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Salon.com
March 8, 2002
P. Smith |
How safe is your airplane? After the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, some pilots requested that all Airbus A300 planes be grounded. But they're still aloft...   |
Salon.com
July 18, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do airlines cut down the flow of oxygen in the cabin to save fuel? Can wind shear rip off a plane's wing? |
Salon.com
November 16, 2001
P. Smith |
Turbulence can kill Investigators are suggesting that Flight 587 may have become fatally entwined in the jet wake of another plane. Stranger things have happened... |
Salon.com
November 13, 2001
Damien Cave |
"It couldn't have come at a worse time" Former Transportation Secretary Sam Skinner explains how the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 will affect the air travel industry... |
Salon.com
August 2, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Can it really get too hot to fly? And what was it like to be in the air on Sept. 11? |
Popular Mechanics
September 2007
David Noland |
10 Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation Here are eight crashes and two emergency landings whose influence is felt -- for the good -- each time you step on a plane. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Jim Gorman |
'We don't have any engines' Two joyriding pilots took a jet to its 41,000-ft. ceiling -- and paid for the stunt with their lives. PM investigates the crash of Flight 3701. |
Salon.com
September 6, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot What are the 10 worst airline crashes of all time? |
Popular Mechanics
July 9, 2008
Jeff Wise |
Mechanic: Obama's Plane Could Have 'Lost Control' in Anomaly Sen. Barack Obama's MD-80 aircraft made a surprise landing on Monday morning due to controllability issues. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2007
Arianne Cohen |
Anatomy of a Plane Crash: Behind the Scenes with the NTSB A crash detective's mission: to save lives, one hard-earned lesson at a time. |
Salon.com
December 13, 2001
Katharine Mieszkowski |
A no-fly zone for terrorism By taking pilots out of the loop, can software prevent planes from being used as bombs? |
Salon.com
September 13, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Can an airliner get a speeding ticket? And, isn't it a bad thing when an engine bursts into flame? |
Salon.com
June 28, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do pilots sweat bullets during wind-whipped landings? And why are those darn windows so small? |
Salon.com
July 15, 2000
Phaedra Hise |
JFK Jr.'s fatal mistakes The final report on Kennedy's crash reveals a series of decisions that led him on a spiral crash course one year ago. |
Salon.com
August 9, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot When airplanes collide, who is responsible? Are we doing enough to prevent such disasters? |
Salon.com
August 23, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How hard is it fly an airliner? And why can't I keep my tray table down during takeoff? |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Jeff Wise |
Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009
Jeff Wise |
How Plane Crash Forensics Lead to Safer Aviation After each plane crash, investigators study the wreckage, analyze flight data and examine clues regarding flight conditions. Once they have determined a cause, they often help create recommendations that prevent the problem from recurring. |
Salon.com
September 27, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How could a pilot not be trained for fog landings? And how is "Jet Smarter" author Diana Fairechild like Ralph Nader with a tray of peanuts? |
Wired
July 2005
Ron Berler |
Saving the Pentagon's Killer Chopper-Plane 22 years. $16 billion. 30 deaths. The V-22 Osprey has been an R&D nightmare. But now the dream of a tilt-rotor troop transport could finally come true. |
Salon.com
July 26, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do seat cushions actually save lives? And why don't U.S. airlines fly to Africa? |
National Defense
June 2013
Insinna & Tadjdeh |
Air Force Making Headway on Fuel Efficiency Goals The Air Force is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The service requires massive amounts of fuel to power its aircraft, but in a budget crunch, officials know they must curb consumption in order to save money and be less susceptible to a volatile oil market. |
Salon.com
April 11, 2002
P. Smith |
Back in the saddle These days, because I am an airline pilot, people want to know if I'm scared. Of course I'm scared. I would be nervous flying with a pilot who wasn't... |
Popular Mechanics
February 3, 2005 |
9/11: Debunking The Myths We examine the evidence and consults the experts to refute the most persistent conspiracy theories of September 11. |
Salon.com
November 22, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot The science of weighing airplanes. And, how many things can go wrong with a jet before it's not allowed to fly? |
Salon.com
September 12, 2001
Phaedra Hise |
Flying with phantoms A pilot waves goodbye to the World Trade Center... |
Salon.com
November 27, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Why are pilots so scruffy? What happened to the mile-high hanky-panky of yesteryear? Plus: More entries for the rock 'n' roll jetliner hall of fame. |
Salon.com
December 19, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Were United's pilots to blame for the airline's failure? And: How worried should we be about the specter of shoulder-launched missiles taking down a domestic jet? |
Aviation History
Sam McGowan |
The Four Horsemen Soon after the introduction of the Lockheed C-130, four U.S. Air Force pilots came up with a great way to demonstrate just how maneuverable and powerful the new transport was. |
Salon.com
July 14, 2000
Elliott Neal Hester |
Robbery at 30,000 feet Adventures in real-life airplane stickups. (And you thought hijacking hardly happened anymore.) |
Fast Company
September 2003
Alison Overholt |
What's Up With Those Orange Batons? One airport mystery explained. |
Popular Mechanics
June 11, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
World's Priciest Stealth Plane Takes First Run to Vertical Landing Needing a boost after a negative report leak, Lockheed Martin tested a prototype of its latest Joint Strike Fighter for the Marines today -- a supersonic F-35 that lands like a chopper and thinks like a pilot. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2008
Tekla S. Perry |
Airlines: Got Fuel? Airlines are now putting the minimum amount of fuel in planes necessary to reach their destination, but are they underestimating the amount they need? |
Salon.com
March 28, 2002
P. Smith |
Air travel's communications killer Twenty-five years ago, the greatest disaster in airline history killed 538 people, in part because of a radio glitch that still hasn't been fixed... |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009
Jeff Wise |
The Tech That Makes New Airplanes and Runways Safer The plane, the runway, the airport, the technology are all examined here |
Salon.com
July 12, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Up, locked, and loaded Should guns be allowed in the cockpit? Possibly, says Salon's aviation expert, but not at the expense of other solutions to air terror. |
Salon.com
July 31, 2000
Elliott Neal Hester |
Coping after the Concorde disaster Consoling odds: Your chances of dying in a domestic plane crash are still less than one in a million. |
Salon.com
September 20, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot What happens when you drop dry ice into an airplane toilet? And are regional pilots just rejects from the big airlines? |
Popular Mechanics
February 13, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
Dash-8 Q400 Crash: Profile of a Doomed Plane It has been two years since a fatality has been reported on board a U.S. flight. Here is a look at the questionable safety record of the Dash-8 Q400, which has been flying with Continental for just one year. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2, 2008
David Noland |
Could One Email Have Stopped a $1.4B Stealth Bomber Crash? The spectacular crash of a B-2 stealth bomber in February could have been prevented by a simple, unofficial "bootleg" maintenance procedure that some ground crews have used for years. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2010
Krishna M. Kavi |
Beyond the Black Box Instead of storing flight data on board, aircraft could easily send the information in real time to the ground |
Salon.com
November 1, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot More fun with the poetry of airliner names. And, what to do about those narrow seats for wide people? |
Salon.com
October 25, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Flying Beech 99's, ogling Gulf Air's stunning stewardesses and other career highlights. Plus: What are the scariest airports? |
Popular Mechanics
June 26, 2009
Mark Huber |
Air France 447: New Questions About Instruments, Composite Tail The flight computers and the crew may have been able to inadvertently fly the aircraft beyond its structural design limits, triggering an in-flight break-up. |
Salon.com
August 30, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Airline security. Where are all the female pilots? And how do airliners find the runway in the fog? |
Outside
September 2005
Brad Wetzler |
Get Your Props Widen the horizons of adventure by taking the controls and becoming a pilot |
Salon.com
January 15, 2002
P. Smith |
The inherent danger of flying Shoe bombs and suicidal 15-year-olds are heightening fears about airline security. But aside from creating more chaos at airports, what can we do? |
Aviation History
January 12, 2005
Gerald A. Schiller |
Squadron of Death: Flying and Dying for Hollywood A daring group of former barnstormers introduced American film fans to flying thrills and chills in the 1920s. |
Popular Mechanics
July 14, 2008 |
B-2 Stealth Bomber Crash Scene Photos: Exclusive First Look Popular Mechanics.com has obtained the first still photos of the February accident -- and they're pretty stunning. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Barbara S. Peterson |
End of Flight Delays? FAA's GPS Fix Could Bust Sky Gridlock The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quietly using Alaska as a testbed for technologies that could radically transform the nation's antiquated air traffic control (ATC) system from ground-based radar to space-based GPS. |
