FLYING on MSN

NTSB Issues Urgent Safety Recommendations After Fatal Hawker Stall Test Accidents

Fatal accidents involving Hawker 800 and 900XP jets have prompted the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to issue ...
Yahoo

'Airplane!' directors on 'worse than terrible' test screenings, Letterman's failed audition and their 'Godfather' sequel that never was

A screening of Airplane! where nobody laughed? Surely you can't be serious! But two of the directors of the 1980 comedy classic, David Zucker and Jim Abrahams, confirm that's what happened at the ...
Flying

World’s Largest Airplane Completes First Test Flight in Eight Months

Stratolaunch’s Roc—the biggest airplane in the world—returned to the sky Sunday, completing its first test flight in more than eight months. In addition to setting a Roc record for flight duration, ...
autoevolution

Giant Carrier Airplane Roc Aces Test Flight, Prepares to Launch Hypersonic Vehicles

Stratolaunch announced that its massive carrier aircraft, the Roc, has successfully completed its third test flight. The airplane's performance was verified during the flight, moving Roc closer to ...
WTKR

NASA's "quiet" supersonic plane nearly built, testing to begin later this year

HAMPTON, Va. - A test airplane that could change the way people fly is nearing completion in California, with local scientists and engineers playing a big role in making it happen. NASA's X-59 Quiet ...
Flying

Gulfstream Flies Second G700 Production-Test Aircraft

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. said it has flown a second G700 production-test aircraft that it will use to evaluate a number of cabin features introduced when the company launched the new ultralong-range ...