crash in Hartford, report shows

The pilot seriously injured in a plane crash at Brainard Airport in Hartford had reported…
Disabled passenger called a ‘monster’ for not moving plane seats to benefit mum

A plane passenger has taken to Reddit to share how a mum wanted her to swap seats so her husband could help with their baby, despite knowing the woman booked it in advance due to her disability
Police: Small plane crash on Long Island; 1 dead, 2 critical

The plane crashed into an area of trees and brush near the tracks, said Babylon Town Supervisor Rich Schaffer.
Man’s rage after being denied window seat ‘he deserved’ on plane

The traveller made a fuss to staff and claims he got some “angry looks” from fellow passengers