aviation

Volunteers load a small plane with supplies

Health & Safety

Private pilots self-organize to deliver emergency supplies to western North Carolina

2:39pm October 10, 2024

In the days after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, private pilots sprung into action, performing both search and rescue and supply drop missions in hard-hit areas.

Queue Listen Now

Osprey crash was caused by pilot's decision to keep flying with cracks in a gear

4:09am August 02, 2024

by The Associated Press

The crash last November off the coast of Japan killed eight. The Air Force said the pilot decided to keep flying rather than heed multiple warnings that he should land.

Boeing 737 factory Renton - Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 062524

National

At the factory that builds the 737 Max, Boeing rethinks how it trains new hires

5:39am June 27, 2024

by Joel Rose

Troubled plane maker Boeing is changing how it trains new recruits at the factory near Seattle where it assembles the 737 Max, part of a broader effort to improve quality after a midair blowout.

An image over the scene after a small plane, experiencing engine problems, made an emergency landing along Route 1, Thursday afternoon, April 4, 2024

Health & Safety

Small plane clips 2 vehicles as it lands on North Carolina highway, but no injuries are reported

8:36pm April 07, 2024

by Associated Press

A small plane experiencing engine problems struck two vehicles as it landed on a highway near a North Carolina airport, but no injuries were reported, authorities said.

Business

Greensboro offers to pay aviation company $1,000 per job it creates

12:09pm April 19, 2023

by April Laissle

The Greensboro City Council has agreed to pay an aerospace company $1,000 for each local job it creates, should it build a new facility in Guilford County.

During his flight on Monday, "As I turned to my left and looked down, I could see the head of the snake receding back underneath my seat," pilot Rudolf Erasmus says. "At which point there was a moment of stunned silence, to be brutally honest." He turned the plane around and landed safely at a nearby airport.

World News

He felt the slither of a venomous snake in the cockpit — then turned the plane around

4:18pm April 05, 2023

by Kate Bartlett

South African pilot Rudolf Erasmus made an emergency landing after discovering a Cape cobra accompanying him in the cockpit on Monday. The snake has not been found again since the plane landed.

North Carolina aviators discuss development at annual convention

10:37am March 24, 2023

by Neal Charnoff

Aviation professionals gathered this week for the North Carolina Airports Association (NCAA) Conference, where an achievement in the Triad garnered some attention.

U.S. charges Belarus officials with air piracy in reporter's arrest

8:42pm January 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

U.S. prosecutors say Belarusian officials diverted a flight to Minsk so they could arrest opposition activist and journalist Raman Pratasevich on charges of inciting riots against the government.

Zara Rutherford, 19, carries the Belgian and British flags on the tarmac after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Belgium, on Thursday at the completion of a record-breaking solo circumnavigation.

World News

19-year-old lands in Belgium, becoming youngest woman to fly solo around the world

2:13pm January 20, 2022

Zara Rutherford set off from Belgium in August to circle the globe in her Shark UL plane. Five months later, she landed back home, having landed in 41 countries on five continents.

$5M grant awarded to Winston-Salem aviation network to expand drone technology

11:05am November 30, 2021

by Neal Charnoff

North Carolina lawmakers have awarded a $5 million grant to Aerox, an aviation company with a division based in Winston-Salem.