Featured Dick Rutan holds a model of the Voyager aircraft. (Courtesy photograph)
Dick Rutan holds a model of the Voyager aircraft. (Courtesy photograph)

Legend Dick Rutan passes, leaves an impressive legacy

We are saddened to share the passing of our dear friend and aerospace legend, Dick Rutan, on May 3, 2024...

By Flight Test Historical Foundation • May 7, 2024 11:07 am
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Jay Levine | NASA Armstrong • May 7, 2024
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Bob Alvis | Special to Aerotech News • May 6, 2024
Astronaut’s remarkable tale: from Snoopy dog to outer space

LANCASTER. Calif. — It’s hard not to believe in the power of dreams seeing a family photo of a kid…

By Dennis Anderson | Special to Aerotech News & Review • May 6, 2024 11:03 am
AFRL new physiological monitoring system undergoes flight tests

An Air Force Research Laboratory-developed physiological monitoring system for pilots completed a series of F-16 flight tests March 4-17, 2024,…

By Whitney Wetsig | Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio • May 3, 2024 9:51 am
C-17 revisited Mojave Airport after 29 years ago

At the April 2024 Plane Crazy Saturday, Capt. Rachel Sallee, U.S. Air Force C-17 instructor pilot gave a great presentation…

By Cathy Hansen | Special to Aerotech News • May 3, 2024 9:36 am
DARPA to announce breakthrough in aerospace machine learning

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency were finalists for the 2023 Robert J. Collier Trophy, a formal acknowledgement of recent…

By Chase Kohler | Edwards AFB, Calif. • May 3, 2024 9:22 am
The Black Paratroopers of WWII’s ‘Triple Nickle’ jumped into fire

PENDLETON, Ore. — The C-47 aircraft we jumped from, “Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber,” was built during World War II, and it…

By Dennis Anderson | Special to Aerotech News • May 3, 2024 9:05 am
Col. Doug Wickert selected for promotion to brigadier general

President Joe Biden on April 15 nominated Col. Douglas Wickert, commander of the 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force…

By 412th TW Public Affairs | Edwards AFB, Calif. • May 3, 2024 8:58 am
The women of the WASP

By Cathy Hansen Special to Aerotech News When the men went off to war, and the citizens of America learned…

By Cathy Hansen • March 4, 2024 11:04 am
Remembering women in aviation – Past and present

By Cathy Hansen Special to Aerotech News The Antelope Valley, or “Aerospace Valley,” in Southern California has been blessed to…

By Cathy Hansen • March 4, 2024 10:54 am
The remarkable first female naval aviators

Navy photograph In 1974 the U.S. Navy designated its first female naval aviators — The First Six, four of whom…

By Aerotech News • February 24, 2024 9:09 am
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