Mark Phelps

“The Ultimate Fighter” television star Stephan Bonnar tangles with UFC (Ultimate Fighter Championship) middleweight Anderson Silva this Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. But at least Bonnar won’t have to worry about one thing. His wife is expecting their child back home in Las Vegas, and the Bonnars were concerned he might miss the […]

The union representing some 825 workers at Bombardier’s Learjet plant in Wichita called a strike after contract negotiations failed to reach an agreement with the company on a new deal. The current contract, which was negotiated in 2009, expired on Saturday, and workers are not satisfied with the new proposal. It calls for no raises […]

A short video released by Israel shows what is described as an unidentified unmanned drone being destroyed, apparently by a jet fighter. The incident occurred on Saturday, Oct. 6, and was captured on ground-based video. The drone was detected as it flew along the Mediterranean coast, and then Israeli defense forces tracked it as it […]

Cessna 182 operators with Aspen’s Evolution 1000 Pro primary flight display (PFD) can now install Avidyne’s DFC90 digital autopilot. Avidyne now has a supplemental type certificate for the interface, the first for a non-Entegra-equipped aircraft (with more in the pipeline). The STC covers all 16 Skylane models that are on Aspen’s approved list for the […]

The FAA recently dedicated a new 118-foot-high control tower at Pennsylvania’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (KAVP). Funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, it replaces the 60-year-old, 52-foot facility. The new construction also includes a base building housing a new Terminal Radar Approach Control (tracon) serving aircraft within 57 miles of the airport and up […]

A team of crash investigators has completed a compelling documentary that will air this Sunday on the Discovery Channel. As part of the show “Curiosity Plane Crash,” the team deliberately crashed a Boeing 727 with a half-million dollars worth of anthropomorphic crash dummies, g-force sensors and 38 video cameras on the Sonoran Desert (which spans […]

The FAA was scheduled to supply a list of possible locations for drone testing sites by Aug. 12, but has yet to deliver. This week, politicians and industry stakeholders are putting public pressure on the agency to make good on promises to move forward with what they expect to become a multibillion-dollar industry, and a […]

Utah Valley University in Orem has pulled together several programs and departments from among its colleges to create the new College of Aviation and Public Services. Besides aviation degrees, students can earn degrees in fire science, emergency services, forensics and criminal justice – but the focus is on careers in aviation. UVU president Matthew Holland […]

The FAA database shows the registration of an Aerospatiale AS355F-1 TwinStar that crashed in West Windsor, New Jersey, on Sept. 15 had expired on June 30. The pilot and sole occupant, a 65-year-old former New York City policeman, was killed when the helicopter, N58030, crashed in a cornfield. One witness, an engineer who was approximately […]

German research company DLR completed wind tunnel tests early this month on a unique new concept in wing-leading-edge design. Rather than slats, the new-concept wing has a leading edge that changes shape internally, “drooping” to a higher-lift airfoil configuration without the drag and noise of leading edge slats. The design uses a flexible glass-fiber reinforced […]