XB-1 takes off for the first flight. (Photo: Boom Supersonic) The XB-1 demonstrator provides the foundation for Boom’s supersonic airliner Overture. The XB-1 supersonic aircraft demonstrator of Boom Supersonic flew for the first time on March 2022, 2024, from the Mojave...
Over the weekend, the Michigan Aviation Safety Forum (MASF) gathered pilots and mechanics to provide proficiency and safety seminars. The MASF is a yearly collaboration between industry stakeholders, aviators, mechanics, and FAA staff to provide safety forums and mechanic (IA) recurrency...
The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report earlier this week on the midflight door plug separation on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, and I am sure I’m not alone in wondering if there are some proverbial screws loose between point...
An artist’s interpretation of a hypersonic vehicle and a rotating combustion chamber design. (Images: GE Aerospace and USAF/AFRL, edited by The Aviationist) The Hypersonic Dual-Mode Ramjet test, believed to be the first of its kind, exploited rotating detonation combustion technology. General...
We are awash in bad news from Ukraine. Amazingly, it’s not all bad. While heads of state send troops into harm’s way, most of a nation’s citizenry merely attempts to live a normal life amid the chaos of war. Doing business and...
Short of an erroneous forecast or calibration issue with your immersion thermometer, if you can remain below the lowest freezing level during your entire flight, there’s typically no chance for an encounter with airframe ice. Induction ice is certainly possible, but...
