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Goodbye Jumbo: the legacy of the Boeing 747
It’s still being made, but becoming a rare sight on the massive Boeing production line in Everett, Washington state, US, as its near 50-year...
App promises smarter clearances
Fumbling with a pencil and paper to write down IFR clearances in a general aviation cockpit could eventually become a thing of the past,...
Government officials hack airliner
A team of government, industry and academic officials has demonstrated remote hacking of a commercial aircraft, a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official...
Luck of the bounce
Adrian Park looks at how the holes in an imaginary slice of Swiss cheese were lining up for a tired, but experienced, crew flying...
Skyhacked
In an interconnected world how vulnerable is aviation to cyber threat?
1. The turbulent cybersphere
If you think the sky is a dangerous place, how about...
Brief weight for flying Finns
Finnair has been asking passengers to step on scales at Helsinki Airport so that it can better estimate its aircraft weight loadings and how...
Have you herd? Tongue lashing follows forced landing on udder side of the Tasman
New Zealand cattle farmer Bryn Whyman was understandably concerned for the safety of his livestock when a light aircraft with only one pilot on...
The best of times
How to get the most out of your pilot’s licence
Kreisha Ballantyne makes the case for making every flying hour one to remember.
Allow me...
Radios—it’s a big sky, but are you listening?
Name withheld by request
Early on in my commercial flying career, I was operating a Cessna 172 on a scenic charter flight will three passengers...
Watts happening: behind the buzz about electric aircraft
It’s an electrifying time for aviation. Or not, depending on whom you speak to. Proposals and prototypes for electric aircraft range from 18 rotor...
