In December 2000 a tower controller in southern Florida received a single radio transmission: “Mayday mayday mayday Pitts 260DB in an unrecoverable flat spin at 3,500 feet.” The airplane crashed in ...

A witness told the National Transportation Safety Board a plane was doing aerobatics moments before it crashed near Fairmont last week. Pilot Randy Harris, 55 of Owasso and his passenger, 1st Lt. Dale ...

When a commercial jet taxis down a runway, some passengers have to breathe deeply, their fingers clutching their arm rests, while others lean back and close their eyes, reveling in the sensations. How ...

The pilot who died in a small plane crash Sept. 23 was performing an inverted flat spin before his plane crashed into the Cumberland River in Cheatham County, according to the National Safety and ...

Roll a 180, jam your foot on the right rudder pedal, shove your stick to the upper right, and you’ll spin all the way down. Flipped over and spinning: For most pilots, it’s their worst nightmare. Not ...