The crash of United Airlines Flight 173 led the airline industry as a whole to adopt Crew Resource Management (CRM). United Airlines was the first to use this in 1981,…
Regular transatlantic flights on Concorde took half as long as those on other aircraft The video below, which was recorded on March 2, 1969, shows Concorde 001 making its successful…
An ejection seat is an emergency, last-ditch, all-else-has-failed alternative to death. In aircraft, an ejection seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft…
The XB-1 is now set to complete its ongoing, extensive ground test program before heading to Mojave, California in 2021 for a flight test. Taken on Oct. 7, 2020, the…
On Jun. 3, 1973, at the 1973 Paris Airshow, the flight crew on a Tu-144 attempted to perform an impressive steep climb maneuver to wow spectators, but they overstressed the…
Skiathos International Airport’s 5,341-foot runway is able to accommodate aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 757-200. Filmed by our friend Dafydd Phillips, the cool video in this post was taken…
The impressive video in this post was taken after a six-and-a-half-hour drive to Preswick airport in Scotland to capture the Antonov An-225. Filmed by our friend Dafydd Phillips on Aug.…
In 2002, a C-130, call sign Tanker 130 owned by Hawkins & Powers Aviation of Greybull, Wyoming, and operated under contract to the United States Forest Service, had its wings…
The incredible video in this post captured the skillful maneuver that led to the successful touchdown of the world’s largest passenger plane. Taken on Feb. 16, 2020, at London’s Heathrow…
The A320 diverted safely to Russia’s nearby Khmeimim military air base. An Airbus A320 airliner carrying 172 passengers was nearly shot down on its approach to the Syrian capital, Damascus,…