Landing gear-related mishaps (LGRMs) account for over half of all accidents in piston retracts, incurring significant costs in repairs, downtime, and pilot insurability. The true prevalence of LGRMs ...
The latest trainee aircraft incident near Baramati has once again put aviation safety at the town’s flight training facilities under scrutiny, with records showing at least nine aircraft accidents and ...
The FAA has warned pilots to be prepared to "exercise extreme caution" when flying below the trajectory of commercial spacecraft-some of which have the potential for "catastrophic failures resulting ...
More than eight times each week. Well over $1 million every month. These are very conservative estimates of the rate of gear-up and gear-collapse landings among factory-built, piston-engine airplanes ...
U.S. sailors man the rails of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) as Nimitz pulls into San Diego in support of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17’s return home, Dec. 7, 2025. US Navy photo ...