Aircraft

Piper Aircraft and Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) announced this week that beginning Dec. 5 access to all Piper maintenance publications and regulatory documents will be available exclusively through the ATP Aviation Hub Online Service and ATP’s NavigatorV Desktop Platform. Until then, Piper will continue to offer its manuals and technical publications through Avantext, Inc. “Going […]

Even as the large-light HondaJet continues to make headway in flight and ground testing toward a scheduled 2013 certification, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is recognizing the man behind the aircraft – president and CEO of Honda Aircraft Michimasa Fujino – for the aerodynamic innovations that lie within the jet’s distinctive design. […]

Bombardier is prepping for the start of certification flight testing of the all-composite Learjet 85 as the first of five eventual test airplanes for the program undergoes final assembly in Wichita. Bombardier isn’t saying exactly when the first flight will occur, but with certification and entry-into-service of the Learjet 85 targeted for late next year, […]

Eclipse Aerospace has made jet ownership a little easier by offering a limited number of Eclipse 550 positions with an incentive program called the Eclipse Carefree Ownership Program. During the first year of ownership, customers will receive up to $75,000 worth of fuel, which covers approximately 225 hours of flight, according to Eclipse Aerospace. In […]

A Cirrus SR22 crashed early Saturday morning in southwestern Missouri, killing all five occupants. The 2002 SR22 went down around midnight approximately five miles away from Springfield-Branson National Airport, which is believed to have been its intended destination. A few witnesses who were near the crash site at the time of the accident told local […]

After one Cessna 172RG experienced a serious in-flight fire, the FAA on Tuesday proposed a new Airworthiness Directive to prevent similar events that could affect up to 3,000 Cessna singles and twins. According to the FAA, the fire started in the 172’s landing gear hydraulic power pack system due to the improper installation of certain […]

As Cessna works to introduce its new jet-fuel-burning diesel 182 into the market by the second quarter of next year, one individual Cessna 182 pilot is taking the quest for alternative fuels into his own hands. Jeremy Rowsell is planning on flying a six-day trip from Sydney to London in a Cessna 182 – which […]

While he was in high school, Alan Klapmeier told his friends that he wanted to design and build airplanes. Determined and tenacious, he never wavered in his commitment. In the summer of 1976, after graduating from high school, Alan went to Oshkosh to look at homebuilts. That fall he went to Ripon College in Wisconsin […]

The National Research Council of Canada is preparing for the first-ever test flights of a civil jet powered by 100-percent unblended biofuel. Most testing to date has been flown with a 50-50 blend of biofuel and regular jet fuel. Created from mustard oilseeds, the ReadiJet fuel the NRC plans to use in its Falcon 20 […]

Suddenly there’s a red-hot competition under way to develop rotorcraft capable of flying at sustained speeds well above the theoretical limits of conventional helicopters. To meet the challenge, engineers at some of the top helicopter manufacturers are turning out radical concepts that look downright bizarre. But the big surprise is these odd birds actually fly […]