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No matter how sophisticated a system may be, there's always a way for the reality of the "Human Factor" to toss a spanner into the works...

I ran across this image on the Aviation Week Network and was struck by how awkward this thing looks: It's the Global 6000-derived Saab Global Eye. I realize that many ELINT/SIGINT aircraft must sprout all sorts of bumps, lumps and odd appurtenances as form follows function, but this thing...

There isn't much information available yet, but fortunately everyone walked away. The link to the story...

A PC-12, engaged in air ambulance operations, crashed near Stagecoach, Nevada last night around 2115 hrs. local time. https://www.yahoo.com/gma/5-dead-including-patients-medical-094041457.html

The NTSB has some significant disagreement with the conclusions of the Ethiopian Aviation Authority's report on the investigation of the March 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 MAX. https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/ntsb-challenges-ethiopian-aviation-authority-on-max-crash-final-report/?MailingID=1163

I had never heard of "air-dropping" until I chanced upon this story on the ol' Interweb: https://gizmodo.com/southwest-airlines-airdrop-nudes-cabo-1849478920 It makes me want to run out and buy an airline ticket to anywhere, just so I could enjoy the "New Normal" of the airline passenger...

The former Tech Pilot for the Boeing B-737MAX Program, Mark Forkner, has been found not guilty in a jury trial. Here are some details found in Flying Magazine's on line news site...

That looks like some major damage to me. Cheers, Grog

A Pitts 12, based out of Leeward Air Ranch, Ocala Florida, went down in Lake Weir yesterday with the loss of two lives. There were reportedly several witnesses to the crash. They were doing some aerobatics over the lake about a half mile south of the north shore of the lake and apparently got...