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Armless pilot given wings from Ocean County airplane builders

Jessica Cox, the first licensed armless pilot, collaborated with an Ocean County aviation group to construct the first ...

A small plane hit Beijing’s tallest tower. Much remains unclear.

More than a week after a light aircraft crashed into Beijing's CITIC Tower, key questions remain unanswered. Reuters examines ...

Plane That Crashed Into Beijing’s Tallest Building Usually Used For Pilot Training, Report Says

A small plane flew into Beijing's Citic Tower on Friday—the city's tallest building—and dramatic video shared on social media shows debris plummeting dozens of stories onto streets where pedestrians ...

Aircraft Crashes Into Beijing’s Tallest Building

The rush-hour incident in a tightly controlled airspace came weeks after Beijing prohibited the flying of drones in the Chinese capital.

Small aircraft crashes into Beijing’s tallest building, killing pilot and injuring 13

Authorities say the two-seater light sport aircraft “collided with ⁠a high-rise building,” but the circumstances of the crash are still largely unknown.
Flying

Boeing Subsidiary Building Airplane with No Traditional Control Surfaces for U.S. Government

DARPA's CRANE program aims to revolutionize aircraft design by eliminating traditional external control surfaces (flaps, rudders, etc.) in favor of Active Flow Control (AFC). Aurora Flight Sciences ...

Small aircraft crashes into Beijing's tallest building, eyewitnesses say

BEIJING, June 26 (Reuters) - An aircraft about the size of a car crashed into Beijing's tallest building on Friday, witnesses told Reuters, with police closing off roads around the skyscraper and ...