Modern Aviation
An era from 1991 to the present marked by achievements in air and space flight, including unmanned aerial vehicles and the International Space Station
Future Engineers of America
As a woman, I hate to report that the team that won a U.S. Department of Energy engineering competition last weekend was all girls, as if to say, “Check out the girls! They can be engineers, just like boys!” I mean of course they can. But I have to admit that in a historically guy-dominated field ...
March 23, 2009 |
By Linda Shiner
TXT-Speak at the FAA
The Web site of the Federal Aviation Administration, like most government sites, is pretty tame, but can be an interesting browse for prop-heads. For instance, clicking around the Flight Delay Information map, you’ll learn that at New York’s JFK International, “Disabled Aircraft…causing departure d...
March 11, 2009 |
By Pat Trenner
Supersonic Sales Call
If you want a customer to spend $10 billion on your jet fighters, you gotta bust some Mach.
March 2009 |
By Jorge and Karen Escalona
Pay-Per-Loo
Michael O'Leary, head of Ireland's low-cost airline Ryanair, let slip on Friday that he was considering charging passengers to use the onboard lavoratories. "We are looking at...putting a coin slot on the toilet door," O'Leary told reporters, suggesting a British pound coin per restroom visit.Other...
February 27, 2009 |
By Pat Trenner
He's Got A Point
Chesley Sullenberger and his crew have been duly credited for their successful ditching in the Hudson River. But a British pilot writes in a recent issue of Flight International:
"The crew that carried out the Hudson ditching are testimony to the fact that training pays." Well, I've only been doing...
February 26, 2009 |
By Pat Trenner
A&S Interview: Sully’s Tale
Chesley Sullenberger talks about That Day, his advice for young pilots, and hitting the ditch button (or not).
February 18, 2009 |
By Linda Shiner
Do Drones Get Vertigo, Too?
Up there or down here, it can be a struggle to maintain “situational awareness.”
July 14, 2008 |
By Roger A. Mola
In the Museum: Predators and Dragons
Stops on a tour through america's hangar
July 2008 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Lunar Landers That Never Were
The road to the moon was paved with good intentions.
January 01, 2008 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Air War Iraq
From Al Asad Air Base, portraits of U.S. aircraft and crews in the fourth year of fighting.
November 2007 |
By the Editors
Suggestion: Stop Improving
Why does every Mars mission have to be better than the last?
November 01, 2007 |
By Bob Craddock
20 Hours to Solo
Will a new pilot category restore the glory days of general aviation?
September 2007 |
By Mark Huber
How Boeing Put the Dream in Dreamliner
When aircraft designers wanted to make passengers feel happy, they turned to psychologists.
September 2007 |
By Douglas Gantenbein
Son of a Buzz Bomb
An engine with a checkered past is the power of the future.
September 2007 |
By Jim Mathews
