On October 26, 1927, an air mail flight over the mountains ended in drama when the pilot was forced to parachute through heavy fog near Castaic, surviving a 9,000-foot leap to safety. Pilot Charles R. “Dick” Bowman, part of the Pacific Air Transport line running from Seattle to Los Angeles, took off in plane #2072 from the Newhall Airport at ...

A Palmdale woman was identified as one of the two Navy pilots who died in a fighter jet crash last week in Washington. Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, 31,  a Naval Flight Officer from Palmdale and Lt. Serena N. Wileman, 31, a Naval Aviator from California, died when their EA-18G Growler jet from the Electronic Attack Squadron, known as “Zappers,” ...

A plane crash that killed one person just south of the Santa Clarita Valley in Chatsworth on Saturday is currently under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), officials said. https://www.facebook.com/khtsradio/videos/472931103471579/?__xts__[0]=68.ARAeypAlOJAgSC-T5qPtAtqp9VHtRBybyM5BJWpL1RokwelXyLkvC2aQ57Q-d-rUbpVqI3FS67w0bF1LhQNbPxP1H_VNU-QxlyIv0F87oQVpclDeditvc3h7aTkws3dUdBNBAgPWQqdaZaEsEGtCi9TNGqeH8_iSi90j1chQGAOFJmiKsWvAhwllmvhwDNR-ESZt-UK_QYhXB1OiKdruBbhZrreM8JZSokKG63jWaetmNFkwbvtDniQ6HyI7ZbXFi-z8Z2mPN0CMNiwE-Aw8JuaiCoiTuuWduU3b7I3dcQBDXeZuVckbW9sMHbO9CjsDe5zlXcoGVwlUxxw_vYwIegxmIm4fktPQHxI&__tn__=-R   At around 2:55 p.m. Saturday, an aircraft crash was reported near Limekiln Canyon Road and Sesnon Boulevard just south of the Santa Clarita Valley, according to officials. SCV ...