High density altitude (DA), prevalent in hot weather and at higher elevations, significantly reduces engine power and overall aircraft performance, requiring pilots to make careful adjustments. Safe ...

Cruising Altitude is signing off after more than three years. Here's what experts think is coming next for flyers.

A new supersonic plane could spell the future of commercial flights over land that are less intrusive for the communities below their flight paths. NASA's X-59 experimental supersonic plane has ...

An unexplained crash by a tiny plane into Beijing's tallest building and silence ⁠from ⁠regulators have cast a chilling ...

Michael Slack, former NASA engineer and co-founder of a law firm specializing in aviation, analyzed altitude loss and more data from Laredo's fatal plane crash.