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FYI: Could A Layperson Land A Jumbo Jet?

Surely You Won't Be Able To Land This Plane Paramount/Everett Collection Possibly, but only with a lot of luck and some autopilot assistance. Amateurs have landed smaller private planes after the...

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A Drone Flew Within 200 Feet Of A Commercial Jet. How Legal Was It? [Updated]

Panic! Wikimedia Commons Yesterday morning, an Alitalia pilot reported seeing a remote-controlled aircraft near New York's JFK airport, where he was landing. The drone was flying about 4 to 5 miles...

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The Future Of Flight: A Congestion-Killing Aircraft

Cestol Aircraft Courtesy Eric Paciano/California Aircraft design is often overlooked in discussions of the FAA's multibillion-dollar NextGen initiative, the elaborate mélange of satellite-based...

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FYI: Could A Layperson Land A Jumbo Jet?

Possibly, but only with a lot of luck and some autopilot assistance. Amateurs have landed smaller private planes after the pilot became incapacitated, but outside of 1970s…

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A Drone Flew Within 200 Feet Of A Commercial Jet. How Legal Was It? [Updated]

Yesterday morning, an Alitalia pilot reported seeing a remote-controlled aircraft near New York's JFK airport, where he was landing. The drone was flying about 4 to 5 miles…

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The Future Of Flight: A Congestion-Killing Aircraft

Aircraft design is often overlooked in discussions of the FAA's multibillion-dollar NextGen initiative, the elaborate mélange of satellite-based guidance, arrival, and…

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