Ashley Burns

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 remains one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history, but the Australian government hopes that recent satellite image analysis will provide a breakthrough in finally determining the location of the Boeing 777-200ER. Back in March, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau asked Geoscience Australia for assistance in analyzing four […]

As if winning the inaugural Flying Innovation Award at AirVenture 2017 wasn’t already a noteworthy accomplishment, HondaJet hasn’t left the spotlight just yet. Honda Aircraft Co. announced this week that the HondaJet was the most delivered light jet of the first half of 2017, with 24 airplanes were shipped out to buyers in North America […]

On Monday, officials from Bridgeport and Fairfield, Connecticut, once again staked their claim to the “First in Flight” and “birthplace of powered flight” bragging rights by declaring August 14 as Gustave Whitehead Day on the 116th anniversary of his alleged inaugural powered flight. Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim and Fairfield First Selectman Mike Tetreau were joined […]

It’s the news that launched a million “The Patriots have always owned Jets” jokes. The defending Super Bowl champions revealed on Instagram this week that the franchise purchased its own “airkrafts,” obviously a very clever nod to owner Robert Kraft. The details of the purchase have not been revealed, but ESPN determined that the Pats […]

With the solar eclipse less than two weeks away, airports throughout the line of totality are bracing for heavy traffic. At Salem Municipal Airport in Oregon, one of the first North American airports in the line of totality, the staff expects the epic event to be their busiest day ever. “We’re planning for hundreds of […]

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An eight-year-old girl and 56-year-old man are dead after an emergency landing on São João da Caparica beach in Portugal. According to the Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias, the rented aircraft that appears to be a Cessna 152, was being used for a training flight between Cascais and Évora, when the pilot notified the tower […]

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that the FAA must acknowledge “the case of the incredible shrinking airline seat.” That’s how Circuit Judge Patricia Millett referred to the obvious state of uncomfortable commercial airline travel in response to a lawsuit filed by the passenger advocacy group Flyers Rights earlier this year. The […]

The weather for AirVenture 2017 in Oshkosh was downright perfect for the first two days of the annual air show. Yet for reasons known only to Mother Nature, the sky featured more clouds than aircraft on Wednesday, and it almost seemed like heavy rain would wash the excitement away. Fortunately, the rain kept its distance […]