No doubt there are plenty of people who couldn’t care any less that a really large airplane — the world’s largest ever built — took off into a beautiful sunset at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport on Wednesday evening. But for thousands of others, the reaction to the four-day stay of the Antonov 225 was Read more →
The largest airplane ever built will be in the Twin Cities for another day. What’s it look like inside? Read more →
People who like watching planes at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport gave a lot of attention over the weekend to the Antonov 225, the longest and heaviest airplane ever built.
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If you read USA Today (or watch KARE 11), you’ve probably seen or read the story this week asserting that the National Transportation Safety Board is too quick to blame pilots for crashes involving general aviation airplanes. Nearly 45,000 people have been killed over the past five decades in private planes and helicopters — almost Read more →
Every now and again, we need a little reminder about what a diverse and breathlessly beautiful country the United States can be. Even its ugly parts are weirdly enthralling. Today’s reminder comes from photographer Dave Hirschman, who occasionally ferries airplanes for a living. This week, he flew an Aircam, owned by Twin Cities businessman Walt Read more →
Services have now been scheduled for Bill Cowden, the Delta Airlines pilot and airshow pilot who crashed at Stevens Point over the weekend during a maneuver. Read more →
Maybe when you grow up in Aberdeen, you have a natural inclination to see the rest of the world. That might explain why Matt Guthmiller, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is going to try to become the youngest person ever to fly around the world by himself. Read more →
A Cirrus plane got itself in trouble in the skies over Australia on Saturday.
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Airline service to Chicago returns tomorrow to St. Cloud. The initial fares are more than competitive with the Twin Cities. Read more →
And we have yet another case of the news media ignoring the law and flying drones over news stories. Read more →
While it considers new regulations on quadcopters, the Federal Aviation Administration is taking on a role of the 2014 version of Prohibition’s revenuers. Read more →
Donald Kundel, 79, died in the 2012 incident in Laramie, Wyoming. He had left Duluth several hours earlier to visit his son. Read more →
Wisconsin B-17 veterans unite for a last flight. Read more →
Despite the attention given to the missing Malaysian jetliner, when you get on an airline in the United States, you’re getting on one of the safest forms of transportation known to the civilized world. The U.S. has some of the most stringent safety requirements of any country and it shows in the results. If any Read more →
Michael Kramer of St. Charles, Minn., was killed while spraying for mosquitoes in the area when his helicopter crashed into a garage. The NTSB has concluded its investigation without determining why. Read more →
Bob Collins