NOTAMs explained: what a Notice to Airmen is, how to decode the ICAO Q line, how TFRs work, the 2023 FAA outage and the Air Canada 759 near-miss.
Lilian Bland and the Mayfly: The Woman Who Built Her Own Plane
Lilian Bland designed, built and flew the Mayfly in Ireland in 1910, fuelling it from a whisky bottle and an ear trumpet. Then her father offered a car.
Hélène Boucher: The Fastest Woman in the World in 1934
Hélène Boucher beat the men over 1,000 km, hit 445 km/h in a Caudron racer in 1934 and was the first woman to lie in state at Les Invalides.
Raymonde de Laroche: The World’s First Licensed Woman Pilot
Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to hold a pilot’s licence on 8 March 1910. Her crashes, the disputed Baroness title and her death.
Jean Mermoz: The Aéropostale Archangel Who Vanished at Sea
Jean Mermoz flew the first air mail across the South Atlantic in 1930, survived the Sahara and the Andes, then vanished aboard the Croix-du-Sud in 1936.
Fokker F27 Friendship: Europe’s Best-Selling Turboprop Airliner
The Fokker F27 Friendship: how a glued Dutch turboprop with Rolls-Royce Dart engines replaced the DC-3 and became Europe’s best-selling turboprop.
BAC One-Eleven: The British Jet That Beat the DC-9 to Market
The BAC One-Eleven flew 18 months before the DC-9, sold to American Airlines, survived a deep-stall crash and was even built in Romania.
F-106 Delta Dart: The USAF’s Ultimate Interceptor
The F-106 Delta Dart was the USAF’s ultimate interceptor: SAGE-guided, Genie-armed, a Mach 2.31 record holder, then a drone and NASA lightning jet.
Dassault Mystère IV: France’s First Transonic Fighter Goes to War
The Dassault Mystère IV: France’s first transonic fighter, paid for by the US, flown by the Patrouille de France and taken to war by Israel and India.
Hawker Typhoon: The Failed Interceptor That Ruled Normandy
The Hawker Typhoon failed as an interceptor, then became the RAF’s rocket-firing ground-attack weapon in Normandy. Its flaws, Falaise and last survivor.
F-16 Next-Generation Mission Compute: A New Brain for Old Vipers
F-16 Next-Generation Mission Compute: the USAF holds an Industry Day to replace the 25-year-old mission computer on Block 40/42 and 50/52 F-16s.
Mysuru Dasara Air Show: Surya Kiran Beats the Rain on Day Two
The IAF’s Surya Kiran team flew about 18 manoeuvres in Hawk Mk132 jets at the Mysuru Dasara air show after rain cut short the first day.
Cessna Citation Gen3 Jets Pass 1,220 Test Hours on Road to Autoland
Textron’s Citation Gen3 light jets, the CJ4, CJ3 and M2 Gen3, pass 1,220 flight-test hours toward FAA certification, all with Garmin Emergency Autoland.
Gotha Raids 1917: The Daylight Bombers That Hit London
The Gotha raids of 1917: how Germany’s England Squadron bombed London in daylight, killed 18 children in Poplar and led to the creation of the RAF.
Taraia Object Was Trees, Not Earhart’s Electra
The Taraia Object on Nikumaroro was likely a pile of large trees, not Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra, the Purdue-backed expedition announced.
USAF Test Pilot School Brings Back Water Landings in Amphibians
The USAF Test Pilot School has brought water landings back, with Class 26A flying the Icon A5 and Lake Buccaneer amphibians in its QE program.
LATAM A320 Engine Fire in Lima: Passengers Off Before Take-off
LATAM A320 engine fire at Lima: flight LA2302 to Piura stopped before take-off, passengers unhurt. What we know and how A320 fire protection works.