PRIMETIMER

X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft for monitoring

NASA’s X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft to monitor safety, communications, data collection, and instrumentation as ...
The Aviationist

Last Production U-2 Returns to Flight for First Time Since 2008

80-1099 was photographed in flight for the first time in 17 years after being heavily damaged in a hydrazine fire in 2008. Aviation enthusiasts captured the aircraft in flight from Palmdale Airport, ...
New Atlas

Human-scale cardboard aircraft came surprisingly close to real flight

At first glance, a flyable airplane made of cardboard sounds almost like a joke – the sort of thing that collapses long before it ever leaves the ground. But YouTuber and serial tinkerer Peter Sripol ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel

Joby Aviation assembling conforming aircraft in Marina for flight testing

MARINA — Joby Aviation, on its way to commercial flight of its all-electric, vertical take-off and landing air taxi, is preparing for final assembly of the first of several conforming aircraft ...
Forbes

Laser Strikes On Aircraft Remain A Growing Risk To Flight Safety

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Offering an insider’s view of the business of flight. Following reports of three green laser illuminations near Boston Logan ...
Aviation Week

Flight Friday: The Fading Resilience Of The MD-11

With the recent news concerning the tragic MD-11F accident at Louisville, Kentucky, this week’s Flight Friday looks at flight cycles of the last tri-jet aircraft built for commercial service. The last ...