Stephen Pope

The FAA says it has restored full air traffic operations at Chicago Center after a fire damaged computer systems more than two weeks ago. Service was restored early Monday after the September 26 fire at the Chicago En Route Center in Aurora, Illinois, which officials say was intentionally set by a disgruntled contract employee. ATC […]

Gulfstream this morning revealed the company’s future direction with the official unveiling of a new family of technologically sophisticated business jets, the clean-sheet G500 and G600 models. Resembling the flagship G650 in outward appearance, the new airplanes feature a long list of surprising changes and improvements inside and out. Both will fly with versions of […]

A fire tore through 14 hangar bays and destroyed several GA airplanes on Monday night at Grove Field in Camas, Washington, near the border with Portland, Oregon. Officials said no one was hurt when the fire broke out in the airport’s E Hangar, but damage to airplanes was expected to reach into the millions of […]

Imagine blasting past the pylons over Reno at 440 mph in your highly modified Rolls-Royce Griffon-powered P-51 Mustang race plane when suddenly — engine failure! You immediately pitch up, trading airspeed for altitude as you scan for the runway. There it is! Feather the prop, bank hard left and head for the ribbon of black […]

Hurtling at high speed through the lower reaches of the stratosphere with the persistent roar of the turbofan engines reverberating mere feet from the passenger compartment and the ferocious rush of turbulent air blasting away against the fuselage, the typical business jet is anything but a sanctuary of peace and quietude on the inside. It’s […]

If you haven’t heard the news yet, Flying is set to host its first fly-in and trade show in the magazine’s 87-year history. The Flying Aviation Expo is shaping up to be a can’t-miss event for pilots in Southern California and beyond, transforming the Palm Springs Convention Center into a general aviation mecca for three […]

NASA crashed a helicopter — again — but don’t worry, nobody got hurt and, just like last time, it was done all in the name of science. A crew of crash test dummies took the brunt of the crash as a CH-46E Sea Knight donated by the U.S. Navy was dropped from a height of […]

A totally new helicopter from a completely new company made its first flight in Mollis, Switzerland, recently, kicking off the certification program for the single-engine SKYe SH09 built by Marenco Swisshelicopter. With chief test pilot Dwayne Williams at the controls, the SKYe SH09 performed five short hover flights on October 2, logging 20 minutes in […]

Sikorsky revealed the first two S-97 Raider helicopter prototypes, giving the world a glimpse of what future direct-fire-support rotorcraft may look like. The words stunning and lethal spring to mind. Based on Sikorsky’s record-setting X2 rigid-rotor coaxial demonstrator, the S-97 features next-generation technologies in a faster and smaller package than traditional helicopters, a combination that […]

Facing “growing skepticism” among the aviation community about the FAA’s ability to successfully modernize the nation’s airspace, two top lawmakers are calling for reforms that could spark significant changes to the agency’s organizational structure. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Frank LoBiondo (D-N.J.) issued a call for reform at […]