FLYING Staff

Jennifer Homendy has been sworn in as the chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, becoming the 15th leader of the federal agency that is tasked by Congress to investigate civil aviation and other transportation accidents. “We are in a time of dynamic change and growth within transportation—from automated vehicles to commercial space,” Homendy said […]

Michimasa Fujino, lead HondaJet designer and president and CEO of Honda Aircraft Company, has received the 2021 Reed Aeronautics Award for “the invention of advanced aerodynamic and structural techniques.” Fujino was honored on Thursday by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics during its Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala, which was held virtually this year as […]

Amid the bustling activity of a busy Yeager Airport (KCRW), Marshall University marked the official opening of the Bill Noe Flight School in Charleston, West Virginia, this week. University President Jerome A. Gilbert and more than a dozen others cut the ribbon for the Maier Aviation Building and a 12,000-square-foot hangar at the airport. “Back […]

New York City-based Wheels Up (NYSE:UP), a private member-based aircraft operator, saw record revenue growth of 113 percent in the second quarter of the year, the company announced Thursday. It also reported that membership has grown to more than 10,500, nearly double what it was the same time last year. Active users grew, as well, […]

The Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft arrived and was installed at the International Space Station on Thursday morning. It was bolted into place on the International Space Station’s Earth-facing port of the Unity module at 9:42 a.m. EDT. Cygnus will remain at the space station for about three months until the spacecraft departs in November. The […]

Embraer’s Eve program has signed an agreement with Kenya Airways, the country’s flag carrier, to develop an urban air mobility strategy that will serve key markets in East Africa and provide an accessible and affordable transportation option. This collaboration with Fahari Aviation, announced Wednesday, aims to develop operational models for the wide accessibility of urban […]

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is set to arrive at the International Space Station early Thursday morning with more than 8,200 pounds of science investigations and cargo. NASA astronaut Megan McArthur will use the space station’s robotic Canadarm2 to capture Cygnus upon its arrival. Meanwhile, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet will monitor […]

Unions representing airline pilots of two US airlines have responded to recently announced policies by their companies that require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. United Airlines told its 67,000 employees on Friday that they must be fully vaccinated by October 25 or five weeks after the Food and Drug Administration gives any COVID vaccine […]

Boeing has announced plans to create an independent venture capital group, AEI HorizonX, as it looks to grow its external investor base. It’s part of a strategic agreement with AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a private equity firm based in Boca Raton, Florida, with more than $3.5 billion in assets. “The partnership with AEI and future […]

A de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crashed Thursday, August 5, eight miles northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. The pilot and all five passengers were killed. The aircraft is owned by Southeast Aviation, which provides sightseeing tours, including one to the Misty Fjords National Monument. According to a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard, an EPIRB (emergency […]