Continental Airline co-pilot lands plane in McAllen. Madden has it right. Buy a big, luxurious bus and drive everywhere. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

Triple Formula One world champion Niki Lauda has paid $200,000 for the chance to fly a Virgin Galactic spaceship, the 60-year-old Lauda is a qualified airline pilot who retired from racing in 1985 to concentrate on his own aviation business. picked by kakana 7 months ago

After ten gruelling days battling storms in a bid to break the world record for rowing around the British Isles, the crew of the British Orchid were exhausted, dehydrated and hallucinating. So when Will Homer claimed to have seen an aircraft plunge into the Irish Sea there was a pause, before his friends dismissed the sighting as a diving seagull. But they agreed to investigate anyway - a decisio... read full post picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Imitating the pancake maneuver from a favorite childhood book, the two-seater plane pilot avoided nearby homes and serious injury.

This one's for Tryweekly. picked by meggysue 4 months ago

The pilot, Milton Torres, now 77 and living in Miami, said it spent periods motionless in the sky before reaching estimated speeds of more than 7,600 mph picked by smarty1052 1 year ago

An American Airlines pilot who was scheduled to operate a flight from London Heathrow airport to Chicago was arrested Wednesday for failing a Breathalyzer test at the airport. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

A Tunisian pilot who paused to pray instead of taking emergency measures before crash-landing his plane, killing 16 people, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail by an Italian court along with his co-pilot. picked by Doggylives 8 months ago

A pilot furious at being searched before flying dropped his pants and exposed himself to security staff, then raged: “Do you want to search this?”

*should have put it in a clear, one-quart, re-sealable plastic bag* picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

An unemployed Chinese man boarded an aeroplane disguised as a pilot, in order to get a free flight home, according to state media. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Passengers on the US Airways flight that crash-landed into the Hudson River Thursday afternoon praised the actions and courage of the pilot, a safety consultant with 40 years of experience in the aviation industry.
*MY hero*
'Hero of the Hudson' picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

Short-finned pilot whales off the Canary Islands race like cheetahs after prey over long distances in the deep Atlantic waters, new research reveals. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

When the pilot of the twin-engine Beech aircraft passed out and died mid-flight, passenger Doug White of Archibald, Louisiana, took over the plane and landed it safely. picked by bingo 8 months ago

Cell phone conversation punctuated with "F this" and "F that" gets pilot thrown off plane. picked by suebe 3 years ago

Pilots in training are put under the G force pressures they will experience in flight. picked by zepequeno 3 years ago

Capt Roger Old, 61, flew five miles off course while coming in to land in Shetland in bad weather. An automatic warning system told him he was too low and advised him to pull up, but instead he asked the co-pilot to switch it off. picked by charbarred 3 years ago

Blind pilot Miles Hilton-Barber felt euphoric when he touched down at Sydney's Bankstown Airport just before 8am, becoming the first blind man to fly halfway around the world.

Update on an earlier post. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A JetBlue pilot forced a Manhattan man to sit on the toilet for three hours during a cross-country flight to free up his seat for a stewardess picked by coldbladed 2 years ago

Horrified passengers watched as their co-pilot was manhandled from the cockpit after suffering a mental breakdown 30,000ft over the Atlantic. picked by cb__ 2 years ago

The noise upsets a neighbor. The aviation administration says the pilot broke no rules. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

"Lil' Bush" debuts Wednesday night on Comedy Central. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago