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Flights Resume at Oshkosh After Crash

Flights Resume at Oshkosh After Crash

All runways at EAA AirVenture grounds in Oshkosh, Wis., are open after a plane made a hard landing and caught fire Wedesday morning, closing the airport for almost three hours. Five people were aboard the plane at the time of the crash and all were transported to local hospitals after the Piper Malibu plane came in […]
Rimowa to Build Junkers F13 Replicas

Rimowa to Build Junkers F13 Replicas

The German luggage maker Rimowa announced it will build a series of replica Junkers F13s, the world’s first commercial airliner. “It’s long been my ambition to rebuild the ‘mother’ of all commercial aircraft and I’m very happy that this will now become a reality,” said CEO Dieter Morszeck. “This plane has always fascinated me and […]
AirVenture Kicks Off in Oshkosh

AirVenture Kicks Off in Oshkosh

Oshkosh’s Wittman Regional Airport once again became the world’s busiest airport this weekend as tens of thousands of people flocked in for the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture 2015. “Welcome to Oshkosh, and have a great day,” was the familiar greeting from the control tower as hundreds of aircraft from around the globe touched down Sunday on the […]
Solar Impulse 2 Grounded Until 2016

Solar Impulse 2 Grounded Until 2016

Battery problems on Solar Impulse 2, the airplane that has been flying around the world using only the sun’s power, have grounded the plane until next spring. The lithium-ion batteries overheated on a recent five-day trip from Japan to Hawaii. “Irreversible damage to certain parts of the batteries will require repairs which will take several […]
An Aussie Trojan’s Story

An Aussie Trojan’s Story

Speaking exclusively with WarbirdsNews, Australian pilot and warbird enthusiast Chris Godfrey discusses some of the history around his Vietnam War-era North American T-28D Trojan and the latest update on getting his prized possession back into the air. Registered as VH-PFM, Godfrey’s T-28D Trojan has been a popular participant at airshows over the last two decades in […]
Photo: CS100 Tests in Kansas

Photo: CS100 Tests in Kansas

Bombardier has disclosed details of the minimum-unstick testing on the initial CSeries variant which it conducted at a regional airport in Kansas. One of the CS100 prototypes, FTV4, performed the tests at Salina airport during May. The twinjet was fitted with a projecting bumper underneath the aft fuselage for the tests, which explore the minimum speed at […]
‘Green’ ATR Makes First Flight

‘Green’ ATR Makes First Flight

ATR’s “green” ATR 72-600 flying technology demonstrator flew for the first time on Wednesday as part of Europe’s Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative (CS JTI) test campaign. A measure adopted by the European Parliament to support the trend of public-private partnership initiatives in the field of research, CS JTI represents efforts to achieve major steps toward the environmental goals set by […]
Airbus E-Fan Prepares to Hop Channel

Airbus E-Fan Prepares to Hop Channel

It is more than 100 years since Louis Bleriot made the first cross English Channel flight from Calais to Dover ushering in a new era of aviation.  But next week Airbus will take the next giant leap in air travel when the company embarks on the longest-ever manned electric flight. Reversing Bleriot’s 1909 route, French […]
Vulcan Makes Last Flight Over RAF Base

Vulcan Makes Last Flight Over RAF Base

Hundreds of aircraft enthusiasts lined the A15 on Sunday to watch Avro Vulcan bomber XH558 fly over RAF Waddington for the last time. Police closed the section of the road by the viewing area so that the crowds could fill the road and enjoy the iconic aircraft’s final goodbye. The engine life of the 55-year-old aircraft, which was […]
Iraqi General Crashes F-16 in Arizona

Iraqi General Crashes F-16 in Arizona

An Iraqi pilot who has been training in the United States for four years was flying an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft that crashed in southern Arizona, a spokesman for the Iraqi defense minister said Thursday. “We have no word yet on his fate or the reason behind the crash,” Brig. Gen. Tahseen Ibrahim told The […]
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