Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better! A Pilot’s Perspective of the B747-8F
In the Broadway Musical “Annie Get Your Gun”, Annie Oakley bellows in the final scene “Anything you can do, I can do better! I can do anything better than you!” If airplanes could talk, I’m pretty sure that Boeing’s...
JFK Tower: Our Favorite ATC Audio Clips
The air traffic control radio waves can be hectic at times, and New York’s JFK Airport has more than its fair share of interesting ATC recordings. From tower controllers playing comedian, to foreign pilots not quite under...
Earthquake Strikes Just Outside Dallas/Fort Worth Airport
A minor 3.4 magnitude earthquake that rattled homes and nerves in central Texas Saturday night was centered just 3.4 miles southeast of DFW.
In With a Bang: American Places Large Regional Jet Order
On Thursday morning, American Airlines Group announced that they had ordered 90 large regional jets with options for an additional 130. The orders will be split between Embraer S.A. of Brazil and Bombardier, Inc. of Canada, and...
Family of 7 Killed in Deadliest U.S. Plane Crash This Year
Five children as young as two were among a family of seven who were killed on Saturday evening when their small plane crashed near a local airport in western Alabama, the local coroner confirmed on Sunday.