The Dec. 20 landing marked the first confirmed real-world use of Garmin G3000 Autoland during an actual in-flight emergency.

An emergency descent, a sudden loss of cabin pressure and a cockpit crew in distress ended not in disaster but in a fully ...

Another air record has been (unofficially) broken as a prop-driven solar/electric aircraft reached the highest altitude yet for its type. On August 12, 2025, a modified Elektra One reached 31,237 feet ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Cal Poly professor Paulo Iscold helped to set an unofficial altitude record for a Cub-style lightweight airplane late last month. On Oct. 28, Dr. Iscold, a ...

The U-2’s ability to reach 70,000 feet—an altitude that most modern fighter jets cannot match—came about after a series of remarkable design innovations.

Equipped with a GPS tracker, an HD video camera, and temperature and barometric pressure sensors to take measurements, an airplane made of paper board was launched from a helium weather balloon at an ...

The plane landed "safely without incident" and no one was transported to a hospital, according to airport officials.

Beehive Industries announced on 8 December that it had completed high-altitude testing for its 200 lbf Frenzy engine.