Korean Pilots Avoided Manual Flying, Former Trainers Say

As the Asiana Airlines Inc. jet neared Los Angeles International Airport, Captain Vic Hooper told his Korean co-pilot to make a visual approach, meaning he’d manually fly instead of letting automation do the work. The co-pilot froze, leaving them too high and off course,... (www.bloomberg.com) More...

Wing fault blamed for Belgium crash

- Video - Belgian authorities say faulty wing was to blame for plane crash which killed 11 people. Paul Chapman reports. (news.yahoo.com) More...

This Gargantuan Plane Was Almost The Post-WWII Airbus A380

Even today's Airbus A380s, the grand star of any international airport that can receive them, make's people stop mid-traffic just to marvel at their imposing form. So what makes the cut as a gigantic airplane? There is no real criteria, it's just one of those things that you know when you see it. (foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com) More...

Did Nazi Germany Actually Try to Make a Stealth Fighter?

Reimer Horten moved to Argentina after the war, and in 1950 wrote an article for the Revista Nacional de Aeronautica arguing that wooden aircraft would absorb radar waves. Thirty years later, as the theory behind stealth aircraft became more widely known, Reimer wrote that he had intentionally sought to make the Horten flying wing into a stealth plane, claiming that he had even constructed the airframe using a special radar absorbent mixture of carbon, sawdust and wood glue without notifying his… (nationalinterest.org) More...

The Little Gear That Could Reshape the Jet Engine (reposted)

A simple idea’s almost 30-year, $10 billion journey to the aircraft mainstream. (www.bloomberg.com) More...

F-15 Amazing landing!!! (Video)

This came to me in the form of an e mail. I found it more than fascinating, I hope you all enjoy it. (biggeekdad.com) More...

The greatest toy ever invented. The engineering is awesome.

This is a video presentation sent to me by a friend on the Left coast. I'm not presenting it as sales material. I have no horse in the race. I just found it fascinating. Enjoy it for what it is. (player.vimeo.com) More...

FBI outlines reasons why six Southwest Airlines passengers were arrested and charged in Amarillo

FBI special agent T. Scott Hendricks has filed an affidavit explaining why Southwest Airlines diverted a San Diego-Chicago flight to Amarillo late Monday and booted six passengers off the flight. (www.dallasnews.com) More...

Southwest Airlines Is Becoming Disruptive Again

For much of its 40-plus-year history, Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) has been a disruptive force in the airline industry. While legacy carriers flew hodgepodge fleets, Southwest operated a single fleet type to reduce complexity and cut down on training and maintenance costs. While rivals piled in to crowded hubs, Southwest Airlines mainly operated from cheaper alternate airports. (www.investopedia.com) More...

USS Forrestal C-130 Hercules Carrier Landing Trials

For all you skeptics who say a 130 never landed on a carrier. Here's a Youtube video to show how it's done. No hooks, no wires, just a couple of converted fighter jocks and some good old fashioned flying skills (www.youtube.com) More...