Julie Boatman

Creating a new aircraft is typically an exercise costing billions, involving hundreds of engineers. But, like the Wright brothers 125 years ago, innovation at the garage level is alive and well

The latest aircrafts built with efficiency and luxurious finishes in mind for short- and long-range trips. The Big Idea: Next-Gen Piloting Is Here

These seven aviator glasses would make Tom Cruise drool. Aviator-style sunglasses draw in pilots and style hounds alike—so much so that new

The experimental X-planes, starting with Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier in 1947, have changed aviation as we know it. Here's how.

AirVenture will have 3,500 aircraft on display. The coolest? The latest new generation of ultralights, gyroplanes and experimental aircraft.

The world's most popular air show, EAA's AirVenture, will have a bonkers collection of ultralight aircraft on display.

Airhart, Joby, Archer and others are all moving towards simpler, more intuitive controls for their aircraft so they're easier to fly for new pilots.

These four nonprofits use business jets to transport chronically ill children to hospitals around the country and Special Olympians to U.S. Games.

From two-seat trainers for new pilots to futuristic turboprops, batteries will power aviation's future. Here are the companies leading the charge.

Icing's specter looms over a wide swath of our flying lives. During the winter, we're particularly attuned to its presence, but those conditions that constitute “icing” can occur any time of year, no matter where we fly.