Larry Hockensmith—a licensed power pilot for over 40 years, but still a student glider pilot—was flying over the Cleveland National Forest, a few miles southwest of Lake Elsinore, California, when he executed a rather dramatic and unfavourable outlanding, effectively "totaling" his Schweizer 1-26 sailplane, valued at £5,500. Read More >>
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"No, I'm fully aware of the difference between flaps and airbrakes, and even ailerons. Now here's a word to blow your mind: flaperons. LOL!" More »
Landing a 767 on its belly is one thing—and definitely no easy feat. But what about crash-landing an old-as-hell Iranian F-5 fighter with its nose scraping the dirt? Read More >>