Stephen Pope

The French military is buying a fleet of nearly two-dozen Cirrus SR20s and SR22s to be used primarily by the Air Force and Navy for initial pilot training. A fleet of 13 Cirrus SR20s will be used for training at the French air force base of Salon de Provence in the south of France. An […]

We’ve all noticed it: In the last year or so there has been an exponential increase in the number of pilot-shot videos on YouTube thanks to the popularity of portable HD cameras from companies like GoPro, JVC and Pure Digital Technologies, maker of the Flip. Some pilots are even using suction-cup mounts to affix their […]

Nextant Aerospace has landed a bulk order from Asia Pacific Jets of Singapore for 10 of its Nextant 400XT bizjets, a remanufactured version of the Beechjet 400. Nextant said it will deliver the airplanes over a period of three years, with some outfitted as air ambulances and others as VIP transports. Asia Pacific Jets also […]

Lisa Airplanes, the French developer of the Akoya amphibious light sport aircraft, is putting a positive spin on the news that it has entered into court-supervised receivership after desperately needed private funding failed to materialize last month. In a statement, the company said it has been placed into receivership “to protect its future.” Lisa Airplanes […]

The Air Force’s scramjet-powered X-51A WaveRider lost control and was destroyed seconds into a test flight on Tuesday, dashing hopes that the craft would reach its goal of speeding to Mach 6. This third test of the Boeing X-51A was launched Tuesday off the California coast from a B-52. Plans called for the scramjet-powered craft […]

Aspen Avionics said it has received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for Connected Pilot, the first in the series of the company’s Connected Panel products that provides a wireless link between certified panel avionics and a pilot’s iPad or iPhone. The approval covers Aspen’s Approved Model List, bringing Connected Pilot availability to operators and owners […]

A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday heard a claim by Pilatus alleging that Hawker Beechcraft owes the Swiss company more than $1 million in royalties for the use of a Pilatus design for the airframe of Hawker Beech’s T-6/AT-6 military trainers. Based on the Pilatus PC-9, the trainer has been used as the platform for […]

The U.S. Air Force has started the process of replacing the two VC-25A Boeing 747-200Bs that serve as Air Force One when the president is on board, with a goal of procuring new aircraft within the next decade. The Pentagon officially authorized the acquisition program late last week, according to a report by Bloomberg News. […]

Here’s a tip that goes for any airplane you might be fortunate enough to fly: learning why certain items are on the checklist can help you remember to perform required actions in the correct sequence and will give you a better understanding of how the airplane really works. In other words, don’t perform a certain […]

Less than two weeks after unveiling its newest model, Cessna Aircraft has announced a new name for the Turbo Skylane NXT — which apparently was too close for comfort to another model, the Remos NXT two seater. Cessna launched the jet-fuel-burning diesel 182 at EAA AirVenture 2012 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with much fanfare using the […]