FLYING Magazine After wrapping up its first test and deployment campaign with the U.S. Air Force in January, electric aircraft manufacturer Beta Technologies on Monday said it completed two more real-time demonstrations, dispatching its Alia aircraft with only a few...
FLYING Magazine A number of factors led pilots Thomas Richter and Steve Jordan to make the leap into aviation real estate. Their hangar development project, the first they hope of many, is at Columbia Gorge Regional Airport (KDLS) in The Dalles, Oregon. Richter joined...
FLYING Magazine Each day, the team at Aircraft For Sale picks an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, represents a good deal, or has other interesting qualities. You can read Aircraft For Sale: Today’s Top Pick at FLYINGMag.com daily. Today’s Top...
FLYING Magazine Your airplane project has been a part of life for a long time, it seems. Out there in the garage or in the basement, perhaps, it eventually outgrew the nest and found its way to the airport. Once there it gathered more parts as though magnetized and...
FLYING Magazine Southwest Airlines is set to become the third major U.S. commercial airline to offer air taxi services using an unusual new design. On Friday, Southwest and Archer Aviation, manufacturer of the Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air...
FLYING Magazine Each day, the team at Aircraft For Sale picks an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, represents a good deal, or has other interesting qualities. You can read Aircraft For Sale: Today’s Top Pick at FLYINGMag.com daily. Today’s Top...
FLYING Magazine For the first time in nearly a decade, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket experienced a malfunction while attempting to deliver a batch of internet satellites into orbit on Thursday night. The launch, which occurred around 10:30 p.m. local time at Vandenberg...
FLYING Magazine Today in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, I’ll be flying the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, the first commercial airliner with a pressurized cabin that shared much of its DNA with the B-17 bomber. In 1935, the major airlines in the U.S. had a problem. They...
FLYING Magazine One strike and you’re out. This rule is among the procedural changes for EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in response to a deadly midair collision between a helicopter and gyrocopter last year. The aircraft were flying in the pattern of the Fun...
FLYING Magazine Air Force pilots have begun training with two Air Tractor AT-802U turboprop taildraggers in anticipation of first deliveries of OA-1K Sky Warden light attack aircraft later this year. The OA-1K is based on the AT-802 and is a joint project between Air...
FLYING Magazine Congratulations! You earned your flight instructor rating, and now it’s your turn to teach someone else how to fly. But just because you now carry the title of CFI doesn’t mean you know all there is about teaching flying. I am coming up on 21 years as...
FLYING Magazine Are you interested in buying your first plane but don’t know where to start? The aviation community continues to expand every year, and the light sport aircraft market has flourished recently. With the growing number of aviation clubs, hobby groups,...
FLYING Magazine Retired Air National Guard Major General Joe Engle, the first NASA astronaut to fly the North American X-15 hypersonic rocket plane and the space shuttle, died Wednesday. He was 91. According to the space agency, Engle was born in Abilene, Kansas, in...
FLYING Magazine Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft company Joby Aviation, which is developing a four-passenger air taxi for intracity trips, will look to fly city-to-city using a hydrogen-powered version of its flagship design. On June 24, the...
FLYING Magazine Each year, organizations like SkyTrax publish awards that include the best and worst airports around the world. These generally focus on items such as passenger comfort, amenities, concessions, security wait times, and other passenger-focused metrics....
