A single-engine plane on approach to St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport on Saturday afternoon plunged into Tampa Bay, killing the pilot and his parents. ...more

January 13, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - A single-engine plane on approach to St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport on Saturday afternoon plunged into Tampa Bay, killing all three people aboard. ...more

January 12, 2008

BRADENTON BEACH - A 43-year-old Bradenton Beach man was killed Sunday night when his single-engine plane crashed in a heavily wooded area of Fauquier County in Northern Virginia, authorities said. ...more

December 12, 2007

It's called hunting the $100 hamburger - '$100' referring to the cost of fuel - sort of the aeronautical equivalent of lazy Sunday drives in which the destination isn't as important as the pleasure of getting away. The thrill level, though, is just a bit higher than that of tooling through the New England countryside in fall foliage season. ...more

October 29, 2007

Search teams dramatically expanded their hunt for adventurer Steve Fossett to encompass 10,000 square miles of rugged mountains and desert Thursday after nearly four discouraging days yielded no trace of his single-engine plane. ...more

September 7, 2007

Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, the first person to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon, was missing Tuesday after he vanished while piloting a single-engine plane over rugged terrain in Nevada. Fossett, 63, took off Monday morning to scout locations where he might be able to break the land-speed record, his latest quest. The Chicago commodities trader has been trying to break records for years. ...more

September 5, 2007

Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who has cheated death time and again in his successful pursuit of aviation records, was missing Tuesday after taking off in a single-engine plane the day before to scout locations for a land-speed record attempt, officials said. ...more

September 5, 2007

Rowing through darkness, Chuck Herndon steered his boat toward where he had seen a plane's taillights plunge into Lake Erie. Then he heard a faint cry. ...more

September 5, 2007