Aviation

One of the worst air disasters in South Florida history happened exactly 50 years ago Thursday, when Eastern Airlines Flight 401 slammed into the Florida Everglades, killing more than 100 people and leading to the implementation of several aviation safety measures.

I used to say, ‘Gratitude is my religion,’” Beth White said Thanksgiving morning as the hobbyist pilot prepared for a flight from the Franklin County State Airport in Highgate.

A 17-year-old pilot has become the youngest person to fly solo around the world in a small aircraft after he landed in Bulgaria.

The man’s body was found in the backyard of a home near North Carolina’s Raleigh-Durham International Airport, where the pilot was able to land the plane.

The airport collects nearly 32,000 pounds of cooking oil each month and stores it in tanks until it can be hauled off and refined into sustainable aviation fuel.

Fort Worth-based American Airlines will resume alcohol sales and service aboard flights on Monday after the pandemic put them on hiatus for more than two years.

A University of Central Florida student originally built a bot to track Elon Musk’s private jet. The 19-year-old is now applying that same algorithm to Russian oligarchs.

The 19-year-old Florida college student who tracks Elon Musk’s private jet on Twitter is now keeping tabs on the private planes of several Russian oligarchs and elites.

Ukraine closed its airspace to civilian flights on Thursday while Europe’s aviation regulator warned airlines against flying commercial planes over neighboring countries, citing a high risk to safety.