Stephen Pope

The National Aviation Hall of Fame has selected four notable figures into its 2015 class, who will be formally enshrined next October at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The inductees include Robert N. Hartzell, Abe Silverstein, Eugene “Gene” Kranz, and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert L. Cardenas […]

It’s not often that sisters get the chance to share the same airliner cockpit, but on a recent JetBlue flight from Florida to Washington a pilot-sibling Airbus A320 captain and first officer created a notable pairing intended to inspire more women to fly. Pia and Anna-Maria Kymalainen, sisters from Finland from who joined JetBlue after […]

Former members of AirShares Elite, the Cirrus fractional ownership provider that ceased operations on December 1, are coming forward to tell their stories about the company’s sudden demise — except, they say, at this point there’s not much to tell. Stunned share owners told Flying they received terse email messages in mid November informing them […]

Dassault rolled out the first new** Falcon 8X** at its headquarters in Bordeaux-Merignac in the South of France on Wednesday before an audience of customers, operators, suppliers and government officials. Launched in May at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, the Falcon 8X is a larger stable mate of the fly-by-wire […]

Embry-Riddle will begin offering free webinars in 2015 covering a variety of aviation topics, ranging from UAV flying to how to ace a job interview. Each 50-minute webinar will include a lecture by an Embry-Riddle professor followed by a Q&A session. The webinar series, the university says, will give prospective students and the public an […]

AirShares Elite, the fractional ownership company that operated a fleet of Cirrus piston singles in several U.S. cities, has shut its doors after 15 years in business. The company has pulled the plug on its website, turned off its Facebook page, and did not answer the phone or return messages left at its main number. […]

A debate is percolating online about the risks of flying jets single-pilot after the crash of an Embraer Phenom 100 in Maryland earlier this month that killed six, including three people on the ground. Former Flying editor Richard Collins weighed in on his website, arguing that the FAA shouldn’t approve any jet for single-pilot operations […]

Daher-Socata today announced it has signed on as a major partner with Airbus Group’s VoltAir subsidiary for the design, development and certification of a new electric airplane unveiled earlier this year called the E-Fan 2.0. The all-electric two-seater is the first product in what is being billed as a full-scale electric aircraft development program, launched […]

AOPA is urging the FAA to take steps to address the safety risks of small recreational UAVs, including stipulating penalties for pilots who operate them recklessly. The association made the recommendation yesterday in prepared comments at a House aviation subcommittee hearing on UAV operations. AOPA told the subcommittee that an “increasing number of incidents” involving […]

A French air force jet crashed into a home for the disabled in central France on Wednesday, killing one woman inside and injuring several others. French media reports said the Alpha Jet trainer crashed in the town of Vouvray at about 5:30 p.m. local time. The two crew members ejected and were unhurt, the air […]