Aircraft

Founded in 2017 at South Texas Regional Airport in Hondo, Texas, startup Texas Aircraft Manufacturing (TAM) made a splash at last summer’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh when they introduced their new-generation Colt Light Sport Aircraft (S-LSA). Now, just months later, the company has announced that the Colt has received full FAA ASTM (American Society for Testing […]

Cirrus Aircraft just announced its TRAC Series, a purpose-built configuration of the best-selling SR line of aircraft, developed specifically for flight training institutions. The TRAC Series is crafted with reliability, durability and economy in mind to meet the rigors of high-tempo flight operations, while providing safety and performance for both the pilot trainee and flight […]

Textron Aviation, parent company of Cessna Aircraft, said yesterday that its new super-midsize business jet, the Citation Longitude, has received its type certification from the FAA. Agency type certification paves the way for deliveries of the new airplane to begin. The Longitude’s certification follows the most robust flight, structural and component qualification testing completed on […]

There will always be a soft spot in my heart whenever I see an ancient Cessna Citation sitting unnoticed by most on an FBO ramp. The CE-500 was the first type rating I ever added to my ATP certificate a few decades ago. While the cockpit, indeed the entire aircraft, appear rather ancient by today’s […]

A great opportunity to learn about aircraft ownership is coming to southern California as the U.S. Aircraft Expo is returning to the John Wayne – Orange County Airport (KSNA) in Santa Ana, California. While the main attraction at the event is a long list of aircraft manufacturers, which will display their current offering of airplanes, […]

What fuels a start-up company? Money, of course—more important than actual fuel, even for one specializing in finding an alternative way to power aircraft. ZeroAvia aims to develop a commuter aircraft that will be powered by hydrogen. Now it has announced a significant source of fuel for the enterprise as it continues flight testing. ZeroAvia […]

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Say the words “Hurricane Hunters,” and you evoke a vivid movie featuring daring pilots flying the best equipment into the maw of all manner of storms to capture data that will develop understanding about their nature—and save lives. The division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) responsible for these missions is the Office […]

Despite the complaints we often hear about the “outdated” technology of opposed-piston engines, the industry has found nothing decisively better with which to propel smaller airplanes. Not for lack of trying: The history of small aircraft engines—in fact, of engines in general—is a freaks’ graveyard. There have been barrel-shaped engines, spherical engines, cubical engines and […]

The aviation community has lost another exceptional aviator in Col. Charles C. “Charlie” Bock, who had a distinguished career as a combat pilot and flight test pilot, participating in the testing of several historically significant airplanes. Born on November 24, 1925, Bock started down the aviation path through the Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet program […]