Pia Bergqvist

It appears the interest is growing in the National Championship Air Races, the annual aerial pylon race that is set to take place this year on September 10 through 14 at the Reno-Stead Airport, 10 miles northwest of Reno, Nevada. A record number of registrations for the National Championship Air Races Pylon Racing Seminar (PRS), […]

After more than a century of flight and thousands upon thousands of airplanes produced, there are some new innovative uses for retired airframes. While furniture and art pieces are a growing trend, motocross enthusiast Robbie Maddison has turned an airplane graveyard into obstacles and ramps made of old airplane parts. Check out the attached video […]

Walter Beech and Clyde Cessna may be rolling in their graves as the brands under the Textron Aviation umbrella — Cessna Aircraft, Beechcraft and Hawker — for the first time presented a unified front, exhibiting together at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland. It’s only been about two months since […]

Honda Aircraft Company’s president and CEO Michimasa Fujino provided a full update on the company’s HondaJet program at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland. The program, he said, has picked up momentum after the GE Honda HF120 engines achieved certification, with the HondaJet well on its way to reaching its […]

Piaggio Aero Industries, the maker of the uniquely shaped P.180 Avanti, announced major modifications to the twin-turboprop pusher, creating a new model named the Avanti Evo. With several aerodynamic modifications to the airplane, the Evo promises significant performance improvements translating into a 17 percent range increase, which allows the Evo to travel as far as […]

After a few tough years as a result of the economic downturn, the European business jet market is on a recovering trend. Speaking at the European Business Aviation Convention (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland, Fabio Gamba, CEO of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), said that major indicators in the market are positive and the last […]

Gulfstream launched its latest luxury bizjet offering at a press conference preceding today’s opening of the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland. Improving upon its highly successful G650, the Savannah, Georgia-based company launched the G650ER — ER for extended range — enabling the business jet to fly an additional 500 nautical […]

Icon Aircraft, the maker of the much talked about amphibious Icon A5 LSA, has announced the location of its new headquarters, where the airplane will be produced and delivered once the company completes the ASTM approval process for the LSA. Icon is moving into a 140,000-square-foot facility in Vacaville, California and, based on a video […]

McCauley Propeller Systems announced it has achieved certification for its three-blade Blackmac Carbon Series constant speed composite propeller. McCauley claims the Blackmac is the lightest propeller certified for engines producing up to 350 horsepower. “The low weight of the Blackmac Carbon Series propeller offers the ability to improve payload without compromising strength or weight in […]

Many lives and limbs have been lost as a result of spinning propellers, either by someone walking into their revolving paths or by someone inadvertently starting an engine by moving a propeller. I recently spoke with a gentleman who was fortunate to walk away from an incident in which his airplane started up briefly as […]