Fatal accidents involving experimental, amateur-built aircraft (EABs) dropped 20% in late 2015, with 40 recorded compared to 51 the prior year, indicating improved safety despite increased flight ...

Supersonic flight is often associated with experimental aircraft, futuristic fighters, and Cold War-era icons.

Fatal accidents for experimental aircraft in FY22024 totaled 37, staying well below the FAA's "not-to-exceed" figure of 46. These figures contribute to an expected overall improvement in general ...

Pushing the frontiers of aerospace technology involves imagination and the taking of risks. Many experimental aircraft tested critical new concepts, while many successfully disproved terrible ideas.

The FAA has implemented an immediate policy change allowing experienced pilots to operate additional experimental aircraft with less documentation. Pilots holding three existing high-performance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GILA BEND, Ariz. (AP) — An experimental, homemade aircraft crashed about 70 miles (111 kilometers) southwest of Phoenix, killing ...

The world of experimental aircraft has always been a fascinating one. These things don't come along very often, and when they do, and because they are meant from the get-go to test new flight ...

The FAA has proposed a regulatory change to permit flight training for compensation or hire in experimental light-sport aircraft (E-LSA) through a Letter of Deviation Authority (LODA). This proposed ...

NASA and Boeing have effectively cancelled the X-66 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) concept demonstrator aircraft. Officially described as a "pause," development of the thin-wing airplane is being ...

The R&D zone within an aircraft factory is often shrouded in mystery, bearing top secret fruit. But some of the most innovative technologies to streak through the skies have sprung from collaborations ...

We generally tend to think about aircraft in a binary way, at least when it comes to how they are operated: you either have piloted aircraft, or uncrewed ones, and that's about it. But there is ...

Boeing and NASA will pause work on a new, experimental aircraft design meant to deliver more sustainable options for the future of aviation. The aircraft project — called the X-66A Sustainable Flight ...