The first autopilot system, which involved connecting a gyroscope to the wings and tail of a plane, débuted in 1914, about a decade after the Wright brothers took flight.

A Navy pilot was rescued after a $67 million fighter jet plunged into ocean waters just off the Virginia coast Wednesday morning -- marking the sixth pricey plane the military has lost in less ...

F/A-18E crash FILE PHOTO: An F/A-18E Super Hornet performs a fly-over. A plane similar to the one pictured crashed off the Virginia coast during a training mission.

The pilot safely ejected from the U.S. Navy F/A-18E fighter je and was in the water for about 90 minutes before being rescued.

The pilot ejected from the F/A-18E Super Hornet during what officials called a routine training flight and was rescued by search crews at around 11:20 a.m.

It was a heart-stopping moment for those flying the Piper PA-32 that made an emergency landing on the southbound side of the 805 in Sorrento Valley.

These local teens love transit so much they made a hyperrealistic MBTA bus simulator on Roblox By Jaime Moore-Carrillo Globe Staff,Updated August 19, 2025, 6:00 a.m.

FORT SIMPSON — Federal investigators say a fuelling fiasco forced a float plane pilot to make a dramatic landing on a highway in the Northwest Territories.

David Allsop had said he only had "a few beers" the night before, but police said he smelled of alcohol shortly before a scheduled flight.

What we know: Authorities said a small plane carrying a flight instructor and a student pilot crashed Friday afternoon in a wooded area near Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville.

Born in the Cold War crucible, the Nord 1500 Griffon was France's leap into supersonic interceptor design. With a radical turbojet-ramjet engine combo and sleek delta wings, Griffon II made ...