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AskMen.com
Steve Richer |
How To: Get A Private Pilot's License We are at a point now where human flight is open to just about everyone, even the likes of flyboys Tom Cruise and John Travolta. Accordingly, it's become painless for someone to get their private pilot's license.   |
Salon.com
March 8, 2002
P. Smith |
How safe is your airplane? After the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, some pilots requested that all Airbus A300 planes be grounded. But they're still aloft... |
CIO
December 1, 2002
Jerry Gregoire |
Zero Visibility Change is to business leaders what bad weather is to pilots. It's all about acting on the most relevant data. |
Salon.com
August 9, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot When airplanes collide, who is responsible? Are we doing enough to prevent such disasters? |
Salon.com
August 23, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How hard is it fly an airliner? And why can't I keep my tray table down during takeoff? |
Salon.com
July 18, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do airlines cut down the flow of oxygen in the cabin to save fuel? Can wind shear rip off a plane's wing? |
Popular Mechanics
September 2007
David Noland |
10 Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation Here are eight crashes and two emergency landings whose influence is felt -- for the good -- each time you step on a plane. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009
Jeff Wise |
How Plane Crash Forensics Lead to Safer Aviation After each plane crash, investigators study the wreckage, analyze flight data and examine clues regarding flight conditions. Once they have determined a cause, they often help create recommendations that prevent the problem from recurring. |
Popular Mechanics
February 13, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
Dash-8 Q400 Crash: Profile of a Doomed Plane It has been two years since a fatality has been reported on board a U.S. flight. Here is a look at the questionable safety record of the Dash-8 Q400, which has been flying with Continental for just one year. |
Salon.com
September 12, 2001
Phaedra Hise |
Flying with phantoms A pilot waves goodbye to the World Trade Center... |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2006
Glenn G. Kautt |
Flying Blind Financial advisers, like pilots, are responsible for delivering clients to their destinations safely. Do you have the right procedures in place to prevent a crash? |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Jim Gorman |
'We don't have any engines' Two joyriding pilots took a jet to its 41,000-ft. ceiling -- and paid for the stunt with their lives. PM investigates the crash of Flight 3701. |
Salon.com
December 13, 2001
Katharine Mieszkowski |
A no-fly zone for terrorism By taking pilots out of the loop, can software prevent planes from being used as bombs? |
Aviation History
Ross Smyth |
Lindbergh of Canada: The Erroll Boyd Story When Erroll Boyd made his flight to London in 1930, he was the first to cross the North Atlantic outside the summer season. |
Salon.com
July 31, 2000
Elliott Neal Hester |
Coping after the Concorde disaster Consoling odds: Your chances of dying in a domestic plane crash are still less than one in a million. |
Aviation History
C.V. Glines |
The Guggenheims: Aviation Visionaries Everyone flying today is a beneficiary of this father-son team's vision and largesse. |
Salon.com
November 13, 2001
Damien Cave |
"It couldn't have come at a worse time" Former Transportation Secretary Sam Skinner explains how the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 will affect the air travel industry... |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Barbara S. Peterson |
End of Flight Delays? FAA's GPS Fix Could Bust Sky Gridlock The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quietly using Alaska as a testbed for technologies that could radically transform the nation's antiquated air traffic control (ATC) system from ground-based radar to space-based GPS. |
Popular Mechanics
June 11, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
World's Priciest Stealth Plane Takes First Run to Vertical Landing Needing a boost after a negative report leak, Lockheed Martin tested a prototype of its latest Joint Strike Fighter for the Marines today -- a supersonic F-35 that lands like a chopper and thinks like a pilot. |
Salon.com
April 11, 2002
P. Smith |
Back in the saddle These days, because I am an airline pilot, people want to know if I'm scared. Of course I'm scared. I would be nervous flying with a pilot who wasn't... |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2010
Krishna M. Kavi |
Beyond the Black Box Instead of storing flight data on board, aircraft could easily send the information in real time to the ground |
Salon.com
July 28, 2000
Elliott Neal Hester |
Out of the Blue Lies in the sky: An inside look at United Airlines' abysmal service. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2008
Tekla S. Perry |
Airlines: Got Fuel? Airlines are now putting the minimum amount of fuel in planes necessary to reach their destination, but are they underestimating the amount they need? |
Outside
September 2005
Brad Wetzler |
Get Your Props Widen the horizons of adventure by taking the controls and becoming a pilot |
Salon.com
November 14, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Was Senator Paul Wellstone's death murder? Patrick Smith looks at the "evidence." |
Salon.com
June 28, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do pilots sweat bullets during wind-whipped landings? And why are those darn windows so small? |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2011
Philip E. Ross |
When Will We Have Unmanned Commercial Airliners? Unmanned planes dominate the battlefield, yet airliners still have pilot - -and copilots. |
Aviation History
Laurel M. Sheppard |
Jerrie Mock: Record-Breaking Aviatrix In 1964, an Ohio woman took up the challenge that led to Amelia Earhart's disappearance, and become the first woman to fly around the world solo. She later chronicled her adventures in the book "Three-eight Charlie." |
Aviation History
M.A. Mogus |
Old Glory's Final Flight In the aftermath of Lindbergh's famous flight, veteran airmail pilots J.D. Hill and Lloyd Bertaud set out for Rome in a Fokker monoplane. |
Popular Mechanics
July 9, 2008
Jeff Wise |
Mechanic: Obama's Plane Could Have 'Lost Control' in Anomaly Sen. Barack Obama's MD-80 aircraft made a surprise landing on Monday morning due to controllability issues. |
DailyCandy
October 16, 2004 |
Travel: You So Fly Ready to earn your wings? Take an introductory flight with a certificated instructor at your local flight school or airport; then follow the AOPA's tips for getting started. |
Popular Mechanics
August 7, 2009
Michael Belfiore |
The Truth About Airplane Turbulence If you're like some of the 26 injured passengers on Continental Airlines Flight 128 last Monday (or the two people on Delta Airlines Flight 2871 last Tuesday) and you're not buckled in during turbulence, you could meet the ceiling with unpleasant results. |
National Defense
May 2004
Frank Colucci |
Air Force Refines Training Programs for UAV Operators With growing numbers of Predator and Global Hawk unmanned aircraft expected to enter service in the years ahead, the U.S. Air Force is solidifying plans to train operators and support crews. |
Wired
July 2005
Ron Berler |
Saving the Pentagon's Killer Chopper-Plane 22 years. $16 billion. 30 deaths. The V-22 Osprey has been an R&D nightmare. But now the dream of a tilt-rotor troop transport could finally come true. |
Aviation History
January 2007 |
Letter From the swashbuckling days of the post-World War I barnstormers to long-distance flying feats such as Charles Lindbergh's iconic solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, the appeal of flight was on a dizzying climb. |
National Defense
February 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Teaching Non-Pilots to Fly Predators Requires More Cockpit Hours in Manned Aircraft The Air Force last fall graduated its first class of Predator pilots from an experimental program aimed at training non-aviators how to fly remotely-operated aircraft. |
Aviation History
May 2006
R.E. van Patten |
Hanna Reitsch: Hitler's Female Test Pilot Groundbreaking pilot Hanna Reitsch set more than 40 records in her lifetime. But she was tragically slow to recognize the ruin into which the Nazis were leading her homeland. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Jeff Wise |
Fly Your Own Plane for $30,000: Backyard Aircraft Flight Test Two-seaters represent the most affordable way for recreational pilots to get airborne and take a friend along. To tap into this market, plane makers have come up with cool machines that cost about the same as a base-model SUV. |
Aviation History
September 2005
David H. Grover |
Harrowing 1927 California to Hawaii Flight The accomplishments of two pioneering civilians -- Emory Bronte and Ernie Smith -- who piloted a Travel Air across the Pacific in 1927 have been largely overlooked. |
Wired
March 2003
John Galvin |
Always a Dull Moment The Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network (Vatsim), provides simulated control of an airliner or control tower in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that is as boring as the real thing. |
Salon.com
September 13, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Can an airliner get a speeding ticket? And, isn't it a bad thing when an engine bursts into flame? |
Aviation History
Deborah G. Douglas |
WASPS of War Nancy Harkness Love proved her mettle in the air and gained recognition for women pilots in a man's world. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009
Jeff Wise |
The Tech That Makes New Airplanes and Runways Safer The plane, the runway, the airport, the technology are all examined here |
Inc.
November 2003
Robert X. Cringely |
Flight Club Forget the company car. Getting around is faster -- and less expensive than you may think -- in a private plane. |
Aviation History
January 2008 |
Letter From Aviation History The fatal skies of the 2006 airshow... |
Salon.com
September 27, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How could a pilot not be trained for fog landings? And how is "Jet Smarter" author Diana Fairechild like Ralph Nader with a tray of peanuts? |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Jeff Wise |
Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible. |
Fast Company
Liz Taurasi |
Flying Cars Predicted In Two Years: What Then? Scheduled to debut in 2016 at an estimated cost of $279,000, the Transition is a street-legal car with wings that fold out to make an FAA-approved airplane. |
Wired
December 22, 2008
Carl Hoffman |
The Ultimate Flying Machine: Sexy as a Sports Car, Portable as a Jet Ski The Icon A5, designed to thrill and a breeze to fly. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2007
Arianne Cohen |
Anatomy of a Plane Crash: Behind the Scenes with the NTSB A crash detective's mission: to save lives, one hard-earned lesson at a time. |
