Dec 08 Watch 3:51 Remembering Chuck Yeager, first person to break the sound barrier The first man to break the sound barrier, Chuck Yeager died on Monday in California at the age of 97. John Yang has the story. Continue watching
Dec 08 Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97 By Associated Press Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the "right stuff" when in 1947 he became the first person to fly faster than sound, has… Continue reading
Nov 18 After nearly 2 years, FAA clears Boeing 737 Max to fly again By Tom Krisher, David Koenig, Associated Press Regulators around the world grounded the Max in March 2019, after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet. That happened less than five months after another Max flown by Indonesia's Lion Air plunged into the Java Sea. Continue reading
Sep 18 Government watchdog says FAA not prepared to update jet evacuation rules By Tom Krishner, Associated Press A government watchdog says the Federal Aviation Administration hasn’t updated standards for emergency airliner evacuations in nearly two decades. Continue reading
Apr 15 Owls' silent flight inspires quieter technology By Dana Mackenzie, Knowable Magazine No one knows exactly how the nocturnal hunters manage their whisper-soft flight, yet it is inspiring the design of quieter airplanes, fans and wind turbines. Continue reading
Dec 20 United pulls 737 Max until June, adding to Boeing woes By Cathy Bussewitz, Tom Krisher, Associated Press Airlines have already been dealing with delayed flight schedules tied to the Max, which was grounded worldwide after the second of two crashes of its jet. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 6:06 How halting production of Boeing's 737 Max could affect the aviation industry Earlier this fall, Boeing said it expected its 737 Max jets to fly again in January 2020. But as a Federal Aviation Administration investigation continues and concerns about the plane’s safety persist, the aerospace giant has announced it is pausing… Continue watching
Dec 16 Boeing to pause production of 737 Max airliner in January By Tom Krishner, Associated Press The move amounts to an acknowledgement that it will take much longer than Boeing expected to win approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and other global regulators to fly the planes again. Continue reading
Dec 10 Chilean military plane missing with 38 people on the way to Antarctica By Associated Press The military said earlier that it had declared an alert and activated search and rescue teams. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch 7:11 Boeing CEO faces hard questions from Congress over safety of 737 Max, corporate priorities Boeing’s 737 Max jets have yet to resume flying after a pair of deadly crashes in the past year sparked broad scrutiny of Boeing’s corporate practices and the FAA certification process. Now, the company’s CEO is on Capitol Hill for… Continue watching