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The “winds of change” blowing through the aviation-insurance industry when I wrote about insurance for Flying in the 2019 Buyers’ Guide have now reached gale-force speeds. I worked in general-property and casualty insurance long before becoming an aviation-insurance specialist, and I have never seen anything like the rate volatility today. Just a few years ago, […]

A sustainable aviation fuel adoption initiative, Signature Renew, joins together Signature Flight Support, Neste, and NetJets in a bid to advance towards the goal of net-zero-carbon emissions in business and general aviation. Signature launched the program on September 11 to double-down on its effort to provide SAF to aircraft across its network. Signature has already […]

Throughout its history, aviation has generated some of the most remarkable figures that ever lived, including those brave pilots who made the first forays into the air and who courageously pushed the bounds of flight in ways previously unimaginable. At the same time, aviation has produced a number of people whose heroism rises above the […]

Women in Aviation International launches its Girls in Aviation Day app, with the virtual celebration for kids ages 8-17 that kicks off on September 26. The mobile app contains a host of free content, including aviation career videos, hands-on activities, virtual tours of aviation museums, and a copy of Aviation for Girls magazine. Young people […]

When renewable fuel production begins in early 2024 at the renewed Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo, California, near San Francisco, it will be impossible to find a drop of crude oil, or conventional gasoline or diesel products at the site. Instead, raw materials such as used cooking oil, fats, greases, and soybean oils will be […]

Now in its eighth year, the 2020 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge offered student teams from more than 80 high schools spanning 35 states the challenge of applying their knowledge of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to make performance modifications to a Glasair Sportsman airplane using the Plane Maker program inside the X-Plane flight simulator […]

The EAA Aviation Museum will reopen on a limited basis August 3, the first time the facility has opened its doors since late March when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. The museum will, however, limit the size of groups and the total number of visitors allowed in the facility at any time. In addition, high-touchpoint […]

Three months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Business Aviation Association reports operators are slowing coming back online as the market and economy attempts to rebound. “We’re seeing charter activity increase a bit faster than we expected, which is great news,” said Phil Derner, NBAA Western regional representative. “As the industry starts to slowly emerge, […]

GE Aviation named John Slattery as president and CEO of the division, effective July 13, replacing David Joyce, who is retiring from the company after 40 years. Joyce has been in the leadership roles for 12 years, overseeing the “complete renewal of [GE Aviation’s] product portfolio, including 10 different engine families, resulting in groundbreaking improvements […]

As we collectively get back into the skies after a long spring, there’s still something missing for a lot of pilots: the promise of Oshkosh to anchor the summer’s aviation activities. But with lingering state and local restrictions pre-empting EAA AirVenture 2020, the association seeks to evoke the spirit of general aviation with a week […]