Accidents resulting from loss of control or spin have been around since the Wright brothers. In the civilian world, stalls have been and, are still, taught as a maneuver. The area is cleared. The ...

In Part 2, we discussed Learjet’s research into improving the stall characteristics of its aircraft. Bombardier’s Clinton E. Tanner, senior technical advisor of flight sciences, points out that ...

“Post-stall maneuvering” gives a plane excellent maneuverability—but the equipment needed to boost it comes with tradeoffs, as all advanced aircraft features do. The post-stall maneuvers, like the ...

A pilot suffered injuries that were not life threatening when his small plane crashed at the Oshkosh airport.Thirty-nine-year-old Richard Maisano of Pennsylvania crashed at Wittman Regional Airport ...

No conclusions can be reached at this point on what brought down AirAsia Flight 8501, but with information coming from Indonesian transportation officials that the stall warning horn could be heard ...

The C-130 crash in the southern Philippines is one of the deadliest military aviation accidents in the country's history - Copyright Joint Task Force-Sulu/AFP Handout ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the airline industry and aviation safety. May 05, 2013, 09:00am EDT May 05, 2013, 09:20am EDT This article is more ...