by Isabel Goyer

At Sun ‘n Fun Textron Aviation and an impressive list of university partners launched the Top Hawk program to pair up universities with quality flight training programs with new Skyhawks. Under Top Hawk, Textron will team with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Kansas State University, Liberty University and the University of North Dakota. Through the end of […]

There’s a new bit of geography on the Sun ‘n Fun grounds, but don’t look for it on your chart. It’ll be gone by the end of the week. Stuart Horn, CEO of Aviat Aircraft, has been bringing a flock of pretty Huskys and Pitts to the show for a long time, but until this […]

Mooney International opened the week of Sun ‘n Fun with a press conference and public showing of a full-size mockup of its clean sheet M10T model. The all-composite three-seat trainer is slated to fly by the end of the year. It will be powered by a 135 hp Continental turbodiesel engine with single-lever power. A […]

Is it time to rename the 59-year-old international avionics association? The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA), currently holding its annual convention in Dallas, might want to think about calling itself the ADS-B Association. Much of the news and talk at the event, which was sold out to exhibitors and filling up with attendees by Thursday, centered […]

Conspiracy theorists love aviation. One of the kookier theories is that the government operates high-flying aircraft to leave chemical contrails of mind-altering drugs to keep the populace in check. A Facebook post used this photo to prove the chemtrail theory, and one of our longtime readers sent it to us to see if we could […]

With the Embraer Legacy 500 skirting the line between traditional midsize jets and super-midsize models, our look at the Legacy 500’s competitors focuses on those larger airplanes, with a peek at one traditional midsize model too. Indeed, when you look at the cabin size of the 500, its safety technologies, its cabin amenities and its […]

What’s the coolest airplane in the world, at least that a civilian could buy? There are some impressive contenders for that unofficial title, including a couple I’ve had the chance to fly in the past year, such as the Gulfstream G650 and the Cessna Citation X+. We recently got the chance to fly yet another […]

The pilot of a Cirrus SR22 is safe after successfully ditching the Cirrus he was flying 250 miles short of Maui. Details are still sparse, but a Cirrus Aircraft representative told Flying that the pilot was ferrying the airplane from the West Coast of the United States to Australia when the ditching occurred. Flight tracking […]

After our story last year on great values in used aircraft “Aftermarket Stars,” January 2014 our readers told us they wanted more. So here’s Part II. Only this time we’ll focus on airplanes that are in our opinion historically underrated. It’s no secret that over the past three decades the prices of new airplanes have […]

In a decision that is sure to evoke emotional responses from observers on all sides of the political and aviation spectrum, OSHA announced in a press release that it has reinstated a pilot who refused to fly a medevac flight for his employer, Air Methods, because the helicopter’s ELT was faulty. The agency said that […]