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Gallery: A Look At What Flies On U.S. Navy Carriers

The U.S. Navy’s carrier air wings contain a mix of combat aircraft such as the F-35C and F/A-18, as well as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance birds, multirole helicopters and transporters.

 

Pilots Say MAX MCAS Software Updates Prove Effective In Simulator Demo

Pilots reveal the inside story on details of new MCAS protection features after Boeing 737 MAX upgrade simulator demonstrations.

 

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Reaction Engines Pre-Cooler Passes Mach 3.3 Test

High-temperature, Mach 3.3 test paves the way for a hypersonic run for Reaction Engines pre-cooler.

 

KC-390: A Flight In Embraer’s Agile Airlifter

Aviation Week recently flew Embraer’s KC-390 multirole tactical transport. The flight test began with a demonstration of the aircraft’s spritely takeoff and climb performance. See the photos and videos.

 
 

Podcast Behind The F35s New Aerial Tricks

The U.S. military gave the public only one glimpse of the F-35's hotly contested dogfighting chops at the last Paris air show. That’s changing this year. Listen to demo pilot Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson talk about the latest debut.

 

Opinion: The 737 MAX Fallout’s Implications For Suppliers

While aerospace stakeholders hope for an optimistic outcome, they must also plan for the possibility of pessimistic scenarios. 

 
 

An Approach So Awful, The Tower Controllers Ducked Out Of Fear

Four crewmembers and 47 of the 67 passengers on board a US-Bangla Airlines Bombardier Q400 died when their scheduled flight crashed and burned at Kathmandu, Nepal, while maneuvering for a VFR landing.

 

Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft Completes ‘Spot-On’ First Flight

The gargantuan twin-fuselage launch vehicle carrier aircraft made a successful 2-hr. 29-min. first flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport.

 
 

USAF Boeing Embarrassed By KC46A Debris Problems

The U.S. Air Force will begin accepting Boeing KC-46As later this month and the company’s senior leadership is “embarrassed” by the program's foreign object debris problem, according to the service's acquisition chief.

 

Commentary WOW Airs Demise Is A Case Study In Flawed Fleet Decisions

The carrier’s collapse is the latest in a series of European airline failures. Mistakes by management are the key reason for its demise.