Aircraft

As Honda Aircraft Company closes in on FAA certification for the much-anticipated HondaJet, the company has taken delivery of a simulator that will help train the operators of the light twinjet at the headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. The full motion, Level D simulator as well as a HondaJet-specific training program were developed by Honda […]

Cubcrafters has started delivering Aerocet’s Model 1500 amphibious floats for its popular Carbon Cub series of airplanes. For under $50,000 you too can enjoy flying in and out of lakes and ocean inlets. The carbon fiber floats are available for the factory produced Carbon Cub SS and Sport Cub S2 LSAs, and the experimental Carbon […]

Textron Aviation is continuing the integration of its Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker aircraft product lines. Most recently, the Kansas-based mega company has started adding King Air turboprop capabilities to its formerly Citation-focused service centers. The first centers to achieve FAA authorization for King Air services are Sacramento, California; Mesa, Arizona; and Paris, France. These company-owned […]

GippsAero is improving on the already exceptional slow-flight characteristics of its Airvan GA8 and GA8-TC320 turboprop as a Micro AeroDynamics’ Micro Vortex Generators kit has received supplemental type certificate (STC) approval for the airplanes. The Micro VGs reduce stall and takeoff speed, improve elevator authority and enhance the overall controllability of the airplane, the company […]

The Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology has signed an agreement with Aero Electric Aircraft Corp. (AEAC) reserving the first 20 production slots for the two-seat Sun Flyer and committing to helping develop a training system for the solar-electric composite airplane. “Spartan College is honored to be the first training school to formalize our collaboration […]

After launching our “Flying Is…” video contest for the first time last year, we saw so many awesome videos that we just had to do it again. When we opened up the contest in collaboration with Garmin a second time last October, we not only received more entries but even more amazing footage. Every video […]

In the era of the globe-girding, ultra-long-range business jet it’s a record that was sure to fall at some point. Gulfstream Aerospace took the honors recently by setting two unique city-pair speed records, making just one stop for fuel in between. A Gulfstream G650ER took off from White Plains, New York, with three passengers and […]

Aiming to improve the fuel efficiency and emissions profile of jet engines, Purdue University has announced an expansion and improvement of its Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories. “This expansion will boost Zucrow’s research collaborations with leading firms and provide additional educational opportunities to prepare our students for jobs in industry, academia and the public sector,” said […]

Pratt & Whitney Canada has achieved type certification for its new PurePower PW814GA and PW815GA engines, which will power the G500 and G600 clean-sheet, fly-by-wire business jets launched by Gulfstream about four months ago. As part of the certification effort, the PW800 series engines have gone through more than 3,300 hours of testing, including more […]

It’s been a long time coming, but over the weekend the FAA released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for the operation and certification of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) weighing less than 55 pounds. The NPRM suggests that people flying drones would be referred to as “operators” and not pilots. These operators would have to […]