Stephen Pope

Daher announced a program to pair TBM turboprop owners with commercial charter operators. Dubbed Fly and Charter your TBM (FACT), the program links owners and charter operators, providing the needed initial documentation, insurance guidance and technical advice. FACT also incorporates the TBM Charter Pack, a Daher-designed support solution for higher aircraft utilization rates. The TBM […]

Cessna Aircraft’s selection of the Safran Silvercrest engine for the Hemisphere large-cabin business jet is a positive sign that technical issues with the 12,000-pound-thrust-class turbofan have been overcome after the engine triggered delays for the Dassault Falcon 5X twinjet program. Cessna announced its selection of the Silvercrest engine at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Florida, […]

Cirrus Aircraft’s long journey to certification of the industry’s first single-engine personal jet culminated with FAA type approval of the SF50 Vision Jet nearly 10 years after the program’s launch. The FAA ceremoniously presented the type certificate for the SF50 to senior Cirrus executives at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Florida, yesterday as the company […]

Fans of one of the most picturesque — and hair-raising — landings anywhere are lamenting the end of an era. Dutch carrier KLM will no longer fly the Boeing 747 to St. Maarten Airport. Beginning on October 30, the flights will be operated by the smaller, though still pretty cool, Airbus A330 instead. The landings […]

They say that when one door closes, another opens. The trick is to stop looking at the closed door long enough to see which door is ajar. For Piper, the closed door was the abortive Altaire single-engine jet, an airplane many likened to a mini DC-10 with its Williams turbofan engine integrated weirdly into the […]

The addition of Garmin G3000 touch-screen avionics and interior improvements took this turboprop to a different level when it debuted in 2016.

In a September 23 letter to the National Transportation Safety Board, 21 general aviation associations wrote to voice their displeasure with the panel’s apparent role in a recent NBC Nightly News report on an aircraft accident that portrayed personal flying as a highly risky activity. The groups are urging the NTSB to “publicly convey that […]

As Arnie’s Army takes time out to reflect on the incredible career and life of one of golf’s most beloved figures, the aviation world is also mourning the loss of Arnold Palmer, 87, an accomplished pilot who served for decades as a steadfast ambassador for flying. Palmer died September 25 in Pittsburgh of complications from […]

ForeFlight and SiriusXM have unveiled the SXAR1, a portable satellite data receiver that enables display of SiriusXM Aviation weather information inflight on the ForeFlight Mobile app. Pilots using the latest Verison 8.1 of the ForeFlight app with the SXAR1 portable receiver can access SiriusXM’s aviation weather tools, including Nexrad storm imagery, lightning strikes, high-resolution composite […]

Rimowa, a maker of high-end suitcases in Germany that has been in business since the late 1800s, threw a lavish, Golden Age of Aviation-themed party at the Dubendorf Airfield outside Zurich, Switzerland, last Thursday to celebrate the official first flight of its replica Junkers F13 – famed for being the first all-metal commercial airplane. Flying […]