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NASA picks Boeing to build, fly truss-braced wing airplane
Read full article: NASA picks Boeing to build, fly truss-braced wing airplaneNASA awarded Boeing with a contract to build and fly an experimental passenger plane with a fuel-saving truss-braced wing, part of the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project.
‘One bad apple:’ Parachutists want results after pilot flies near Lake County homes
Read full article: ‘One bad apple:’ Parachutists want results after pilot flies near Lake County homesMembers of the paramotor aviation community are speaking out to educate and inform people after a pilot was seen causing concerns for residents in Clermont.
Fuel cap that fell from sky exposes larger problem with some airplanes
Read full article: Fuel cap that fell from sky exposes larger problem with some airplanesA fuel cap that fell from an airplane into a Winter Garden family’s backyard has exposed an issue with certain jets flying out of Orlando International Airport.
‘The sky is the limit,’ says first female Blue Angels pilot
Read full article: ‘The sky is the limit,’ says first female Blue Angels pilotThe U.S. Navy Blue Angels have been around since 1946, but it wasn’t until 69 years later they had their first female pilot take to the skies in one of their air shows. That first female was Maj. Katie Higgins Cook, who said flying is in her blood. Flying into uncharted territory for a woman, she still remembers her first show with the team in El Centro, California. I knew people were watching because I was the first woman to fly a Blue Angel aircraft for a show,” said Cook. “I would say, you know, the sky’s the limit, quite literally, the sky is the limit, “said Cook.