Inspired by Steven Spielberg's 2002 film, Catch Me If You Can, an Italian man going by the name of Andrea Sirlo tricked his way into the cockpit of at least one airplane by posing as a pilot with a home-made uniform and fake ID, managing to bag a free flight. Read More >>
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 >>
Featured comment by Ergates:
"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 »
A pilot on a Chatauqua Airlines flight from Asheville, North Carolina to New York just wanted to use the airplane restroom before he landed, but accidentally found himself stuck when the door jammed and locked him inside. This almost caused a terror scare. Read More >>
Featured comment by dorito:
"Let me guess... it was a Ryan Air flight and the pilot just didn't have the £1 coin to pay for his number two trip..." More »
200 passengers got the shock of their lives when their plane was forced to do a U-turn and head straight back to Stansted after their pilot's window, which had been 'patched up' with duct tape, came loose. Read More >>
Featured comment by milesharrison:
"Ryanair is crap, agreed, but is easyjet really that bad?
To those that said speed tape was stronger than duct tape, that isn't necessarily true. It..." More »
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