Ashley Burns

With a little more than a month left before the Senate and House enjoy their August recess, the clock is ticking for FAA reauthorization. The agency’s current deal will expire at the end of September, and so both the House and Senate are seeking to pass long-term plans that would finally solve, or at least […]

When Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) revealed the House’s 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act (AIRRACT) on Wednesday, he said that it improves upon the similar but failed bill he introduced last year. His evidence that it has improved? “We gained support,” he told reporters. While it is still unknown […]

“Only rarely does a benchmark airplane come along that demands the creation of an entirely new category in which to place it, one that shatters conventional thinking with radical leaps in design and operating efficiency.” That’s just the first sentence of our review of the Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet in the July issue of Flying, […]

Perhaps it was just a coincidence that led Jason Capra to a back road in Beach City, Ohio, where he’d spot a Douglas DC-3 seemingly abandoned in a field. Perhaps it was destiny. Whatever the forces of the universe were up to that day, it allowed Capra, an airline pilot and self-described WWII airplane enthusiast, […]

While both the House and Senate have been preparing long-term FAA reauthorization bills, one key difference between them is reportedly ATC privatization. As Sen. John Thune (R-SD) admitted on Tuesday, the president’s controversial plan to turn the nation’s ATC system over to a nonprofit entity doesn’t have enough support within the Commerce, Science and Transportation […]

While Boeing, Airbus and Lockheed are making huge splashes (and sales) and stealing all the headlines in the opening days of the 2017 Paris Air Show, some smaller companies and aircraft are still getting their share of the spotlight. One such aircraft is the cool and very simple SureFly personal helicopter and VTOL aircraft, which […]

An advertising blimp not associated with the U.S. Open caught fire and crashed in a field near the Erin Hills Golf Course, where the 2017 U.S. Open tournament is currently underway. Police officials said the AirSign blimp was “rapidly descending” around 11:15 AM ET on Thursday, and witnesses were quick to share videos of the […]

Textron Aviation announced in March that the first four production Cessna Citation Longitude business jets were on the assembly line. This week, the company proudly unveiled the first production Longitude, and the emphasis of the company’s celebration has been on how this super-midsize jet was built. “The Citation Longitude sets a new standard in the […]

Back in April, Kurt Russell and Chris Pratt appeared on the BBC’s The One Show to promote Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which isn’t a big deal two months later, because they did plenty of interviews. But this particular interview featured an incredibly interesting anecdote that only recently caused people to do a […]

When it comes to the latest “flying car” fad – that made at least one expert ask people to stop calling them flying cars – the French company Vaylon has developed its Pegasus (or Pegase) with the military in mind, first and foremost. The vehicle’s combination of a stealthy paraglider and off-road vehicle gives it […]