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It’s no secret that legendary aircraft designer Burt Rutan has been at work on a seaplane during his retirement in Idaho, but now the airplane is getting close to first flight and new details have been released about the design. The amphibious airplane, called a SkiGull, will be equipped with retractable skis, and will be […]

Eleven service members are presumed dead after theirU.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter went missing Tuesday night during a training mission off the coast of the Florida panhandle.Human remains and debris were recovered Wednesday as the Coast Guard continued its search, starting work in the pre-dawn morning in thick fog that improved as the day went […]

All ten people on board were killed when two helicopters collided while filming a reality show in Argentina’s Andes Mountains on Monday evening. The French program, called “Dropped,” takes sports stars into the wilderness and follows their efforts to find their way back to civilization. The two pilots were Argentinian, but the rest of those […]

Solar Impulse 2 has landed in India, after departing Monday morning from Abu Dhabi on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe powered only by the sun. The first leg, about 13 hours, was flown to Oman, about 215 nm away, by pilot Andre Borschberg, and after a short pit stop, Bertrand Piccard flew the second […]

The NTSB’s preliminary report, posted online on Tuesday, revealed no new details about Harrison Ford’s accident in Santa Monica last week, and reports on the actor’s recovery also are sparse. Local news outlets have reported that Ford, age 72, underwent surgery to repair broken bones at UCLA Medical Center, and according to a statement from […]

The FAA has found that hook-and-loop Velcro-style fasteners for ELT units are subject to failure in an accident, but the agency said on Tuesday it has decided against issuing an airworthiness directive that would address the problem because manufacturers have already either revised or are in the process of revising those designs. The FAA did […]

The aerospace industry and a group representing airline pilots are planning to call for a ban on bulk shipments of lithium batteries on passenger aircraft, The Associated Press reported Monday. The batteries create an “unacceptable risk” of fires, according to a not-yet-published position paper from the International Coordination Council of Aerospace Industry Associations and the […]

The NTSB issued an update Monday on its investigation into last week’s runway accident involving a Delta MD-88 at LaGuardia Airport, in New York, but the cause is not yet clear. The safety board said investigators were examining and testing the jet’s antiskid, autobrake and thrust reverser systems on Monday. The board also reported that […]

Solar Impulses left Abu Dhabi Monday morning local time on its attempt to make the first circumnavigation solely on solar power. The aircraft took off heading east late Sunday night EDT and the first leg is to Muscat in Oman. Plans are for a five-month journey that will include some major ocean crossings. Andre Borschberg […]

Helicopter accidents are on the decline for the first time and the International Helicopter Safety Team hopes it’s a trend that will continue. The communications lead for the group, Tony Molinaro, an FAA public affairs officer, said in a podcast interview the accident numbers are looking better these days because of the education and awareness […]