Civil Aviation

Over the years, many aircraft disappearances have baffled the world of avation. The most obvious, and perhaps the most harrowing...

The highest ever recorded bird strike (i.e., a collision of a bird and an aircraft) occurred over the West African...

The word “Lukla” in the Sherpa language refers to an “abode of sheep”. Locals say that in the past, the...

Only 67 units of the world’s largest turboprop aircraft, the Antonov An-22 “Antei” were made. 60 of these are operated...

If one makes the effort of trying to simplify what the term Dutch Roll means in aviation, it wouldn’t be...

The story of the Tupolev Tu-104, USSR’s first jetliner, goes hand in hand with its arch, or should we say...

After the former Syrian leader was ousted from the government, he chose to fly to Russia on the Ilyushin Il-76...

It can be a surprise to learn that students of aviation have had to write scientific papers titled “Seat Belts...

The National Museum of the US Air Force (which likes just outside of Dayton, Ohio)houses aircraft that were sometimes experimental...