Jake Lamb

Breitling’s DC-3 is in the middle of its record-breaking world tour, which started in March and ends in September, making a stop at AirVenture Oshkosh and hitting its last stops before its final destination of the Breitling Sion Airshow in Switzerland. The DC-3, at 77 years old, will be the oldest plane to circumnavigate the […]

Hundreds of people were in attendance as four general aviation leaders — EAA President Jack Pelton, AOPA President Mark Baker, NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen, and GAMA President Pete Bunce — spoke out on ATC privatization at AirVenture Oshkosh on Monday afternoon. Recently, more than 170 general aviation associations joined together to oppose the […]

Last week after Garmin announced its first retrofit autopilots, the GFC 500 and GFC 600, the aviation community cheered — and then wondered if more products from other manufacturers would quickly follow. Boy did they ever. This week at AirVenture, the autopilot party continues as sub-$20,000 systems from Genesys Aerosystems (formerly S-TEC), BendixKing, TruTrak and […]

Niv Stubenski, a 21-year-old Tel Aviv native, has been arrested after footage, appearing to show a drone’s perspective of planes on approach from roughly 300 feet away, was posted on YouTube and shared to Facebook. Stubenski was interrogated and then sent to house arrest for five days according to reports from Israel National News. The […]

It’s already illegal to fly your drone over air bases in the United States, but currently, only federal civilian agencies can jam and disable drones. Taking action against drones is a federal matter being addressed, along with drone regulation in general. But the United States Air Force wants permission to act more quickly. Largely due […]

In case you’re still worried about the January 1, 2020, deadline for ADS-B, the FAA’s Equip 2020 Team is here to help. The joint government and industry group, designed to encourage and help aircraft owners equip with ADS-B Out before the deadline, is hosting a live Twitter chat to address your general aviation questions and […]

If you’re going to be strolling the grounds of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and you’ve ever had the itch to fly a drone, or maybe just learn a little more about them, then you’re in luck. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is bringing back the popular Drone Cage Obstacle and Speed Course for those wanted to test their […]

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit regarding the small UAS registration program left a lot of people wondering about one thing: Where’s that $5 I spent on the registration going? All in all, the FAA collected somewhere in the neighborhood of $4 million through more than […]

Whether or not Florida’s newly signed Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act was intended to work in accordance with congress on either of its proposed bills, the Drone Federalism Act or the Drone Innovation Act, it certainly seems to address many of the same issues. The bill was backed by Dana Young of Tampa in the Senate […]

All of the drone regulation legislation that has been tossed around the senate recently has not escaped the notice of drone and aviation industry leaders, as demonstrated in an open letter to Congress from 13 groups including the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Academy of Model Aeronautics, Commercial Drone Alliance and others. “We believe legislation […]