Share this story Born in poverty in a Florida sawmill town, Jacqueline Cochran rose from orphan mill worker to become the most decorated female pilot in aviation history. Her journey from rags to the sound barrier is a testament to unwavering determination, audacious...
Share this story On the morning of March 6, 1990, two men strapped themselves into the most advanced aircraft ever built. One sat in front, the other behind. Both knew what they were about to do: fly the fastest airplane in history for the last time.Lieutenant Colonel...
Share this story In the past decade, something unprecedented has begun happening in the skies above the world’s busiest airports. Commercial aircraft—enormous machines carrying hundreds of passengers—are increasingly sharing airspace with small, unmanned devices. The...
Share this story There is no safer manoeuvre in aviation than a go-around. The data is clear. The accidents prevented by a go-around vastly outnumber any accidents caused by performing one. And yet, pilots worldwide resist it with a stubbornness that baffles anyone...
Share this story Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is celebrating eight decades of aviation history with a striking tribute to its heritage. To mark 80 years in the skies, the airline has unveiled a special all-blue Airbus A330-300, featuring a completely reimagined livery...
Share this story Your first night flight is a threshold moment in any pilot’s journey. Somewhere between sundown and complete darkness, the airport transforms into something unrecognizable. The runway that felt familiar at noon now glows like a jeweled runway of...
Share this story Aviation is undergoing a quiet revolution, and one of its most promising frontiers involves replacing fossil fuels with clean energy. ZeroAvia, a British-American aerospace company, is leading this charge with hydrogen-electric powertrains designed...
Share this story On April 2, at Cotswold Airport in the English countryside, test pilot Paul Stone climbed into a machine that looked like nothing that had ever taken off from a runway before. It had wings like an aeroplane, rotors like a helicopter, and the quiet hum...
Share this story On April 8, at Korean Air’s Tech Centre in Busan, a drone with a 26-metre wingspan rolled out of the hangar to polite applause, official speeches, and a significance that went far beyond the ceremony. South Korea has just unveiled its first indigenous...
Share this story On April 2, two sleek business jets took off from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England, and turned southeast toward the Middle East. They looked like executive transports — smooth fuselages, swept wings, the unmistakable silhouette of a Gulfstream G550....
Share this story On the night of March 27, a group of American military aircraft was already airborne, heading east across the Atlantic toward the Mediterranean, when word came through from Rome: they could not land at Sigonella. Italy’s Defence Minister Guido...
Share this story Somewhere in southwestern Syria, near the ancient city of Suwayda, a piece of technology that was never supposed to touch the ground in one piece is sitting in someone’s hands. Videos circulating on social media since April 6 show what appears...
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