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A wildfire in Washington state thought to have been started by the crash of a Cessna 182 last week was likely due to other causes, officials said. The Associated Press reported this week that fire investigators are still searching for the cause but no longer believe the blaze was ignited by the crash, which occurred […]

The pilot of the twin-engine Swearingen Merlin III that crashed in April in British Columbia had a blood-alcohol level of 0.24 percent, three times the legal driving limit, a report from the B.C. Coroners Service said. Robert Brandt, 34, and first officer Kevin Wang, 32, died in the crash. Wang did not have drugs or […]

Seven people died in a midair collision of two skydiving aircraft over Slovakia, news agencies in Europe reported Thursday morning. About 35 skydivers were involved in the accident and were apparently training for a weekend airshow. Witnesses said the two aircraft collided at about 4900 feet, possibly while attempting a formation flight for a large […]

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. […]