Investigators say bad maintenance practices at a Georgia air force base missed a deteriorating propeller blade that broke off six years later as a U.S. Marine Corps transport plane cruised over ...

JACKSON, Miss. – Investigators say bad maintenance practices at a Georgia air force base missed a deteriorating propeller blade that broke off six years later as a U.S. Marine Corps transport plane ...

A sailor hoses down the propeller on a P-3 Orion during an aircraft wash on the flight line at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington. U.S. Navy The email-bag brings questions from two readers ...

Investigators are blaming a broken propeller blade for causing a military plane crash last year that left 16 service members dead in a Mississippi soybean field.Investigators with the Fourth Marine ...

A containership transiting the Pacific Ocean lost hydraulic oil and propulsion after its propeller blade cracked, according to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). A blade on ...

At Washington State Ferries, 2026 has started with a thud, one ferry each of the first three days of the year were pulled from service for mechanical problems. Here's a rundown.Walla Walla was removed ...

Last time, I talked about how, even in the 21st Century, wooden propellers have advantages over metal propellers. For one thing, wooden propellers deal with the many vibrations of the engine and the ...

Combination of carbon, glass and epoxy resin produces a strong replacement for nickel/aluminum/bronze metal, the current propeller standard. Damage-tolerant reinforcing fabric strengthens highly ...

These pictures were shot by a friend of mine who was flying a two ship formation with another SF-260EA. The images are beautiful but what make them more interesting is that the propeller blades look ...

A piece of American history soon will be on display in the hometown of a Middletown pilot who lost his life during World War II. A propeller blade on a B-17 bomber that was shot down on Dec. 20, 1942, ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Investigators say bad maintenance practices at a Georgia air force base missed a deteriorating propeller blade that broke off six years later as a U.S. Marine Corps transport plane ...