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Probable Cause: The student pilot’s loss of airplane control during takeoff, which resulted in a bounced landing and impact with the airport’s windsock.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) doesn’t often make front-page news, but for airlines, regulators, and pilots, its decisions shape the rules of global aviation, including pilot retirement age. Based in Montréal and operating under the umbrella of the United Nations, ICAO sets standards on everything from crash investigations to runway markings to medical qualifications…

The environment around Aberdeen is unique. There’s its size, for one thing – a huge

U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, D.C has dealt a blow to DJI, they

President Donald Trump is ordering his administration to declassify all government records about Amelia Earhart and her famous disappearance almost 90 years ago. The pioneering aviator was attempting to become the first women to fly around the world, when she and and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished in the South Pacific with their Lockheed 10-E…

A total loss of engine power due to the fatigue failure of a retaining circlip in one of the No. 2 crankshaft cheek counterweights, which resulted in liberation of the counterweight.

Public support for the use of drones is growing, according to research conducted by the

Ryanair has confirmed that it will move to 100% digital boarding passes from Wed Nov 12th. The move means that passengers will no longer be able to download and print a physical paper boarding pass but will instead need to download the carrier’s app onto a compatible mobile device. The boarding pass will then be…