Pia Bergqvist

After decades of being homeless, the recently restored B-29 Superfortress named Doc has been given a place to call home. The Wichita city council gave the go ahead for a 40-year lease for the B-29 Doc Hangar and Education Center. Construction on the new 32,000-square-foot facility will soon begin at the Dwight D. Eisenhower National […]

The LSA market got a good surprise this week as Woodinville, Washington-based Vashon Aircraft announced the Ranger R7. With two airplanes already complete, this LSA is getting ready for delivery to its first customers. The company promises to have five airplanes ready to be delivered at EAA’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, at the end of […]

A video shows progress in the extensive taxi testing that preceded the first flight.

FlightSafety International is expanding the availability of its initial and recurrent night-vision goggle courses. NVG courses are being added at the company’s facilities in Dallas; Denver; Lafayette, Louisiana; and Stavanger, Norway, covering simulators for helicopters built by Airbus Helicopters, Bell and Sikorsky. The Part 142 approved NVG courses are conducted in FlightSafety’s Level D full […]

The year 2017 closed with companies evaluating their successes and failures. In a year that saw only a slight increase in the total number of airplanes delivered, Cirrus and Daher boasted the strongest numbers since the market crashed about a decade ago, while Honda Aircraft boasted producing the best-selling light jet in the market. With […]

The Birmingham City University in the United Kingdom and Saint Paul, Minnesota-based International Magnesium Association and Meridian — a Plymouth, Michigan-based magnesium manufacturer — are challenging students in a competition to showcase the potential uses of magnesium in the aerospace sector. Magnesium carries the benefits of being extremely lightweight, abundant and 100 percent recyclable. “Misconceptions” […]

With the 2020 ADS-B Out mandate rapidly approaching, and as more and more aircraft operators are realizing the benefits of advanced cockpit systems, an increasing number of owners are opting to add retrofit avionics systems to their aircraft. The Aircraft Electronics Association reported that there was a significant increase in the retrofit market. In its […]

The first few pilots to train for their type ratings in Pilatus’ PC-24 Super Versatile Jet using FlightSafety International’s full motion simulator are hard at work at the company’s learning center in Dallas. They’re training in FlightSafety’s FS1000 PC-24 simulator, which includes the VITAL 1100 visual system, electric motion, control loading and a new instructor […]

There are and have been many exceptional pilots in the world. And a majority of those are unsung heroes. One who deserves more celebrity than he received while still on this earth is Albert “Jay” Shower Jr. who passed away over the weekend. Shower’s aviation career spanned over 70 years. He flew as a Navy […]

During the winter months, when the temperatures drop in Northern climes, the sky turns gray and days are cut short as the sun spends more time on the opposite side of the equator, there are fewer opportunities to fly for most of us. Airplanes begin to collect dust, and some engines even get pickled as […]