A footage emerged showing an Ukrainian MiG-29 taking off from Mykolaiv seconds before the runway was shelled by the Russians. Back in March, an Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 pilot from 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade in Kulbakino took off from Mykolaiv Air Base while the Russian Army was shelling the air base. Few seconds after takeoff,…
Authorities are investigating after a pilot reported his plane was damaged by what he believed to be a gunshot while landing at Gardner Municipal Airport in Massachusetts on Monday. According to Massachusetts State Police, the pilot reported that he believed the single-engine Cessna 172 was hit by a gunshot. After landing it was determined that…
A report conducted by French aviation experts has concluded that the crash of EgyptAir flight MS804 in 2016, which killed all 66 people on board, was likely caused by a fire sparked from a pilot’s cigarette. Flight MS804 was bound from Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport to Cairo, but plunged into the sea between Crete…
A Belgian passenger died on Ryanair flight to Bergamo, Italy, on Sunday evening, 24 April. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. 9H-QBR) was operating Ryanair flight #FR4526 from Brussels to Milan when the crew contacted ATC about the medical emergency. The emergency vehicles intervened directly on the runway for rescuers to board the plane immediately. Unfortunately, the…
On March 5, pilots of Air France flight AF11 reported a serious issue with commands on final approach to Paris. The Boeing 777 (reg. F-GSQJ) was on approach to runway 26L when the crew reported an issue. Pilots said ‘the plane didn’t respond to the commands’ and started to deviate to its left. The Bureau…
Another RAAF C-17 was loaded with military assistance, bound for Ukraine. Air Movements Operators from No. 23 Squadron loaded military assistance bound for Ukraine onto a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. The Australian Government are providing six M777 155mm lightweight towed howitzers and 155mm howitzer ammunition to…
SpaceX will start providing wireless internet on Hawaiian Airlines flights from the Starlink satellite network as early as next year, a service the airline told CNBC it plans to offer to passengers for free. The deal marks the first for Elon Musk’s space company with a major airline. Starlink is SpaceX’s network of about 2,000…
Among the missions are InSight, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Odyssey, and Curiosity, all of which have been critical to expanding our understanding of the Red Planet. Following a thorough evaluation, NASA has extended the planetary science missions of eight of its spacecraft due to their scientific productivity and potential to deepen our knowledge and understanding…
Air Lease Corp. disclosed Friday it is writing off $802.4 million for leased aircraft trapped in Russia it doesn’t expect to recover following Western sanctions against the country for the invasion of Ukraine. So far only 32 of 513 Russian-operated aircraft managed by foreign leasing companies have been returned to their owners, aviation consulting firm…
When Leonardo Da Vinci first scribbled a flying machine in 1490, he probably had no clue that the aviation industry would become as massive as it is today. The aviation industry has come a long way from rudimentary drawings and is now a reality of the 20th and 21st centuries. Despite the airplane itself being…
Boeing is preparing for a new delay in the 777X program that would push first deliveries by at least a year into early 2025, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. The delay is in line with an estimate given by the plane’s biggest customer – Emirates Airlines – whose president, Tim Clark, told…
Britain’s biggest warship sailed within 900 miles of the North Pole as the Royal Navy pushed the boundaries of aircraft carrier operations into the Arctic. HMS Prince of Wales led a task group to 77 Degrees North in the North Atlantic to demonstrate the ability of the UK’s two 65,000-tonne Queen Elizabeth-class carriers to operate…
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