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Just seconds before the ill-fated Air India plane crashed into a building in Ahmedabad on June 12, one of the pilots transmitted the call sign 'MAYDAY MAYDAY, MAYDAY' to the air traffic controller, ...

Electric VTOL News by the Vertical Flight Society has developed a series addressing the use of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft terminology that are misleading or erroneous, and proffers ...

A: "Information“ informs the controller that the pilot has received and understood the Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) weather and information broadcast. The broadcast is given a letter ...

Acknowledging that the A5 amphibian’s lengthy sales contract makes some customers “uncomfortable”, Icon Aircraft says it may review the terms in the 41-page document as the single-engine type nears a ...