The World from PRX

aviation

Conflict & Justice
They were part of Afghanistan’s first-ever all-female flight. Then their lives were turned upside down.
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Attendees take photos in front of a Chinese C919 passenger jet after its first flight at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai.
Business
China’s first domestically made passenger jet is a warning to Boeing and Airbus
Drones
Technology
How a group of drone racers are hoping to use their big events to educate others
French gendarmes and police inspect a piece of plane debris found on a beach on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion.
Technology
What can the Indian Ocean plane wreckage tell us?
Niloofar Rahmani
Business
Meet two women who are the first female pilots in their countries
Solar Impulse 2 grounded in Hawaii until 2016
Technology
The record-breaking solar plane, Solar Impulse 2, is grounded in Hawaii
Solar Impulse 2 parked in Japan
Technology
Solar-powered airplane lands safely, breaking flight record
The US Marine Corps C-130 Hercules named "Fat Albert," assigned to the US Navy “Blue Angels” flight demonstration team, uses Jet Assisted Take Off bottles during the 2005 Blue Angel Homecoming show.
Conflict
A Marine pilot breaks the gender barrier in one of the world’s most elite squadrons
The view from 15,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean as seen from the Two Eagles Balloon flight deck.
Technology
A US-Russian pair is trying to smash the ‘holy grail’ of ballooning records
A child looks on at a viewing gallery overlooking AirAsia planes on the tarmac at Changi Airport in Singapore December 29, 2014.
Technology
An AirAsia jet carrying 162 people is still missing
Flights from Israel had partially resumed Friday, but there were still plenty of cancellations. The FAA ban on flights to Tel Aviv left many Israelis feeling claustrophobic and isolated — even if only for two days.
Conflict & Justice
The US flight ban left Israelis feeling cut off from the world
A departure board displays various cancellations at Ben Gurion International airport in Tel Aviv.
Conflict & Justice
Despite recent events in Ukraine and Israel, flying over hot spots is business as usual
Pilots stand in the shade of the wing of a DC-3 in the hamlet of Miraflores in the Colombian jungle.
Environment
Ancient DC-3s deliver hope in Colombia, and seat belts are optional