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A FLYING reader asks our A&P author if using these fuel treatments will help their aircraft.

A White House plan to sell Ukraine four General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle armed combat drones was halted following concerns by Pentagon officials, according to Reuters. Earlier this month, the White House announced it was sending Ukraine additional military aid in the form of a drawdown of equipment from U.S. defense inventories, as well as […]

Airplanes, dirt bikes, and snowboards help keep his life moving, just how he likes it.

Because the final alphanumeric symbol in my aircraft’s registration is the number “zero,” (such as N67890), there is the occasional mixup by ATC, with a readback of “Sierra,” for the letter “S” instead of the number zero. This happens at times even though I am always careful to enunciate “zero” as clearly as I can […]

The aircraft manufacturing industry’s results for the first three months of 2022, when compared to the same period in 2021, point to increasing aircraft unit deliveries across each aircraft segment while the overall value of the aircraft shipments was slightly lower.” So said the General Aviation Manufacturer’s Association (GAMA) in mid-May on the occasion of […]

During the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) 78th Annual General Meeting in Doha, Qatar, the association’s director general Willie Walsh predicted that the aviation industry may finally achieve profitability by 2023 after the pandemic disruptions. Walsh provided an industry update to address the economic reality and promise for the industry’s future. Airline officials from IATA’s […]

Since 2003, the avionics giant has delivered more than 25,000 systems. What does this mean for pilots?

Scathing letters to each other reveal opposing sides of the debate on how to fix the pilot shortage.

The FAA has published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that will require aircraft manufacturers to improve fuel efficiency targets for a wide range of turbine, turboprop, and piston aircraft—both those still on the drawing board as well as those currently type certificated and those to be manufactured as of January 1, 2028. The NPRM […]

While things started to come together quickly, the pause we’re all feeling now is reason for worry.