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The NTSB says a Cirrus SR20 that parachuted to safety last week in Danbury, Conn., was out of fuel. In its preliminary report on the incident, which was widely publicized in the mainstream media, the NTSB says the aircraft, with a flight instructor, another pilot and a third person on board, was on final for […]

Almost three weeks into its investigation, and with the global fleet of Boeing 787s grounded, the NTSB said on Sunday it hasn’t found the root cause of the lithium-ion battery fires aboard two of the Dreamliners. Investigators in Arizona found nothing wrong with the airplane’s auxiliary power units, the NTSB said. On Monday, Japan’s Transport […]

Airshow and Red Bull Air Races pilot Kirby Chambliss is a little banged up and his Zivko Edge 540 is a mess after a crash landing in a ravine in El Salvador last week. Chambliss and fellow pilot Skip Stewart were rehearsing for the Ilopango Air Show near San Salvador Jan. 24 when the aircraft’s […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to watch on YouTube. A Florida pilot has uploaded a YouTube video detailing how he was hit by a bullet while flying with his girlfriend over Jacksonville on New Year’s Eve. Graham Hill was apparently grazed by what […]

Searchers in Antarctica say the crash of a Canadian Twin Otter was “not survivable” and the operation is now a recovery mission and it will be October before that can happen. Three Canadians, including aircraft commander Bob Heath, his copilot Mike Denton, 25, and an unidentified third person were aboard the aircraft, which hit the […]

Hawker Beechcraft Friday announced progress in its plans to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, possibly completing the transition before March. The company’s creditors have approved its proposed reorganization plan and banks have committed to underwrite $600 million in funds that will serve as exit financing. The company is headed to court on Jan. 31 and […]

Moller International Thursday announced a potential deal with Athena Technologies to “establish co-production” for its vertical takeoff and landing aircraft “in the US and the People’s Republic of China,” but questions remain. According to Moller, the deal will see the companies “jointly produce numerous models” of Moller’s Skycar designs “by 2014” and is backed by […]

The head of the NTSB suggested the investigation into the cause of fires aboard two Boeing 787 airliners this month will be a protracted affair. Deborah Hersman said there is evidence the APU battery aboard a Japan Airlines Dreamliner short circuited and had indications of a thermal runaway but what really got the board’s attention […]

The German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Space Systems is researching a “SpaceLiner” that hopes to, by 2050, send 50 passengers from Europe to Australia in 90 minutes, flying at 24 Mach, project coordinator Martin Sippel told TechNewsDaily. The design is expected to evolve but currently includes a rocket booster that would separate from the passenger-carrying […]

Student pilot Brendan Mattingley, 27, and his Piper PA-18 Super Cub disappeared near Anchorage last October, inspiring a weeks-long search, and now the NTSB has released evidence that the pilot may have been drunk and lied about his personal history. One witness, a bouncer who escorted Mattingleyfrom a bar, described the pilot as “very intoxicated” […]