FAA Gives Virgin Galactic the Green Light to Resume Spaceflights After July Incident
30 Sep 2021, 06:38 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On Wednesday, September 29th, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it has cleared Virgin Galactic to resume its spaceflights
Pratt & Whitney Inks Multi Million Dollar Deal With FAA for Sustainable Jet Engine Tech
20 Sep 2021, 19:21 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The money involved in the deal is intended to develop jet engine technology that’s quieter, more fuel-efficient, and above all else, pollutes at far lower rates
This Imported Ex-Soviet MIG-29 Is Ready to Take to the Skies of America
10 Sep 2021, 07:42 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For such a jet fighter as aged as this one, it’s served a relatively peaceful life in military service. Logging only 818 total flight hours since new.
Virgin Galactic Aims for First Commercial Flight This Fall, FAA Might Rain on Its Parade
3 Sep 2021, 23:01 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / While Virgin Galactic is targeting late September or early October for its first commercial flight, the company has to wait until FAA gives it the green light.
“The Jetpack Guy Is Back” Flying Into LAX Flight Path, FBI Is Investigating
31 Jul 2021, 07:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A third sighting of a man in a jetsuit occurred this week, and the FBI and the FAA are investigating. The previous two sightings are still unsolved
FAA Changes Astronaut Definition, Disqualifying Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson
24 Jul 2021, 07:43 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In order to qualify for the Commercial Astronaut Wings program and get the astronaut wings, you have to prove you did it for the good of all
After 16 Years of Service, the Last S-3B Viking Will Fly Off Into the Sunset
9 Jul 2021, 12:28 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA Glenn’s S-3B Viking will is retiring after 16 years of service. Received by the space agency in 2004, the S-3B has been used as a research aircraft.
Virgin Galactic Gets Green Light to Fly Customers to the Edge of Space
25 Jun 2021, 17:03 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On June 25th, Virgin Galactic announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave it the approval to fly customers to the edge of space
Rocket Lab Gets Green Light to Resume Launches After Experiencing Flight Anomaly
2 Jun 2021, 15:12 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Rocket Lab received aproval from FAA to resume its satellite launches after its mission failed to deploy the cargo into the orbit.
This Is What Happens When Engine Failure Sends Plane Debris Raining Down
21 Feb 2021, 06:24 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / United Flight 328 experienced uncontained engine failure over Denver suburb, Colorado, strewing debris across a considerable area. No injuries have been reporte
FAA Is Investigating Couple of UFOs Crashing Into the Ocean in Hawaii
3 Jan 2021, 07:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Eyewitnesses saw an oblong, illuminated object fall out of the sky and into the ocean, followed by a second white one; no aircraft crashed or was missing
Man in Jetpack Flies into LAX Flight Path Again, This Time at 6,000 Feet
15 Oct 2020, 05:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Iron Man is really testing aviation and federal authorities, putting himself and others at risk: this is the second sighting in just six weeks
Lawnchair Larry, the OG Balloon Man Who Flew Into Federal Airspace by Mistake
4 Sep 2020, 12:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Larry Walters was a truck driver with a 20-year-old dream of flying while attached to a helium balloon. He fulfilled that dream on July 2, 1982
Ascension Is the 3-Hour Movie of David Blaine Becoming a Plane
3 Sep 2020, 03:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Ascension stunt took years to plan and put together, went off without a glitch but with plenty of tense moments over Arizona, on September 2
“Guy in a Jetpack” Casually Wanders on LAX Flight Path at 3,000 Feet
2 Sep 2020, 05:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Two pilots report to LAX control tower seeing a man in a jetpack flying dangerously close to airplanes, FBI, LAPD and the FAA are investigating
David Blaine Will Strap Himself to Helium Balloons to Fly Over Arizona
1 Sep 2020, 12:50 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Ascension project will take place Sept. 2 and will stream live online. It has been relocated from New York to Arizona due to weather and logistical issues
Kobe Bryant, Daughter Killed in Sikorsky S-76B Helicopter Crash
26 Jan 2020, 21:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The 41-year-old NBA legend and 4 others on board died when a fire broke out on the chopper and it crashed in the hills above Calabasas
FAA Looking into Airplane Fuel Dump Over LA During Emergency Landing
16 Jan 2020, 15:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A Delta flight asked to return to LAX after 25 minutes because of engine failure, and dumped fuel over schoolchildren on the way there
UPS Gets FAA Permission to Deliver Packages by Drones
2 Oct 2019, 11:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / UPS received a full Part 135 Standard certification, allowing it to create its own drone airline for industry-wide purposes, with nighttime and BVLOS operation
Storm Area 51 Date Approaches, Arrests Begin
17 Sep 2019, 13:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following several months of media frenzy, tons of memes, hashtags, and discussions on the topic, the event seems to be all but canceled