by Isabel Goyer

We’ve written extensively of late about the dangers inherent in the second leg of a long cross-country flight. Taking that concept one step further, another danger zone can be identified with the trip back home, even if that’s a few days down the road. Many of the same factors enter into the risk equation: Problem: […]

Of all the interesting aircraft featured on the exhibit floor of NBAA 2012, one somewhat mysterious un-named mock-up has captured the particular interest of a number of attendees. The mock-up in question was brought to the show by Cessna in an effort to gauge the reactions of attendees as they take it in both from […]

At its annual pre-NBAA forecast event, Honeywell said that its annual survey of turbine airplane operators revealed a mixed forecast for bizjet sales over the next several years, with uncertain economic factors continuing to affect the purchase plans of many buyers. Despite the uncertainty, the survey saw what it called a moderate recovery, with the […]

In our FBO Spotlight series, we’re highlighting FBOs around the country that have received rave reviews. This latest Spotlight is brought to you by our Editor-in-Chief, Robert Goyer, who recently flew into Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) in his Cirrus SR22. Here’s what he has to say about one of the airport’s FBOs, Showalter Flying Service. […]

Continental Motors president Rhett Ross says that his company’s** Zulu storefront simulator training center** is paying dividends, as it passed a number of significant milestones recently. Zulu opened for business on July 13th. Today it has 18 students and has trained students who have earned private and instrument ratings. Perhaps the most significant milestone was […]

At Redbird’s annual migration on Tuesday, Pete Bunce, president of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, gave an update on the FAA’s efforts to modernize the agency’s airplane certification paradigm. The idea is to make it easier for manufacturers to certify airplanes as appropriate to the airplane’s complexity instead of, in Bunce’s words, certifying them to […]

Aviation writer and former Flying editor Richard Bach, who was injured in the crash of his SeaRey amphibian in Washington in late August, continues his recovery in a Washington hospital from injuries sustained in the crash. His son, James Marcus Bach, reports on his Twitter feed that his father still has trouble speaking, though there […]

Former U.S. Senator George McGovern, the South Dakota native son and 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, died on Sunday at the age of 90 following a long illness. In the wake of the anti-Vietnam war movement, McGovern made a name for himself as a staunch anti-war candidate. Despite strong national sentiment against the war, McGovern lost […]

As we reported in a Flying eNews flash yesterday, the EAA Board announced Monday that president and CEO Rod Hightower resigned effective immediately and that former Cessna president and CEO Jack Pelton had assumed the title of chairman of the board of EAA to lead the transition of the organization to new leadership. In its […]

The EAA Board has announced that president and CEO Rod Hightower has resigned effective immediately. In apparently related news, former Cessna president and CEO Jack Pelton has been named chairman of the EAA board of directors. EAA said that issues with Hightower’s family relocating from St. Louis to Oshkosh were behind the change. Pelton delivered […]