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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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Salon.com
August 9, 2002
Patrick Smith
Ask the pilot When airplanes collide, who is responsible? Are we doing enough to prevent such disasters? mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
March 2006
Strauss et al.
Unsafe At Any Airspeed? Is it safe to use cellphones on airplanes? The U.S. FCC thinks it may be. But here is proof that cellphones and other electronics are more of a risk to maintaining proper airline instrumentation than you think. mark for My Articles similar articles
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 mark for My Articles similar articles
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... mark for My Articles similar articles
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... mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Salon.com
July 15, 2000
Phaedra Hise
JFK Jr.'s fatal mistakes The final report on Kennedy's crash reveals a series of decisions that led him on a spiral crash course one year ago. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Jeff Wise
Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
June 4, 2009
Mark Huber
Diving Robots Could Recover Air France 447's Black Box After officials pinpointed the location of Air France's Airbus A330 crash site, they turned to the difficult task of recovering the black boxes mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2009
Grace V. Jean
Fear of Crashes Keeping Drones out of U.S. Airspace The senior director of unmanned aircraft systems and control technologies at Rockwell Collins, Vos and other industry representatives are advocating a push for the development of automation technologies that will make it possible for piloted aircraft and drones to fly safely in the same airspace. mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
Andrew Blum
Key to Eliminating U.S. Flight Delays? Redesign the Sky Over New York City More than 2 million flights pass over the city every year, most traveling to and from the metropolitan area's three busiest airports: John F. Kennedy, Newark, and LaGuardia. mark for My Articles similar articles
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? mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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? mark for My Articles similar articles
Salon.com
March 28, 2002
P. Smith
Air travel's communications killer Twenty-five years ago, the greatest disaster in airline history killed 538 people, in part because of a radio glitch that still hasn't been fixed... mark for My Articles similar articles
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? mark for My Articles similar articles
Salon.com
August 2, 2002
Patrick Smith
Ask the pilot Can it really get too hot to fly? And what was it like to be in the air on Sept. 11? mark for My Articles similar articles
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? mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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? mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
June 1, 2009
Mark Huber
Air France Mystery: Was Lightning to Blame? Aviation experts agree that it is highly unlikely that lightning alone caused the crash of Air France Flight 447 earlier today. mark for My Articles similar articles
Salon.com
July 12, 2002
Patrick Smith
Up, locked, and loaded Should guns be allowed in the cockpit? Possibly, says Salon's aviation expert, but not at the expense of other solutions to air terror. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2014
Eric Braganca
Affordable Options Available to Upgrade Military Helicopters While many portions of the defense budget are shrinking, the portion allocated to purchasing helicopters is falling through the floor over the next few years. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
July 2, 2008
David Noland
Could One Email Have Stopped a $1.4B Stealth Bomber Crash? The spectacular crash of a B-2 stealth bomber in February could have been prevented by a simple, unofficial "bootleg" maintenance procedure that some ground crews have used for years. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Aviation History
C.V. Glines
The Guggenheims: Aviation Visionaries Everyone flying today is a beneficiary of this father-son team's vision and largesse. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2008
Grace V. Jean
Technologies Ease Burden on Pilots, Maintainers The F-35 Lighting II is being equipped with some of the latest technologies that will automate the duties of both pilots and maintenance crews. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2006
Gulf Air Picks Teledyne for Flight Data Recording GroundLink system records and wirelessly transfers flight data from the aircraft to the ground, without any human intervention. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
February 3, 2005
9/11: Debunking The Myths We examine the evidence and consults the experts to refute the most persistent conspiracy theories of September 11. mark for My Articles similar articles
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? mark for My Articles similar articles
Salon.com
September 6, 2002
Patrick Smith
Ask the pilot What are the 10 worst airline crashes of all time? mark for My Articles similar articles
Salon.com
November 14, 2002
Patrick Smith
Ask the pilot Was Senator Paul Wellstone's death murder? Patrick Smith looks at the "evidence." mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2005
Frank Colucci
Sensors Aboard Helicopters Can Help Predict Parts Failures Health-and-usage monitoring systems (HUMS) now are in development for the Army's new UH-60M Black Hawk and Block III AH-64D Apache helicopters. HUMS help track the wear and tear of aircraft components. mark for My Articles similar articles
Salon.com
September 12, 2001
Phaedra Hise
Flying with phantoms A pilot waves goodbye to the World Trade Center... mark for My Articles similar articles
Salon.com
January 15, 2002
P. Smith
The inherent danger of flying Shoe bombs and suicidal 15-year-olds are heightening fears about airline security. But aside from creating more chaos at airports, what can we do? mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
February 2010
Dan Koeppel
How to Fall 35,000 Feet -- And Survive Stories of people who survived crashes and sky diving accidents. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
December 10, 2008
Michael Milstein
Is a Controversial Technology to Blame for the F-18 Crash? The F/A-18D Hornet that slammed into a residential neighborhood in San Diego Monday came from the first family of fighter jets with full fly-by-wire technology. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2006
Italy's Air One Chooses Teledyne Systems for A320 Feet Italy's second-largest airline has selected the Flight Data Interface Management Unit and Wireless GroundLink Quick Access Recorder from Teledyne Controls to automate the recording and transmission of flight data for its new Airbus single-aisle aircraft fleet. mark for My Articles similar articles
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? mark for My Articles similar articles
Salon.com
July 26, 2002
Patrick Smith
Ask the pilot Do seat cushions actually save lives? And why don't U.S. airlines fly to Africa? mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2013
Insinna & Tadjdeh
Air Force Making Headway on Fuel Efficiency Goals The Air Force is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The service requires massive amounts of fuel to power its aircraft, but in a budget crunch, officials know they must curb consumption in order to save money and be less susceptible to a volatile oil market. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
May 2007
Anthony Colozza
Fly Like A Bird Flapping wings could revolutionize aircraft design. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles