Aircraft pilot

When Zaki Anwari scaled the fence at Kabul airport, he was determined to escape. The 17-year-old footballer from the Afghan national youth team had taken a break from his math studies for his exams to accompany his brother as he tried to catch a plane. Zaki had always told his …

“You’re on the ground ”is the last thing an aircraft manufacturer wants to hear from the FAA. And it is no less alarming for airline passengers. It may mean finding out that a plane you just flew has suddenly been deemed too dangerous to fly. The most serious example came …

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) – The SFA’s aviation science curriculum is literally taking off. This month, the inaugural class began flying planes at AL Mangham Airport. The first student in the air has big ambitions for herself and the new graduation project. “Make sure the plane is in great shape,” recalls …

LUBBOCK, Texas – They are a passport to the past in the form of airplanes. This week, the Commemorative Air Force brought three WWII planes to the Silent Wings Museum to offer tours and what they call “living history flights” to the public. For any history buff, vintage warbirds are …

During World War II, the P-40 was the third most produced fighter. In three major combat theaters, the Pacific, China and North Africa, the P-40 has established itself as a superiority hunter in attack on the ground. Photo by Britt Dietz On Saturday, September 4, 2021, visitors to the Planes …

Bhopal, August 27 Aviation safety regulator DGCA suspended the flight license of a senior Madhya Pradesh government pilot for a period of one year for the crash landing of a plane at Gwalior airport in May of this year. The plane was carrying Remdesivir, an antiviral drug, from Gujarat to …

SAN DIEGO – A pilot of a small plane who was experiencing mechanical problems made an emergency landing Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 5 near the Del Mar exhibition center. The pilot and passenger of the Piper PA-32 single-engine aircraft were not injured, but two people in vehicles struck by the …

An Afghan woman gave birth aboard an American evacuation plane moments after it landed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, the U.S. Air Force said. Key points: The pilot‘s decision making helped the woman give birth The baby was born in the hold of the plane Mother and baby were …

A Ryanair flight from Tenerife to East Midlands Airport was forced to make an emergency landing on Thursday evening after a crew member became seriously ill. It was later revealed that the first officer had been ‘incapable’, prompting the aircraft to stop on the runway so that paramedics could immediately …

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) – Charleston Southern University is launching its new Commercial Aviation Pilot Program, the state’s first college aviation program, on Thursday. CSU Aeronautics Department Chairman Col. Christopher Will said the next closest are Liberty University to the north and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to the south. CSU’s new …