Flying Lessons

Masnoor in his studio in April 2014 One night in Spain, I took a walk down to the edge of the Mediterranean where a brilliant white ...

A disciplinary commission in Chicago has upheld a censure decision against a lawyer who just last week came under its scrutiny for he...

Everywhere you go there are Malaysian airliners, on the makeshift sympathy signs dotting the town, on a magnificent mosaic hidden in a hig...

As if we were waiting in the passenger boarding area for news of a delayed flight, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is provi...

The bike path approach to Bergamo's Orio de Serio Airport I've written before about airports that are dear to me because I can g...

UPDATED WITH VIDEO FROM AA FLIGHT 1740 The latest airplane accident  at New York's LaGuardia Airport shows once again how much pr...

The Air Line Pilots Association is making a big deal over the National Transportation Safety Board ’s release of information from the...

Boeing brings the 787 to Ethiopia in 2011 I have a double major in aviation and journalism - I bring it up to make this point: Severa...

Saturday afternoon I flew from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg to Cape Town on South African Airways Flight 347, to atten...

As much as I like to fly, the prospect of being on a 12 hour flight during the daytime (when I probably won't sleep much) makes me a li...

Disney may not have intended to instigate domestic strife with the release of the trailer for its new animated feature, Planes, but I can...

THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED AND  REVISED  Does the decision of the Federal Aviation Administration to allow the Dreamliner to fly again ...

Readers, an apology is in order. Jon Ostrower of the Wall Street Journal informs me that Ethiopian Airlines is flying the Boeing 787 Dre...

Ethiopian's 787 ET-AOP on April 27th Boeing photo THIS STORY HAS BEEN CORRECTED AND UPDATED HERE . Ethiopian Airlines loaded up F...

Presumptive much? In Tokyo on March 16 , Boeing's Mike Sinnett made some very bold statements when asked if the Dreamliner's batt...

When I'm hard at work, taking notes say, at a National Transportation Safety Board public forum , I will have my laptop open, my iTou...

The pilot of an emergency medical helicopter was text messaging before and during the flight that ended in disaster near an airport in Mos...

Patty Wagstaff provided photo  When she wows crowds on the air show circuit, pilot Patty Wagstaff often pulls her airplane nose high....

Boston Logan knows how to display airliners One can't be immersed in aviation without forming all sorts of opinions about its impact...

Battery from ANA Dreamliner. Photo courtesy JTSB The materials engineers at Boeing are probably already calculating the size and shape o...