For flight schools or private pilots seeking a brand-new, technologically-advanced aircraft, this 2025 Colt 100 is an ideal option. The light sport aircraft (LSA) is perfectly suited for modern flight training and personal travel, combining a robust all-metal airframe with a state-of-the-art cockpit.

R esearchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made a new physics-based tool that can predict how lightning interacts with different airplane designs to help engineers better protect future aircraft.

The 2024 Diamond DA50 RG is featured as a top pick, praised for filling the market gap for a modern, high-performance single-engine retractable aircraft. It offers a luxurious and comfortable flying experience, equipped with a 300 hp jet-A fueled ...

The increasing interconnectedness of “modern aircraft … to the Internet” presents the potential for “unauthorized remote access to aircraft avionics systems,” according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit report on the Federal ...

The Tornado—developed as a multinational partnership between the United Kingdom, West Germany, and Italy—proved itself to be a highly adaptable platform, fit for a wide range of combat roles. The most notable feature of the aircraft was its variable ...

Today, Lufthansa remains the world's largest operator of the passenger version of the Boeing 747, using the 747-8I on its most premium long-haul routes, like Frankfurt to Los Angeles, keeping the 747 visible and cementing its position as a flagship airliner.

The new year may only just be getting off the ground, but so far it has been a frightening and dangerous January in the world of commercial aviation. On January 2 in Tokyo, a Japan Airlines A350 collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft upon landing, with ...

The United States has built almost all of the world’s most expensive aircraft—typically for niche roles such as stealth bombing or electronic warfare.

WASHINGTON — A shocking scene unfolded at Toronto's airport when a plane was found flipped upside down on the runway after landing. All passengers aboard the aircraft survived the incident. "We just landed, our plane crashed, it's upside down," one ...