With the price of oil still above $100 a barrel, everything from wood chips to chicken fat is being scrutinized as an alternative to traditional fuel. But when it comes to airplanes, finding the right mix poses a special challenge. ...more

August 16, 2008

A small plane carrying a cancer patient to Boston went into a nosedive and crashed Tuesday in a grocery store parking lot, killing all three people on board, authorities said. It was the third fatal crash in as many months for a network of charities that ferry patients to medical treatment. ...more

August 13, 2008

On a recent stormy Friday, a 30-mile band of severe weather centered over Gainesville blocked a major commercial airline corridor from the Northeast and Midwest into Tampa International Airport. ...more

August 7, 2008

Eight firefighters and a pilot were presumed dead in the crash of a helicopter that had just picked up firefighters battling a blaze in a Northern California forest, officials said Wednesday. ...more

August 7, 2008

A flight instructor and a student took a plunge into Lake Istokpoga late Saturday morning after the student forgot to retract the plane's landing gear, causing the plane's nose to dive into the lake. ...more

August 3, 2008

I borrow the words of Thomas Paine, "These are the times that try men's souls." Although those familiar words were written in 1776, they have meaningful application in contemporary America as she struggles on the domestic and international scenes. Our nation suffers from an incompetent president and an impotent Congress. As a result of their collective domestic and foreign failures, America's future, quite literally, swings in the wind. ...more

July 29, 2008

The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday that it is investigating a near collision of airborne planes at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport - the third such incident at a major airport this month. ...more

July 24, 2008

Flight Meets Tragic Fate Regarding "Small-Plane Crash Kills 3" (front page, July 18): ...more

July 23, 2008