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Drones

This ‘Rocket Launcher’ Looking-Device Can Safely Disable Drones Near Airports

The device might look like a portable rocket launcher, but it’s the latest attempt to make airports safe from rogue drones. The SkyWall 100, designed by a company in England, could…

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Score! World’s Longest Touchdown Catch

If you score after this play, we’ll let you dab. Devin Super Tramp‘a video for the big game didn’t disappoint. The ‘play’ started out inside the cargo compartment of an L100…

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An Air Race With A Purpose: Inspiration Beyond The 6%.

Two friends are on a journey to encourage more women to explore a career in aviation. Only 6% of pilots are women. That number is pretty small. Despite the fact that…

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Drones

One Hundred Drones Fly In Breathtaking Formation To Achieve World Record

These drones are other worldly as they dance in the nighttime sky! Who would have ever thought a drone display could be beautiful? While they have many important uses for…

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They Strapped Parachutes On These Street Racers And Dropped Them Out Of a C-130

By now you’ve probably seen Fast and Furious 7. The movie features two street racing vehicles dropped out of the C-130 Hercules. Dropping vehicles safely is no simple task. From…

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Jumping Out of a Hot Air Balloon With No Parachute? You’re Crazy!

Jumping With No Chute is Crazy! This Guy Just Did It! Skydiving is scary. Skydiving from a hot air balloon with no forward movement from 13,000 feet is even scarier.…

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Drones

Drones produce stunning video of Mexican airport, but is it safe?

Drones have always been both a mixed blessing. On one hand, they are amazing tool that can put cameras in places that ten years ago would have taken a helicopter…

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Airplane Almost Hits Whale on Landing

A seaplane nearly hit a whale in Alaska last week. Yep, a WHALE! Pilots have dealt with elk and other wildlife on the runway before. Alaskan bush pilots are used…

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This is NOT How You Should Talk to Air Traffic Control

This video makes any professional pilot cringe. It’s kind of like watching Michael Scott on an old episode of The Office. From the first “roger” to the “precautionary landing on the…

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A Piper Cub can takeoff in just 58 feet? You gotta watch this…

Every year in Valdez, Alaska, they hold a STOL competition. That’s a cool acronym that stands for Short Takeoff and Landing. At the event, pilots compete with their plane to…

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Re-learning To Fly The Same Plane Every Year

Sean D. Tucker comes in low from the left to cut three ribbons sequentially strung low across his flight path at air show center. His signature red Oracle Challenger III…

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General Aviation

This ‘Rocket Launcher’ Looking-Device Can Safely Disable Drones Near Airports

Score! World’s Longest Touchdown Catch

An Air Race With A Purpose: Inspiration Beyond The 6%.

One Hundred Drones Fly In Breathtaking Formation To Achieve World Record

They Strapped Parachutes On These Street Racers And Dropped Them Out Of a C-130

Jumping Out of a Hot Air Balloon With No Parachute? You’re Crazy!

Drones produce stunning video of Mexican airport, but is it safe?

Airplane Almost Hits Whale on Landing

This is NOT How You Should Talk to Air Traffic Control

A Piper Cub can takeoff in just 58 feet? You gotta watch this…

Re-learning To Fly The Same Plane Every Year

NASA’s First Crewed Artemis Moon Mission Slips to Late 2025

Flying The Rare Lufthansa Airbus A340-600

Deep Sea Surveyors Think They Found Amelia Earhart’s Plane

Dual FMC Failure and Smoke in the Galley: CRM 101

Ural Airlines Abandons Plan to Fly Airbus A320 Out of Field