by Isabel Goyer

At the company’s global sales meeting in Central Florida that is currently under way, Cirrus’ Pat Waddick told Flying that the company is taking a very tentative look into production of a variant of the all-composite Epic Escape, the sleek, single-engine turboprop from former kit- and would-be certificated manufacturer Epic Aircraft of Bend, Oregon. Cirrus’ […]

Colton Harris-Moore, 20, the young man who embarked on a multi-year crime spree during which he stole — and crashed — multiple airplanes in his cat-and-mouse game with police in a dozen states and at least three countries, was sentenced to seven years in prison for crimes committed in three Washington counties. Harris-Moore was eventually […]

Sources within Iran have claimed that the American RQ-170 Sentinel drone shown in celebratory photographs last week was captured by Iran through the use of spoofed GPS signals. The story was first reported in The Christian Science Monitor. An Iranian engineer claimed that his country sent fake GPS signals to the drone, so that its […]

The FAA’s AeroNav division held a meeting in Washington, D.C., this week to which it invited around 70 prominent players in the app developer community. Specifically excluded from the event were the public and the press — Flying and at least one other aviation news outlet requested to attend and were turned down. The ostensible […]

GE reached a new milestone in its H80 turboprop program when the powerplant earned approval from European authorities. The engine has been fitted to a couple of airplanes, neither of which is certified yet. The Thrush 510G agricultural airplane — is “crop duster” politically incorrect these days? — is on track for certification now by […]

There’s not a whole lot of information about this Greek advanced ultralight (homebuilt in the U.S.), but it sure looks like fun. It’s not fast (no afterburner) and it won’t carry much ordnance, but based on the accompanying video of a 16-year-old pilot taking it around the patch, it looks as though it flies pretty […]

Randy Babbitt resigned late Tuesday as FAA Administrator two days after he was arrested in Fairfax, Virginia, for alleged drunk driving. Fairfax police said that the administrator was driving on the wrong side of the road. It is the policy of Fairfax police to release the names of public officials they arrest and to not […]

Fairfax, Virginia, police arrested FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt this weekend for drunk driving. Babbitt was allegedly under the influence of alcohol and driving on the wrong side of Old Lee Highway in Fairfax when he was pulled over. Babbitt was alone in the automobile, according to reports. The city does not release blood alcohol levels […]

__At the NBAA convention in October, I got to be on hand to witness one of the most significant events in the 20 years I’ve been an aviation journalist: the official rebirth of the Eclipse jet. Eclipse Aerospace — the company that bought the remnants of the original Eclipse out of bankruptcy — announced that […]

Limit Slips and Slides Most of the incidents and a few of the accidents every winter result from trying to taxi, land or take off in conditions not suitable for such operations. Winter weather can make ground ops treacherous in a number of ways. Icy runways can cause loss-of-control accidents on landing, which can be […]