Investigators revealed that the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with American Airlines Flight 5342 was flying about 100 feet higher than it should have been, and also stated the ...

Elevating or descending? Cruising altitude is a direct result of safety, fuel use, and comfort in a myriad of ways.

Newly released data from ground-based radar came out Tuesday suggesting an Army helicopter was higher than it was supposed to ...

The captain's voice, once a source of mundane flight updates, now signals the onset of potential legal entanglements awaiting you on the ground. Upon landing, the fantasy of high-altitude romance ...

Khaled Al Marzooqi, CEO of Mira Aerospace, said: “Establishing a dedicated testing hub in Abu Dhabi is a strategic milestone for Mira Aerospace. XRANGE’s expertise and infrastructure will allow us to ...

Victims' families gathered near the site where a plane and copter collided and fell into the Potomac River. 'They are all ...

Flying at these high altitudes is also why airplane ... foot increments for cruising altitude. Then, once in-flight, the cruising altitude can change as conditions shift. For instance, if the ...

With high-altitude ballooning ... It just completed its longest and highest test flight. Descending autonomously from a release altitude of 3500 m, with an additional radiosonde payload, it ...

Procedures like go-arounds, diversions and holding patterns may be unnerving for flyers, but they're routine and meant to ...