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The Army is examining whether its unprecedented digital engineering design efforts will enable it to field FLRAA earlier than ...
Most planes aim for the skies—but this one was built to face the ground. With a design so unusual it looked like a constant ...
The Boeing 777-300ER entered commercial service with Air France in May 2004, and just like the 777-200ER before it, the aircraft had an extended range, enabling it to operate long ...
Iran, China, and Turkey have built drone aircraft carriers that could enhance their power at a fraction of the cost of crewed ...
A private plane carrying a close-knit family of high-achievers — including a decorated MIT athlete, a rising Manhattan medical student, and her finance-driven boyfriend — crashed in Columbia County, ...
Then there’s artist Meg Smith, who previously flew her Taylorcraft and now flies a modified Piper PA-12—“it looks like a monster-truck bush plane”—to glaciers in the Chugach Mountains ...
She is now training to make sorties once again into the bush, this time to fight wildfires. The challenge posed 30 years ago compared to now is “night and day,” she says regarding such aviation, ...
Dr. Jon Kolstad prepares for his weekly commute to Scobey, Montana. His ride is a two-seater bush plane with red-tipped wings. The plane takes off toward a lilac sunrise. Kolstad drifts over waves of ...
General aviation, which includes everything from single-engine bush planes to private jets, is a vital lifeline in this vast state. Bush pilots, in particular, have long been icons of Alaskan aviation ...
Rory Bushfield, former Canadian World Cup Mogul ski team member, professional adventure skier, expert backcountry bush plane pilot, action stunt ace and filmmaker is at it again. This time ...
The long-delayed Air Force One is one of the most expensive, complex planes in the world. Here's what makes the presidential plane unique.