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The plane circled for two hours trying to get the landing gear fixed. Finally, the decision was made to make a belly landing on a foam-covered runway. The plane skidded safely to a stop.

So if the engines fail, pilots will descend the plane to increase airspeed and avoid stalling. They will keep adjusting the height in this situation in an attempt to maintain a speed that keeps ...

The National Transportation Safety Board released the preliminary report on its investigation into a deadly plane crash at Scottsdale ... landing gear appeared to fail, causing it to veer off ...

As planes approach landing, TCAS alerts can be suppressed to reduce unnecessary distractions, meaning the system may not have provided a timely warning that the Black Hawk was approaching.

[James] from Project Air has been working on just such a solar plane, and as he shows in the ... [James] found the foam wing spars were not up to the task, so he added aluminum L-sections for ...

But since then, the company has enjoyed some rare positive news, with new plane orders picking up in July. Boeing said it had booked 72 orders -- including 57 for its flagship 737 MAX aircraft ...

The RC planes, helicopters and drones at Northmoreland Park on Sunday ranged from the simple — foam board, rubber bands and electronics — to the complex, with GPS satellite technology and ...

Some of these savings come from the energy savings of flying low, close to the ocean, rather than thousands of feet in the air as airplanes and helicopters do. For example, as long ago as World ...

GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — A plane with three people on board crashed through the roof of a duplex Sunday in Georgetown. The Georgetown Fire Department said the plane crash occurred just before ...