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Pilot Jerry Parker, 63, of Livermore, Calif., wasn’t wearing a parachute when his homebuilt Loehle Mustang caught fire shortly after takeoff on Saturday afternoon, but he apparently jumped from the cockpit at about 1,000 feet, and was killed. The burning airplane hit the ground nearby and was destroyed. Parker had been working on the airplane […]

The Asiana Airlines flight crew mismanaged the descent of a 777 into San Francisco International Airport last July, causing a fiery crash that killed three passengers and seriously injured 49, the NTSB said in its probable-cause hearing on Tuesday. The pilots made several mistakes and delayed the execution of a go-around after they became aware […]

The U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, held every year in Sebring, Fla., will change to a new Wednesday to Saturday format next year, organizers said last week. Previously, the event was scheduled for Thursday to Sunday, but many visitors chose to spend Sunday traveling home, leading to lower attendance for the final day. “Amending our dates […]

Unmanned aircraft systems will no longer be allowed to operate in any of the nation’s 401 national parks, officials said on Friday. National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis said the agency has “serious concerns” about the negative impact of UAS. Incidents cited included noisy drones disturbing visitors and a drone harassing a herd of bighorn […]

The captain of MH370 is now the “chief suspect” in the loss of the aircraft after investigators found some deleted files in his elaborate home flight simulator. According to various reports, Capt. Zaharie Shah flew a route on the sim that ended on a runway on a remote, still unidentified, island in the southern Indian […]

The first aircraft ever designated Air Force One, and the only primary presidential aircraft ever sold off by the Air Force, needs a new home and its owners have produced a video hoping a museum or collector somewhere will buy the historic aircraft. According to Connie Survivors, a website dedicated to keeping track of the […]

Lots of pilots walk away from plane crashes but Fred Jackson admits he snuck away from one in Altamont, N.Y., June 14. Jackson told the Albany Times Union he was trying to keep the crash of his newly restored Piper Clipper from the FAA when he shinnied down a tree and left the expensive aircraft […]

The only two flying examples of the De Havilland Mosquito flew on the same day in the same country last week, albeit 2,500 miles apart. A newly restored Mosquito took its first flight, with Reno race pilot Steve Hinton at the controls, June 16 at Victoria International Airport. The same day a Mosquito owned by […]

More than 400 large U.S. military drones have crashed in major accidents around the world since 2001, a record of calamity that exposes the potential dangers of throwing open American skies to drone traffic, according to a yearlong Washington Post investigation. Since the outbreak of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, military drones have malfunctioned […]

In an action almost unprecedented among air museums, the Kansas Aviation Museum will be allowing visitors to get inside eight of its historic airplanes on Saturday, June 21. At the fourth annual Play on a Plane Day, those who come to the museum at 3350 S. George Washington Boulevard in Wichita, Kan., will be able […]