In short, deicing is necessary because snow and ice on airplane wings can decrease lift by as much as 30%. Lift is the ...

Hurd was the sole survivor of the Oct. 3, 2023, airplane crash in Newberg that killed 22-year-old Hillsboro Aero Academy flight instructor Michele Cavallotti and his student, Barrett Bevacqua, 20. Her ...

What should have been a routine flight turned into a tragic affair after a pilot allowed his children into the cockpit to ...

The final report stated that actions by both the pilot and the flight instructor may have contributed to the crash; no mechanical failures were found.

The wings were bent and the engine with its propeller still attached came to rest near the airplane’s nose, according to the ...