So, what caused a highly reliable twin engine jet to turn into a glider? The short answer is fuel contamination. The Lear 35 ...

Though the B-17D was eased into the water in the trough between waves, it still struck with such force that bolted-down ...

The Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) discusses water landings in Paragraph 6-3-3, Ditching Procedures. It lists three ...

Single-engine propeller planes are a common type of smaller aircraft. One of their unique characteristics is that the engines ...

In simpler words, if during takeoff, the pilot takes an excessive nose up attitude, the aircraft can simply fall out of the air. While in the rare occasion, stalls can occur mid-flight, at higher ...

The takeoff from Taxiway 34 proceeded normally until the tow rope inadvertently detached from the glider. The premature rope release occurred near the departure end of the takeoff taxiway. The ...

Eyewitnesses have described the harrowing moment a light aircraft 'tumbled out of the sky' and crashed at a Derbyshire race trace track. Two men died after the aircraft - believed to be a glider ...

If you happen to be passing through Chard, a small town in Somerset, England, you may be surprised to see signs welcoming you to the "birthplace of powered flight". If you don’t believe your ...

Depending on the runway and nearby fields, it is possible for a glider experiencing a rope break at 200 ft. to make a rapid 180-deg. turn to return to the runway. While actual tow-rope breaks are ...

He had owned the two-seater glider since 2018. The Grob 109B was used extensively by the Royal Air Force, which used to operate 60 of the German-made aircraft.

This is the shocking moment a light aircraft nosedives onto a busy road narrowly avoiding drivers in the Cotswolds. The pilot and passenger, both men, can be seen grimacing in the cockpit after ...