Bethany Whitfield

Despite having logged 21,000 hours over the years, for Emily Warner, her most recent flight was a special one. That’s because Warner, reportedly the first female commercial airline pilot hired by a U.S. scheduled airline, organized the flight to fulfill the last wish of a long-time friend and fellow aviator who has been suffering from […]

Yves Rossy, dubbed “Jetman” after becoming the first man ever to fly with a jet-propelled wing, completed a historic eight-minute flight over the Grand Canyon on Saturday. According to a press release issued by Breitling, Rossy’s sponsor, the Swiss pilot completed the flight after taking off from a helicopter at 8,000 feet with his jet-propelled […]

According to recent figures released by flight data resource ARG/US, business air traffic in the United States was down by 7.3 percent in April compared to March of this year. With decreases of 8.1 percent, large cabin and turboprop aircraft saw the biggest declines in flight hours. Mid-size cabin aircraft activity dropped 7.1 percent, and […]

More than 460 companies are gearing up to showcase at the upcoming 2011 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, which will take place over a three-day stretch in Geneva next week. This year’s show, jointly hosted by EBAA and NBAA, will be the 11th consecutive EBACE and has already acquired enough exhibitors to break the […]

Hawker Beechcraft issued a mixed-bag earnings report on Monday, highlighting an increase in deliveries, but a decrease in sales and operational income sparked largely by the continuing underperformance of business and general aviation. During January through March of this year, the company made a total of 45 deliveries, a significant increase from the 34 deliveries […]

A search team located Air France Flight 447’s cockpit voice recorder and retrieved it from the Atlantic Ocean floor on Tuesday, nearly two years after the Airbus A330 crashed while en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, killing all 216 passengers and 12 crewmembers aboard. The find comes just days after searchers from France’s […]

Government officials and business execs alike work to keep Wichita’s aviation industry alive and well. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and other officials convened with aviation business leaders on Monday to discuss the industry’s future in the state and explore ways to both keep and grow Wichita’s standing as one of the world’s leading aviation hubs. […]

A Minnesota appeals court has reversed an earlier ruling that held Cirrus Design Corp. liable for a 2003 SR22 crash that killed two men on a trip to see their sons play in a hockey tournament. The new ruling nullifies the $14.4 million verdict awarded to the families of the two men by a jury […]

In what has become the latest in a string of ATC infractions, the FAA has suspended an air traffic controller and manager after the controller was caught using a portable DVD player while on duty at Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center early Sunday morning. According to a statement released by the FAA, the controller […]

With AERO Friedrichshafen thankfully moved a week back from the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In and featuring a format geared more toward pilots than airshow watchers, Europe’s most GA friendly aviation event enjoyed its best run yet. More than 33,000 aviation enthusiasts from around the world gathered in Germany for the 19th annual event, which wrapped […]