NASA Axes X-57 Maxwell Before First Flight NASA says electric aircraft technology isn’t ready for prime time and its much-hyped X-57 Maxwell test aircraft will never fly. The $87 million program (including $47 million in cost overruns) will wind up at the end of this year, and[…] Read this article
Sit Your Ass Down And Fly Right An elusive key to the skeleton closet of successful flight life is to do less, much less. “Straighten up and fly right” made for a catchy Nat King Cole lyric in 1943, but is it good advice for today’s pilots?[…] Read this article
How To Cut And Inspect An Oil Filter If you do your own airplane maintenance, cutting open and inspecting an oil filter is an important step. In this video, KITPLANES Editor-at-Large Paul Dye explains how to do it. Having a purpose-made tool for the job speeds things along[…] Read this article
Poll: Do You Think The Boom Supersonic Airplane Will Succeed? Read this article
Wheels Up Stock Tanks On Restructuring Speculation Wheels Up lost more than half of its stock market value on Thursday after The Wall Street Journal reported it had hired a law firm specializing in restructuring of companies in financial distress. The company issued a statement say it’s[…] Read this article
Spirit Aerosystems Workers Reject Tentative Deal, Plant Closed A major link in the airliner manufacturer supply chain has been cut with the shutdown of Spirit Aerosystems in Wichita. On June 22, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers announced it would go on strike on June 24[…] Read this article
Update: Ramp Worker Ingested By Delta A319 Engine For the second time in six months, an airline ramp worker has been ingested by a jet engine. The FAA has confirmed the Delta Air Lines worker was killed at the San Antonio Airport late Friday. “An airport ramp worker[…] Read this article
Top Letters And Comments, June 23, 2023 FAA Bill Stalled At Senate Committee I have not seen the bill, but I will opine that term simulator has different meanings to different people. Certainly there should be no concern about level D or even Level C simulators. At[…] Read this article
