The first plane to break the sound barrier in level flight was a rocket plane – the Bell X-1 in 1948. The North American X-15 broke many speed and altitude records in the 1960s and pioneered …

Nov 11, 2025 · A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighborhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of …

Nov 10, 2025 · A small plane flying hurricane relief supplies to Jamaica crashed in a Florida neighborhood Monday morning.

The essential components of an airplane are a wing system to sustain it in flight, tail surfaces to stabilize the wings, movable surfaces to control the attitude of the plane in flight, and a power …

6 days ago · Small plane lands itself safely with Autoland system in 1st use in emergency situation, company says The incident occurred at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in …

A desperate search for survivors has been launched after a small plane carrying hurricane relief supplies to Jamaica crashed into a lake.

Mar 11, 2025 · A plane's engines are designed to move it forward at high speed. That makes air flow rapidly over the wings, which throw the air down toward the ground, generating an upward …

Dec 18, 2025 · Multiple people are feared dead after a private jet owned by a NASCAR driver crashed and exploded into flames at a North Carolina airport Thursday.

If a flight takes a plane across several countries, it passes through various ACCs, each monitored by different air traffic controllers who give instructions to the pilot as needed.

Dec 18, 2025 · Statesville, NC, plane crash: What we know Little is known about the plane crash as of the afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 18. The plane, which was owned by a former NASCAR …