Ashley Burns

Buzz Aldrin was responsible for a number of milestones in his career as an astronaut, but he’s made it clear in recent years that he’s still capable of raising the bar for retirees. On Sunday, at age 87, he became the oldest person to ever take flight with the Thunderbirds, the United States Air Force’s […]

The FAA has concluded that no further “enforcement action was warranted” in regard to Harrison Ford’s recent landing incident at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California. According to a statement from Stephen Hofer, the attorney for the 74-year-old actor and pilot, the agency conducted a full interview with Ford, and ultimately it was determined […]

The race to bring flying cars into our lives has heated up in recent months, as Airbus wowed the aviation wolrd with its Pop.Up and Dutch developer PAL-V aims to begin delivery of its Liberty by the end of 2018. Ever the Shangri-La for technological trail blazing, Dubai is even promising a fleet of single-passenger […]

From commercial airlines to drone enthusiasts, almost every aspect of air transportation is expected to experience continued growth over the next 20 years. According to the FAA’s annual Aerospace Forecast Report Fiscal Years 2017 to 2037, growing U.S. and world economies offer every indication that demand for air travel and aviation will continue to increase, […]

On Monday, Textron Aviation announced that the third aircraft in the Cessna Citation Longitude flight test program completed its debut flight, and the company is certainly pleased with the results. Only six months have passed since the first Longitude completed its inaugural flight, but the latest test airplane’s successful one-hour and 40-minute trip aloft is […]

When Ford Motor Co. chairman Bill Ford was asked at SXSW if we’d be seeing his company’s logo on a flying car anytime soon, his answer was simple: “No.” Flying car fever is gripping America’s tech-hungry population lately, as Dutch developer PAL-V announced in February that its Liberty, a three-wheel gyrocopter, is for sale and […]

A bipartisan crusade to get airline passengers a little more legroom continued last week with the reintroduction of the Seat Egress in Air Travel (SEAT) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. The act was first introduced in 2016 as an amendment to the FAA Reauthorization bill; however, Congress failed to pass it. […]

The 109 passengers and seven crew members of an Ameristar Charters flight out of Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Michigan, are all safe after their airplane slid off the runway on Wednesday. The Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball team and staff were among those on board, as they were leaving for the Big Ten tournament; however, […]