Rob Mark

FlightSafety International announced on January 27 it is expanding its helicopter training programs and services by adding new Level-D-qualified simulators for the Airbus Helicopters EC145 and Leonardo AW139. Level D certification is only assigned to the highest-fidelity simulators, capable of night, dusk and day visuals, as well as movement through multiple axes of motion. The […]

The Raytheon Company was recently selected to improve the usability and reduce operational costs for the FAA’s Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System, a critical element in the efforts to modernize the national airspace system. Raytheon’s STARS team, collaborating with the FAA’s NextGen modernization program, aims to achieve a historic first—a single national software and hardware […]

Kris Dahlke, a former U.S. Air Force F-16 avionics technician, was 34 when he started flying the line at PSA this past November, a professional move he began working on just two years before at ATP Flight School’s St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) location, just west of Tampa. But Dahlke’s aviation career actually began many […]

Do you have a truly engaging story to tell about how flying changed your life? If you also happen to be no older than 24, Sporty’s has the chance of a lifetime for you to share that story with the world through the recently announced the second annual Richard Collins Writing Prize for Young Pilots […]

Hundreds of business, political and thought leaders from around the world gathered this week in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss issues such as poverty, the environment, stakeholder capitalism and other topics critical to the survival of the world. Western business aviation leaders were also front and center in Davos rolling out two new carbon-reduction initiatives at […]

It’s a rare pilot indeed who learns to fly in a single-engine airplane and never dreams of jumping into a larger, sleeker machine that carries more people, flies faster and farther, and of course, is outfitted with all the latest electronic navigation and communications gear. For pilots able to climb that ownership ladder—often men and […]

In this industry, an airplane with a for sale sign never seems all that odd. When the airplane turns out to be a relatively new Boeing Business Jet—a BBJ 787 Dreamliner no less—people tend to pay attention. Boeing Business Jets are usually purchased for senior executive or VIP transportation and, with a list price north […]

David Calhoun assumed the role of Boeing’s CEO only one week ago, but his plate of problems was already full because of the chaos surrounding the company’s beleaguered 737 Max. Recent news following the ousting of Calhoun’s predecessor Dennis Muilenburg has only continued to darken the credibility cloud hanging over the company. Some industry sources […]

Sporting a unique orange and blue, University of Florida Gators-inspired paint scheme, Hondo, Texas-based Colt Aircraft Manufacturing last week delivered the first of its new-generation Colt-SL S-LSA to Richard (Ricky) Youschak, Jr., in Gainesville, Florida. Ricky Youschak holds a private pilot certificate, while his father Richard Youschak, Sr., is sport-pilot rated. The Colt, an S-LSA […]

Hyundai Motor Company this week unveiled its Personal Air Vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company calls the PAV—an autonomous electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle—the centerpiece of its urban air mobility vision for smart city transportation. Hyundai and Uber tapped specialty design-engineer-build firm Aria Group to bring the one-of-a-kind, […]