Ashley Burns

Of all the commands that Cameron Jaxheimer gave me as we took off in an Extra 300 from Oshkosh’s Wittman Regional Airport, “Clench everything” is the order that stood out. After all, every moment leading up to our flight, including my flight preparation and the crucial instructions on how to use my parachute in a […]

The X-Men have the Blackbird and the Avengers have their Quinjet. Spider-Man has a Web-Jet in the distant future and Squirrel Girl even has a Squirrel-a-Gig helicopter to help her fight the bad guys. Given Marvel’s rich history of creating unique aircraft for its many characters, it’s only fitting that Stan Lee, the creator of […]

The Stratos 714 VLJ has been more than ten years in the making, originating with a conversation between CEO Michael Lemaire and Chief Technology Officer Carsten Sundin. On Monday, their team proudly displayed the fruit of their labor at EAA AirVenture, as the 714 kicked off the morning’s activities at Boeing Plaza. With fresh paint […]

One year ago this week, the B-29 Superfortress endearingly known as Doc took flight for the first time in 60 years. Doc has since been cleared to fly around the country for a triumphant tour to show off the amazing restoration job completed by Doc’s Friends, and next week the glorious B-29 will attend its […]

Shane McMahon, the son of WWE chairman Vince McMahon and Linda McMahon, the administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, was the lone passenger on a chartered helicopter flight that made an emergency water landing approximately a half-mile off Gilgo Beach in New York on Wednesday. The professional wrestling executive and occasional performer was flying […]

While Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) finally found the support he needed to get his FAA reauthorization bill, the 21st Century AIRR Act, passed by the House’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, for which he serves as chairman, it has still been met with a great deal of opposition within the aviation world. In fact, on Tuesday, […]

Scaled Composites has a busy week coming up. The Mojave, California-based company is going all-in at the 2017 AirVenture show at Oshkosh (June 24-30), presenting some of its most iconic aircraft and offering more than 30 forums that will focus on, among other things, its future endeavors. This includes meeting people who are interested in […]

“The M400 is a flying car that promises to let you take off from your backyard and fly to your destination at 350 mph, ignoring, if not gazing condescendingly upon, land-bound commuters stuck in traffic below,” reads the March 2000 Popular Science cover story on the Moller M400 Skycar. And, really, that sums up the […]

When Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) tried to pass his FAA reauthorization bill in 2016, he found resistance in Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), who is a general aviation pilot. However, after making some changes, including the elimination of GA user fees, Shuster’s 2017 effort made a believer out of Graves, who heralded the 21st Century AIRR […]

George Antoniadis wouldn’t have missed this “marriage” for anything in the world. The President and CEO of PlaneSense has the distinction of being the owner of the first Pilatus PC-24 (https://www.pilatus-aircraft.com/) business jet, and so he made the journey to the manufacturer’s head office in Stans, Switzerland, to watch firsthand as his plane received its […]