To ensure the flow from fuel tank to fuel injector, aerobatic aircraft with the fuel tank in the fuselage have a "flop tube," a flexible hose with a weight in the free end, plugged into the fuel tank.

To ensure the flow from fuel tank to fuel injector, aerobatic aircraft with the fuel tank in the fuselage have a “flop tube,” a flexible hose with a weight in the free end, plugged into the ...

It’s frustrating the county not only allowed this to happen but helped it happen,” said plaintiff Josh Hochberg, pilot and owner of nearby Sonoma Jet Center.

US investigators believe loss of power in the outboard left-hand engine of a Douglas C-54, and the subsequent feathering of its propeller, initiated a chain reaction of events including a fuel ...

The final report released by the National Transportation Safety Board describes a series of sudden and catastrophic mechanical problems that preceded the crash.

making it difficult to climb the plane with the fuel tanks brimmed. On February 7, 1959, the plane finally landed at McCarran Field. The pilots reportedly had to be helped out of the airplane ...

Stralis Aircraft aims to start flight testing a Bonanza A36 aircraft converted to run on green hydrogen fuel.

The Alaska Air Fuels director of operations also told the NTSB a fuel tank near the engine “was reported in the days before the accident to leak when full,” lead investigator Mark Ward wrote.