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The replica of the Bugatti 100P racing airplane in Tulsa, Oklahoma, went airborne briefly for the first time Wednesday but suffered damage after landing. Scott Wilson’s team marked the flight as a triumph nonetheless, describing what happened in a Facebook post. The flight began as a “short hop down the runway” to test the twin […]

Crafting sleek, fast airplane designs that aim to incorporate new ideas and push the limits of performance is just a hobby for Elliot Seguin, who works by day as an engineer at Scaled Composites, and who won this year’s Spirit of Flight Award, presented at EAA AirVenture by the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Seguin […]

The NTSB said Wednesday it has launched its investigation into a possible wind shear encounter by an American Airlines jet, which had a tail strike before executing a go-around in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday. The Airbus 321 was inbound from Atlanta to Charlotte Douglas International Airport about 6:34 p.m. Saturday when it reportedly flew […]

The U.S. Navy’s research lab recently released a new video showing progress on its “Flimmer” unmanned aerial vehicle, which has the capability to fly through the air, then dive into the ocean and propel itself underwater. “The Navy’s looking for unique solutions for emplacing sensors, for getting data in hard-to-reach locations,” said Dan Edwards, the […]

A Canadian soldier may have picked the wrong subject for target practice when he allegedly painted a Toronto police helicopter with the laser sight on a pellet pistol. And while the incident serves as a reminder to all those who haven’t gotten the message about shining their cheap little lasers at passing aircraft, it’s also […]

National Aviation Day, which has been an official holiday on August 19 since 1939, has passed by quietly in the past, mostly unheralded, but this year, it’s getting a lot of attention. NASA has been promoting it on social media with a pair of Twitter hashtags (#SpreadYourWings and #NationalAviationDay) and an invitation to post your […]

Last week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry went to Cuba to raise the flag above the U.S. Embassy for the first time in 54 years — does this mean general aviation pilots will soon be able to fly their private planes there? No, it doesn’t, says Craig Spence, AOPA’s vice president for international affairs. […]

The ATC problems that grounded hundreds of flights on Saturday were caused by “a recent software upgrade” at the high-altitude radar facility in Leesburg, Virginia, the FAA said in a statement on Monday. The upgrade, which was installed by Lockheed Martin Corp., had a new function that allowed controllers to set up a customized window […]

Two skydivers were hurt when they collided during an airshow performance of the Army Golden Knights and the Navy Leap Frogs on Saturday at the Chicago Air & Water Show, and one of the men later died from his injuries. U.S. Army Sgt. Corey Hood, 32, of Cincinnati, died in a hospital on Sunday. The […]

Five people died in the midair collision of a Sabreliner twin-engine business jet and a Cessna 172 near San Diego on Sunday. Both airplanes were trying to land at Brown Field Municipal Airport, about a mile north of the Mexican border, according to the FAA. Both aircraft came down in open fields near the airport, […]