by Isabel Goyer

At the CitationJet Pilots Conference in Greenbrier, West Virginia, light jet mod specialist Sierra Industries announced its Sapphire Program, which it calls a “comprehensive suite of improvements” for Cessna CitationJets, from the original through the CJ1+. At the heart of the program are two major changes. The Williams engines will be swapped out for the […]

Cessna on Tuesday announced to a small group of aviation journalists that its Citation Latitude midsize jet is on track for certification and first deliveries early next year. Announced just two years ago, the Latitude is a clean-sheet airplane designed to compete in a new supercharged midsized market characterized by airplanes with bigger cabins and […]

Like everyone else, I had assumed that Bob Hoover was already a Wright Brothers Memorial award winner. Now we can say that he really is. Yesterday the National Aeronautic Association’s selection committee voted Bob Hoover the winner for 2014, beating out a very distinguished group of nominees in the process. Hoover’s story is legend. A […]

The 70-year anniversary of the Allied invasion of mainland Europe at Normandy Beach in France that we celebrated this year is a special one, as it is a solemn recognition of the incalculable contribution of a legion of fighters, the survivors of whom are now at least in their late 80s, most well into their […]

The story on the web news site Kicker Daily News earlier this week about the Thomson Airways flight that “plummeted” after a mechanical issue over the Atlantic takes mainstream mangling of an aviation story to new lows. According to the story, TOM 157, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, was headed for Manchester, England, from the Dominican […]

If you’re interested in getting a great used widebody bizjet, we’ve got just the ticket. Gulfstream this week launched an iPad app that highlights pre-owned Gulfstream aircraft available for sale. The app, available at the Apple App Store for free, features a wealth of information about the planes for sale as well as great photos. […]

On Monday at AirVenture 2014 BendixKing announced a new flat-panel retrofit avionics solution, AeroVue, for owners of turbine aircraft that are still of great value but that have outdated avionics. The system, BendixKing president Kevin Gould told Flying, would cost around $100,000 less than the competition, which presumably is the Garmin G1000 retrofit system. AeroVue […]

Aviation is still so young that a 100-year anniversary for any aviation entity is a rare thing indeed, but this year industry leader Honeywell is celebrating 100 years at making aviation better in every conceivable way. As those of you who have been around airplanes for a while (like me) know, today’s Honeywell is made […]

Flight simulator manufacturer Redbird has created a simulator in support of Disney’s movie Planes: Fire & Rescue that allows would-be firefighting pilots the chance to try their hand at putting out wildfires in the extreme wilderness. The sim will make appearances at a number of air shows, including AirVenture Oshkosh. The flight experience, which is […]

AOPA has released a revised membership fee plan that raises the base level membership while offering new tiered plans that include popular member benefits. The basic membership provides advocacy services (something every member gets regardless of the level), website access, their choice of AOPA publication, online flight planning tools and other online benefits. Members can […]