First female USAF fighter pilot continues to break stereotypes

by Randy Roughton, US Air Force News Service After Col. Jeannie Leavitt finished pilot training at the top of her class in 1992, she was given her first choice of aircraft, with a
Continue Reading ?

Southwest Airlines Adopt-A-Pilot Program Takes Off In Schools, Inspiring More Than 412,000 Students

Southwest Airlines (LUV) today announced the official kickoff of its award-winning Adopt-A-Pilot® program where thousands of fifth-grade students “adopt” Southwest Airl
Continue Reading ?

Last Tupolev TU-154 Delivered – 16 Years After Production Ceases

Tupolev TU-154 (OM-BYO) in Slovakian Government livery. Article and Photo by Jason Rabinowitz. Last week, a chapter of Soviet aviation has been closed forever. Over 40 years after
Continue Reading ?

Boeing’s Phantom Eye UAV makes second flight

Two weeks after completing taxi tests, Boeing’s Phantom Eye, the liquid-hydrogen powered unmanned airborne system, took to the skies Feb. 25 for its second flight at NASA’s Dryden
Continue Reading ?

Skyflash: Jetman-like wings designed to allow ground takeoff

Skyflash is a revolutionary, German-based aircraft project. The Skyflash shall be easily transported to your local airstrip and put together there with just a few strokes of work.
Continue Reading ?

Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon

A video tribute to Astronaut Neil Armstrong.
Continue Reading ?

Boeing Marks 50th Anniversary of 707 First Flight

Today Boeing [NYSE: BA] marks the 50th anniversary of the first flight of its 707 jetliner, and the point in commercial aviation history when propellers gave way to the jet age and
Continue Reading ?

Flying The Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Aviation Week’s resident test pilot, Fred George, flew the Boeing 787 in November. He was joined in the cockpit by Aviation Week’s cameras.
Continue Reading ?

F-86 and Mig-15 The Ghost Riders

The Planes of Fame’s F-86 and Mig-15 perform during the 2012 Jacqueline Cochran airshow at Thermal Ca.
Continue Reading ?

How To Sell a Boeing 707

As part of the Dash 80s demonstration program, Bill Allen invited representatives of the Aircraft Industries Association and International Air Transport Association to the Seattle&
Continue Reading ?