Bethany Whitfield

The search is on for a Sukhoi SuperJet 100 that went missing on Wednesday during a demonstration flight in Indonesia. The fly-by-wire regional jet, with 50 people on board, was conducting its second demonstration flight of the day when radio contact was lost approximately 20 minutes after takeoff from Jakarta’s Halim Perdanakusuma Airport. The airplane […]

History buffs and Boeing enthusiasts alike can now retrace more than 95 years of Boeing history through the company’s first ever iPad app, released on Monday. The app takes users back to the company’s roots, which took hold in 1916 with the construction of the first B & W, a two-seat seaplane used for airmail […]

Hawker Beechcraft filed for bankruptcy on Thursday after reaching a restructuring agreement that will wipe out approximately $2.5 billion in debt and $125 million in annual cash interest liabilities. The plan includes $400 million in financing that the company says will allow it to continue meeting its financial obligations to its employees — Hawker Beech […]

A veteran air traffic control manager has retired in the wake of an FAA probe into an unreported error that triggered a near collision between a Japan Airlines 767 and a UPS MD11 in January. The two aircraft were approximately 15 miles out on approach to land at Honolulu International Airport when a rookie controller […]

Piper Aircraft deliveries shot up more than 40 percent during the first quarter of the year in comparison to 2011, according to positive performance numbers announced by the company on Tuesday. The increase constitutes the third consecutive year Piper has posted Q1 growth, and illustrates the growing impact of international sales on the company’s bottom […]

U.S. civil aviation accidents rose slightly in 2011, with the sharpest increase coming from Part 135 on-demand charter operations, according to recent stats released by the NTSB. While the number of GA accidents grew a slight 2 percent, the number of accidents per 100,000 flight hours actually decreased somewhat from 6.63 in 2010 to 6.51 […]

Air traffic controller and pilot James Price has taken home flight simulators to a new level. His project? The construction of a Boeing 737 simulator out of the nose section of a retired airliner. A long-time flight sim enthusiast, Price purchased a retired Continental Airlines Boeing 737-130 nose shell more than 10 years ago for […]

Curious if there are drones operating near you? A quick look at recent data unveiled by the FAA may provide some insight. As a result of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation earlier this year, the agency was forced this week to divulge a list of 63 authorized UAV […]

The FAA has awarded Eclipse Aerospace a production certificate for the Eclipse 550, clearing the path for the re-launch of the very light jet in a rebirth that was first announced last October at the NBAA Convention. With the new production certificate in hand, the company “is well positioned to re-introduce the Eclipse Jet to […]

After seven months of examining data from the hypersonic HTV-2 vehicle that was lost during a test flight over the Pacific last August, DARPA says it has zeroed in on the vehicle’s skin, and its inability to withstand the stresses of incredibly fast speeds, as the source of the malfunction. According to DARPA’s report, ground […]