Pia Bergqvist

If you are one of the many pilots who enjoy night flying, you may see some changes in the lighting that helps you see towers and obstructions in low-light conditions. A slight revision in the lighting patterns at towers around the country has the potential to save the lives of thousands of birds, the FAA […]

There is more conclusive evidence that the debris found on the coast of Mozambique earlier this month was likely from the missing Malaysian airliner MH370. During the past few days, the two items were analyzed by investigators from Australia and Malaysia who concluded that the debris is “highly likely” to have come from MH370, a […]

A new airship-like aircraft called Airlander 10, produced out of Great Britain by Hybrid Air Vehicles, is being readied for its first flight, which the company hopes to achieve this spring. The engines, fuel module, payload beam (added to carry external cargo), fins and what the company has termed the mission module — the cockpit […]

A historic airplane has returned to the skies as Columbine II, a 1948 Lockheed C-121A Constellation that holds the claim to fame of being the very first airplane to be called Air Force One, took off yesterday from the Marana Regional Airport in Marana, Arizona, where it has been parked since 2003. After being available […]

When legendary airplane designer Burt Rutan announced his retirement in 2011, a collective gasp rang through the aviation industry. Airplane enthusiasts wanted to see more of Rutan’s ingenious and sometimes whacky designs. Fortunately it wasn’t long before a sigh of relief followed the shock when details emerged of Rutan’s latest project — SkiGull. SkiGull is […]

Simulator technology with motion has developed rapidly in the past few decades, but until now the price of motion sims has been too expensive for most pilots to go out and buy. That may change now that a company in Sun City Center, Florida, has developed a sim called Sky Fantasy. For $3,395, you can […]

Avidyne announced it has partnered with ForeFlight to enable wireless connections between the mobile aviation app and Avidyne’s panel-mounted IFD540 and IFD440 FMS/GPS/navcom systems, which were designed to replace Garmin’s popular GNS530 and 430. The initial version will allow ForeFlight v. 7.6 users to wirelessly interface to receive GPS position and flight plan information from […]

The other day, I was flying along and overheard a conversation between a controller and a pilot attempting to depart IFR from an uncontrolled field nearby. The controller gave the pilot a clearance with a void time. When the pilot read back the clearance I noticed that he made no mention of the void time. […]

Red Bull kicked off its first Red Bull Air Race World Championship race for the season last weekend in Abu Dhabi with surprising results. Last year’s World Championship runner-up, Australian Matt Hall, who was ranked No. 1 because the winner, Paul Bonhomme, retired after the 2015 season, had a disappointing finish after hitting a pylon […]

The 27th annual Women in Aviation International (WAI) Conference took place last week in Nashville, Tennessee, bringing women with a passion for aviation together from all over the world. This year’s conference broke attendance records with nearly 5,000 people getting a chance to see top-notch speakers and network with potential employers. During the three-day show, […]