Stratolaunch's Roc, the world's largest airplane by wingspan, successfully completed its fourth test flight, achieving the critical milestone of fully retracting and extending all landing gear for the ...

SPANISH FORK, Utah — A small twin engine passenger plane made an unexpected emergency landing Saturday evening at the Spanish Fork airport. The pilot advised the tower of a potential issue after ...

The pilot and passengers of a Beaver floatplane were unable to open the left rear cabin door to escape the aircraft after it ...

With barely a glance, I pinched the lollipop-shaped landing gear handle between two fingers and moved it into the down ...

A damaged Boeing 757-200 cargo jet operated by FedEx on the ground at the Chattanooga airport in Tennessee after an emergency landing on Oct. 4, 2023. (Photo: FreightWaves Staff) The National ...

Russian investigators have described as “unreasonable” a Ural Airlines Airbus A320 crew’s decision to divert to Novosibirsk, having incorrectly estimated the fuel required after failing to take into ...

Aircraft landing gear is categorized as fixed or retractable, with conventional (tailwheel) and tricycle configurations. Fixed gear may include fairings for improved aerodynamics, while retractable ...

US investigators have disclosed that a hydraulic system failure just after take-off preceded the gear-up landing by a FedEx Boeing 757-200 freighter at Chattanooga earlier this month. Examination of ...

A unique feature of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has had many plane spotters surrounding the runway at Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) share on social media what they believed was a 'weird' ...

Stratolaunch’s Roc airplane files over the Mojave Desert. (NASASpaceflight.com / Stratolaunch via YouTube) Stratolaunch, the air-launch venture created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen a decade ago, ...