Pia Bergqvist

Rans Aircraft has launched the latest of a growing number of Cub-like airplanes emerging on the market. Powered by a 180 hp Titan engine, the two-seat S-21 Outbound is expected to be a short-field capable two-seat experimental with impressive cruise speed. “This is exciting for us, building a big two-seater with a lot of power […]

For the first time in 60 years, the B-29 Superfortress named Doc, which has been in restoration in Wichita, Kansas, for many years, took flight once again. There were emotional tears in the crowds of Doc’s Friends volunteers and supporters who watched the massive, shiny all-aluminum World War II bomber lift off from McConnell Air […]

Friday marks the 100th anniversary of the date when of one of the most influential aircraft manufacturers in the history of the world — The Boeing Company — was born. Since July 15, 1916, the Seattle-based aircraft giant has had its ups and downs, but managed to weather the storms of the notoriously cyclic aviation […]

Greensboro, North Carolina-based Honda Aircraft Company has achieved the final level of U.S. aircraft certification for the HA-420 HondaJet, snagging the coveted FAA Production Certificate for the light twinjet. The new approval allows the company to produce, flight test and issue airworthiness certificates to its HondaJets, a process that has previously required some involvement by […]

In an effort to encourage the use of non-required safety equipment in general aviation airplanes and helicopters, the FAA has taken further steps to make the installation of such equipment less expensive to the end user. Previously all equipment installed in the airplane had to through arduous certification processes, making the barriers of bringing new […]

The B-29 named Doc, which has been undergoing restoration in Wichita, Kansas, since it was brought there 16 years ago, is expected to fly in the next few weeks. Doc’s Friends, the organization that has spearheaded the major restoration effort, has overcome the last obstacles standing in the way of first flight, having received permission […]

After years of anticipation and challenges, Bombardier delivered its first C Series commercial jet yesterday. In a ceremony at the company’s facility in Mirabel, Canada, in the outskirts of Montreal, Swiss International Air Lines accepted the first CS100, which is expected to go into service by mid-July and will gradually replace the airline’s fleet of […]

Cessna Aircraft Co. handed over the keys to a milestone Citation jet, the 7,000th one delivered by the Wichita, Kansas-based company. At a ceremony at the factory, Textron Aviation celebrated with the new owner of the recently certified Citation Latitude, NetJets. The fractional ownership company in turn responded with an extension of its already sizable […]

When Honda Aircraft Company announced it had received FAA type certification for the HA-420 HondaJet on December 9, the company’s president and CEO, Michimasa Fujino, described the document as “the crystal of sweat and tears.” The sign-off was the culmination of decades of hard work. Fujino became involved in Honda’s aircraft program in 1986. The […]

Modernization is not always a good thing as residents near major airports around the country have found out. Recently, new flight paths that were implemented as part of the modernized NextGen system have caused a stir with residents in Maryland and other parts of the country as more efficient routes are being implemented. The complaints […]