Everything's going just fine in the most powerful country on Earth, why do you ask?
Read MoreIn fairness, it's not common for the passenger with the phone out, taking pictures of the cabin, to be an off-duty FAA inspector.
Read MoreThese elderly aircraft were already slated to be pulled out of the air in the next few years anyway; it's now obvious that they should have been pulled already.
Read MoreNew information revealed in the National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report, however, sheds a little more light on what may have caused the crash.
Read MoreNot content to watch these young whippersnapper planes take all the glory, the F-15s will be kitted out with sensory and data collection gear.
Read MoreThe NTSB accuses the FAA of a wide range of mistakes, both in the long, intermediate, and immediate term before the crash.
Read MoreWeather is one of many factors the NTSB will be investigating, and it is far from the only potential cause of the crash.
Read MoreJalopnik's official position is that you should not crash your car into the airport.
Read MoreEssentially, the doomsday plane is meant to let the President and Secretary of Defense coordinate the military from 30,000 feet, even in times of war.
Read MoreThat 3.8% raise for air traffic controllers is strangely conditional: the FAA administrator gets to decide whether or not to pay it out,
Read MoreUnfortunately, we're going to continue seeing aging aircraft in our skies for a long while.
Read MoreBoeing seems to finally be pulling out of its years-long nosedive.
Read MoreFrom January to July of 2025, the U.S. saw 623 plane crashes or about 3.4 per day.
Read MoreIn strict military terms, what the Russians are deploying are probably closer to dragoons than proper cavalry.
Read MoreThe FAA announced that 2025 was the busiest year for U.S. air travel since 2010, handling 17.2 million flights versus a mere 7.0 million flights in 2020.
Read MoreRivets hold planes together against high stresses thousands of feet off the ground, but they're not used by automakers, who choose welding instead. Here's why.
Read MoreIf foreign drones get banned, why wouldn't all these bad guys just buy American drones instead? It's not clear how the prohibition solves the purported problem.
Read MoreWell, Cruz and Cantwell did catch the provision before the NDAA passed, but too late to stop it.
Read MoreThis particular pilot informed his passengers over the intercom that he wanted his money: "This plane isn't leaving until they pay us what they owe us."
Read MoreAfter analyzing data from the past 25 years, the CBC found that more disruptive passenger reports are filed in December than in any other month.
Read MoreThe autonomous function safely guided the aircraft down to the runway, where first responders ensured the two pilots on board were unharmed.
Read MoreThe B2 bomber could evade radar and fly thousands of miles without refueling. But it had trouble with the most basic kind of stormy weather. Here's why.
Read MoreThe good news is, they didn't carve Grandma up and try to smuggle her into the country in their carry-ons.
Read MoreHoliday plans have been trashed, families are unable to bring elderly relatives medication and less-fortunate Venezuelans are stuck in foreign countries.
Read MoreEven with all the money in the world, you might struggle to purchase jets capable of quickness above Mach 0.9. However, some were sold to civilians in the past.
Read MoreMost modern aircraft use four jet engines, but the B-52 bomber has eight. The reasons start in one frantic weekend its designers spent in the 1940s.
Read MoreBiffle will be sorely missed not only for his contributions to racing, but also for the impression he left off of the track.
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