Older aircraft rarely have any crash protection so it’s good to see that recent changes in the certification process have allowed a useful update – … Read more
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Special event to mark Dam Busters 75th
+VIDEO Seventy-five years ago this week, on 26 February 1943, the Royal Air Force’s most daring operation of WWII, ‘Operation Chastise’ was given final approval … Read more
Garmin VIRB 360£650
Back in the summer of 2016, we reviewed Kodak’s 360º camera. We came to the conclusion that, if you managed to fight your way through … Read more
Video Premiere: the amazing Yak 110
+VIDEO It’s mad, bad and a bit bonkers to fly unless you’re either a highly accomplished display pilot like Jeff Boerboon, or methodical test pilot … Read more
Air Race 1 shapes up for November meeting
+VIDEO No fewer than thirteen Americans are due to compete in next month’s Air Race 1 meeting, being staged at Thailand’s U-Tapao Naval Airbase. Three … Read more
Japanese ace wins 2017 Red Bull Air Race title
+VIDEO This season’s Red Bull Air Race World Championship has been unpredictable from the start with several racers still in contention for the title going … Read more
VIDEO: Dead stick takeoff, flight and landing
OK, so we’re taught during the PPL course how to make a Practice Forced Landing (PFL) and you may have even landed at an airfield … Read more
VIDEO of the week: surfing behind a flying boat
Surfing behind a 1951 Grumman Albatross flying boat
Volocopter starts air taxi tests in Dubai
+VIDEO The world’s first drone air taxi, the Volocopter, has started unmanned flight tests in Dubai. The United Arab Emirates city plans to be the … Read more
New TV show sees engineers attempt Flight of the Phoenix
+VIDEO Five engineers – three women, two men – are stranded in hostile desert terrain. They must engineer their way out of an increasingly critical … Read more