Aircraft

With the governor of Tennessee in attendance, along with numerous state, county and local officials, Cirrus Aircraft announced that it will establish a new campus called the Vision Center in Knoxville, Tennessee’s McGhee Tyson Airport (KTYS) that will focus on all customer interactions, including training, aircraft deliveries and aircraft maintenance and repair. The center is […]

Continental Motors is expanding into the experimental and aftermarket engine segments with the purchase of five businesses owned by Danbury Aerospace, a U.S. holding company. The purchases include all of Danbury’s assets including Engine Components International (ECi), the San Antonio, Texas, manufacturer of PMA engine parts, as well as Precision Machined Airparts, Sterling Machinery & […]

Sonex Aircraft, the Oshkosh, Wisconsin, maker of tiny kitbuilt airplanes with unusual names to go along with their unusual looks, is expanding into the military UAV market. Sonex says it has signed a business collaboration agreement with Navmar Applied Sciences Corp. for research, engineering and production of UAVs for Defense Department applications. The first project […]

Flight Resource LLC has achieved an STC to add a reversible MT propeller to the Aviat Husky. The new prop installation allows the Husky, whether equipped with skis, wheels or floats, much greater maneuverability as it can move in reverse. The reverse taxi is particularly useful for water operations where the maneuverability is affected by […]

The Flying Aviation Expo, which will take place at the Palm Springs Convention Center from October 15-17, continues to ramp up for an impressive follow-on to last year’s successful debut. All of the most popular events and activities from last’s years Expo will be back, only bigger and better. In addition to cool aircraft on […]

Airbus Group today announced plans to build a factory in southwest France where it will manufacture the E-Fan 2.0, a two-seat electric airplane that is due to hit the market about two and a half years from now. Airbus will break ground next year on the final assembly plant in the town of Pau near […]

NASA has completed the initial test phase of a new morphing wing technology that the agency says could dramatically increase fuel efficiency, reduce airframe weight and decrease aircraft noise during takeoffs and landings. The test phase included 22 flights with Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) flight control surfaces attached to a Gulfstream III jet at […]

Bell Helicopter is cutting another 1,100 jobs from its overall workforce as global demand for helicopters softens. The Fort Worth, Texas, company said it made its decision to cut staff because the commercial helicopter market has not rebounded as expected. In an email to employees, Bell Helicopter CEO John Garrison said the helicopter maker must […]

Those who’ve had the chance to fly an AirCam will know it as a fun-loving airplane made for low and slow flying. But they might not have seen it quite like this before. This awesome footage captures Ben Groen as he receives a unique sort of “lift” from the airplane as it pulls him up […]

One of the greatest aircraft compromises — in a good way — in history is Cessna’s franchise model, the 172 Skyhawk. The iconic Kansas-based airplane maker has turned out more than 40,000 of the sheet-metal birds since the model’s debut in 1956, and the utilitarian singles continue to roll down the line and out the […]