Legendary military, air show and test pilot Robert "Bob" Hoover, who survived more than his share of close calls, died Tuesday at age 94 near his home in Southern California. Among other things, ...

“Don’t do that. Don’t ever do that,” my instructor said. I was confused. I wasn’t even sure I understood what his complaint was. But when I did, I realized the issue lay at the very heart of the ...

Wait a minute, this isn't a space sim, is it? No, but it is one of the premier flight sims in the history of well... flight sims. As such, it'll get you in the mood for flying spaceships and it will ...

To experience airmanship skills, fly with a veteran pilot in an aerobatic plane doing maneuvers the typical airline pilot never experiences -- from dives and high G-force moves to a white-knuckle ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir, Even the suggestion (Letters, October 4) that there could be only one pilot flying an airliner with ...

Can this airplane land itself?” That's a frequent question from the flying public when first viewing a high-tech cockpit. These days the question has morphed into “can this airplane fly without a ...