Solar Impulse Comes To New York: A First Hand Account
I have been tracking the Solar Impulse flight across the United States for quite a while now, and when word finally came down on the date and time of the landing at New York, I was excited. Not much keeps me up at 3am, but the ...
In the Cockpit with Legendary Hollywood Stunt Pilot Corkey Fornof
J.W. "Corkey" Fornof is perhaps Hollywood's foremost aviator, his work having appeared in 46 feature films—including James Bond classics such as Octopussy—as well as over 1,000 commercials and TV shows. Corkey shares his st...
Touch N’ Go: Dreamliners Losing Money, Balloon Ride Through Love Valley + more #AvGeek Goodness!
(Touch N’ Go is a collection of our favorite AvGeek news, pictures, videos, tweets & more from the day.) AvNews: ✈ Why Boeing Keeps Losing Money on Each 787 Dreamliner [Businessweek] ✈ U.S. to Monitor Visitors from...
Boeing NewGen Tanker Enters Air Force KC-X Competition
Boeing's pitch for the US Air Force's latest tanker competition will be a 767-based jet retrofitted with displays from the state-of-the-art 787 flight deck, among other improvements.
AirTran Flight 297: Terror “Dry Run” or Internet Hoax?
Two passengers were removed from AirTran Flight 297 on November 18th after one of them refused to turn off his cell phone. But is there more behind the story? An email circulating the web says it might have been a test flight f...