The find-it-by-feel technique goes back to World War II, and I highly recommend it. If you are a renter pilot, it helps to do a quick review of the cockpit layout before you start the engine. Every ...

NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off 40 years ago with an unusual crew. In addition to six astronauts, the mission took flight with a teacher on board.

The T-6 is a trainer, but it demands respect like a frontline aircraft. Small mistakes compound quickly when speed, power, and workload stack up. This flight became a reminder of how fast confidence ...

Ask any history teacher in Michigan how their lessons could be better and they will tell you that they need to incorporate more current events into the curriculum, East Kentwood High School history ...

It took patience and practice for airplane enthusiast Ken Umbarger to master doing aerobatic loops and rolls with his own plane, feats he says he learned mostly from Google and his friends. Feet ...

Of all the things you don’t want to hear on an airplane flying over the Atlantic Ocean, “if there’s a doctor on board, please hit your call light” is pretty high on the list. I’ve flown regularly for ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. The Generation 6 aircraft represents the first-ever candidate for certification of an autonomous passenger-carrying ...

The Generation 6 aircraft represents the first-ever candidate for certification of an autonomous passenger-carrying aircraft in the U.S. Wisk Aero, an autonomous aviation company, today announced the ...

Wisk plans to certify its autonomous air taxi before the end of this decade. Credit: Wisk Aero Wisk Aero has completed the first flight of its full-scale Gen 6 autonomous eVTOL air taxi, marking a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Flight reductions at 40 major U.S. airports will remain at 6% instead of rising to 10% by the end of the week because more air traffic controllers are coming to work, the Department ...

Late Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill, ending a record 43-day government shutdown.The shutdown caused financial stress for federal workers, generated long lines at ...