Among the wildest sights in aviation is a high-performance aircraft taking off from a lake or the sea. The exciting ability to take off from water frees aeroplanes from needing a runway, airfield, or ...

Air traffic controllers will now use radar to actively track helicopters when flying through the flight paths of planes taking off and landing at busy airports, the Federal Aviation Administration ...

TAXIING TOWARDS the runway, the propeller stops turning as your correspondent pulls the throttle back to await take-off. On a single-engine light aircraft, that is usually a worrying sign of engine ...