Jet Runs Off Quito Runway

QUITO, Ecuador – A Fokker F-28 passenger jet carrying more than 60 people ran off an airstrip in the Ecuadorean capital on Monday, skidding 400 meters and smashing through a brick wall.
Authorities said none of the 62 passengers and crew members aboard the Fokker F-28 operated by Ecuadorean airline Icaro were injured.
The flight attempted to [...]

NASA Delays Hubble Mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – NASA is delaying next month’s shuttle launch to the Hubble Space Telescope because of problems stemming from Hurricane Ike and the preparation of replacement parts for the observatory.
The space shuttle Atlantis is now set to blast off at 10:19 p.m. ET on October 14 for the last visit to the orbiting [...]

Engine Failure Caused Russian 737 Crash

MOSCOW, Russia – Investigators ruled out engine failure as causing the weekend plane crash in Russia that killed all 88 people on board.
The Interstate Aviation Committee said both engines on the Boeing 737-500 were working when it crashed Sunday while preparing to land in the Ural Mountains city of Perm. The planes belonged to the [...]

National World War II Museum Displays Nazi Plane

NEW ORLEANS – The National World War II Museum unveiled a Nazi fighter plane rarely exhibited in the United States and it will be displayed in a simulated dogfight with its British adversary on September 11.
The Germans built more than 30,000 Messerschimdtt Bf 109 from 1939-1945 and the fighter scored more verified kills than any [...]

C-17 Makes First After-Dark Landing in Antarctica

PEGAUSUS ICE RUNWAY, Antarctica – A C-17 Globemaster III aircrew from McChord Air Force Base in Washington, performed the first known after dark landing in Antarctica using night vision goggles on September 11.
The McChord aircrew, consisting of active duty Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing and Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing, verified the C-17’s [...]

Top 10 Light Planes

10. Mooney M20 – Manufactured in 1955 with wooden wing spars that required lots of inspections to keep in airworthy condition, the Mooney M20 quickly became an all-metal aircraft. Different variants of the family were produced in three fuselage lengths and the M20’s engine power and cruise speed grew until it became the fastest production [...]

Russian Tupolev Tu-160s Land in Venezuela

MOSCOW, Russia – Russia downplayed the two Tu-160 Blackjack strategic long-range bombers that flew to Venezuela on Thursday in the first such flight since the Cold War, saying the bombers carried no live weapons (nuclear or otherwise) and would turn back to Russia next week.
Russian analysts said it was the first time strategic bombers have [...]

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Rocket Fuel Experiment Blows Up

A retired NASA engineer, Jim Akkerman, looking to develop an inexpensive way for people to travel to space goes back to square one after one of his experiments exploded Saturday, September 6. No one was injured and no property was damaged at the accident in Hitchcock, located about 40 miles southeast of Houston.
Too much methane-oxygen [...]

Pilot Error Blamed for Fatal F-15 Collision

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Two inexperienced F-15C Eagle pilots made errors that caused a fatal mid-air collision during a combat training mission over the Gulf of Mexico, Air Force investigators concluded in a report released Monday.
Both pilots misjudged how close they were to each other and had less than two seconds to react before Capt. [...]