Caroline Gough-Cooper and Imogen Asker retained their title of Ladies World Champions, beating the Russians into second. However, the Russians won the overall team award, comfortably ahead of the second place French team. Team results 1. Russia 3,640.2pts 2. France 3,421.3pts 3. Germany 3,281.8pts ... more

Now you‘d think that you’d notice nearly six feet of missing wing, especially when the missing part also contained one of the aircraft’s fuel tanks. But an Irish commercial pilot flew a Cessna P210N five-seater for two hours before he realised that a large chunk of the starboard wing had been torn off. The pilot, who worked for Shannon-based charter company Pacific Network Air, told investigators that he thought the 450hp turbin ... more

his incredible photo shows the new Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 twinjet successfully completing tests on a flooded runway. The aircraft had to pass tests for water flooding into the engines and also for the effect on the nose and main landing gear as part of the FAA and EASA certification process. Several high speed runs - up to 126mph - of the aircraft are made through water troughs with levels of water up to three-quarters of an inch deep ... more

British owners of N-registered aircraft are fighting a rearguard action against a government proposal to force the aircraft onto the UK register. The Department for Transport launched the furore when it started a consultation period which ends on 28 October. The proposal says that aircraft based in the UK should come under the oversight of the CAA. N-registered aircraft are on the US register. The exact number of N-registered aircraft ... more

Lucky Americans! The new Light Sports Aircraft category is producing all sorts of interesting aircraft such as this Sky-MAXX all-aluminium made by German company Voigt, based in Cologne. The aircraft has so far been certified as an ultralight in Italy, and there appear to be a number of versions available, with different engines and fixed or retractable undercarriage. The 80hp Rotax engine version gives a cruise of 103kt and a range of 500nm. ... more

Was this Europe's largest ever sports event? It's claimed 1.2 million spectators watched the Hungarian round of the Red Bull Air Race World Series, held in Budapest on 20 August. The Hugely successful race series comes to a climax on Sunday, 8 October in the skies above San Francisco Bay for the final event of the 2005 season. American Mike Mangold is leading the championship after three wins. The Budapest race was around a 1.7km ... more

3000 feet per minute climb, 180kt and 12,000ft reached in maiden 30-minute flight. The Javelin jet prototype had its first flight on 30 September. The two-seat jet fighter lookalike is being built for civilian and military use and has been under development for five years. The Javelin took off from Centennial Airport in Englewood, Colorado at 0750 local time. Robert Fuschino, chief test pilot for Aviation Technology Group which is ... more