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Who are what on Air Force One's maiden flight?

There is a reason test pilots have a reputation for cool-headed bravery. Historically, it has been a dangerous occupation, with many planes ending testing in fiery explosions or on the seafloor. Some ...

President Donald Trump is flying on the U.S. Air Force’s new VC-25B Bridge aircraft for the first time. The modified, Qatari-gifted Boeing 747-8i is taking Trump and others to N ...

Electra.aero's EL-2 Goldfinch, a hybrid-electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft, successfully completed its inaugural flights in Virginia, including its first in hybrid configuration ...

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The Boeing 747-8, a gift worth $200 million from the Qatari royal family, has attracted considerable scrutiny over whether a ...

Fifty years ago, the first Concorde supersonic transport took to the skies over Toulouse, France. Hailed in its day as a technological achievement to rival the first manned Moon landing, it not only ...