Rob Mark

As the COVID-19 pandemic turned the aviation industry on its ear, the folks at Redbird Flight Simulations began fielding phone calls from customers worried that flight training would come to a grinding halt. Josh Harnagel, Redbird’s vice president of marketing told Flying his team, including the company’s vice president of software development, began wondering if […]

Women in Aviation International last week opened their doors to the annual treasure trove of scholarship dollars for it members. In a news release, WAI said, “Currently, there are 56 scholarships offered for flight training, engineering, maintenance, dispatcher, and professional development for individuals in all stages of life. Additional scholarships and internships will be added […]

Orlando’s Convention Center and the surrounding areas are going to be quite a bit quieter this October after the National Business Aviation Association yesterday announced the cancellation of the 2020 Business Aviation Convention and Exposition. The show, originally scheduled to run October 6 to 8, typically attracts between 20,000 and 25,000 attendees. In a news […]

Bombardier Aviation and the International EPD System, an environmental declaration program based in Sweden, recently published the environmental product declaration (EPD) for Bombardier’s Global 7500 jet. The EPD, the first for a business airplane, provides detailed information about the Global’s life cycle as it relates to CO2 emissions, noise, water consumption and other key environmental […]

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and the European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE) recently signed a memorandum of understanding to begin developing aviation industry standards to address issues such as hybrid electric propulsion, VTOL, cybersecurity and speed up the implementation of these new technologies. According to a news release, EUROCAE “develops standards for […]

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo last week completed its second successful test flight from Spaceport America in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico marking another important milestone toward the launch of Virgin Galactic’s commercial service. The company said in a news release that, Mark ‘Forger’ Stucky and Michael ‘Sooch’ Masucci, both commercial astronauts, commanded SpaceShipTwo Unity’s flight. The […]

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of the accident to be “The operator’s decision to allow a flight in an airplane with known, unresolved maintenance discrepancies, and the flight crew’s failure to properly configure the airplane in a way that would have allowed the emergency or parking brake systems to stop the […]

Though EAA’s AirVenture won’t be happening this year, Sporty’s Pilot Shop, the well-known retailer and supporter of all things aviation, will increase its support for the EAA Aviation Foundation through a special matching grant program during the days the show would normally have occurred. Sporty’s said in a news release that it will match up […]

uAvionix Corporation recently filed the TSO application for its tailBeaconX Mode S and ADS-B transponder. tailBeaconX builds on the popular skyBeacon/tailBeacon formula, utilizing existing aircraft lighting locations for mounting and access to aircraft power for reduced installation complexity and cost. tailBeaconX features an integrated Mode S transponder with 1090ES ADS-B Out for worldwide travel and […]

Mark Burns said “The G550 set the standard for subsequent aircraft and the industry.” That’s not simply Burns’ opinion as Gulfstream’s president. The popular G550 in 2003 earned the aircraft’s development team the coveted Robert J. Collier Trophy, awarded annually “for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the […]