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At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Swift Fuels announced the expansion of its high-performance UL94 Unleaded Avgas product into the US Pacific Coast corridor. The expansion will provide dozens of airfields across California with unleaded avgas. Airports in San Mateo, Santa Clara, Los Angeles, and San Diego counties will receive this distribution, which builds on the six-year […]

Editor’s Note: “Taking Off in Public” is a new digital series written by Craig Fuller, the new owner of Flying magazine. In this series, Fuller will provide insight into his plans for Flying and a first-hand look at how Flying is being built for the next generation. Last week, I acquired Flying magazine from Bonnier […]

GE Aviation’s Catalyst engine will be the company’s first, all-new clean sheet turboprop engine in 50 years, according to the company’s website. It borrows many technologies from GE’s big engine business to create a full-authority digital engine control (FADEC) turboprop that—if it lives up to expectations—is certain to give Pratt & Whitney Canada’s venerable PT6 […]

Each July, the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team (ADT) conducts its annual Summer Jump School in Frederick, Oklahoma, at the site of the former WWII Frederick Army Air Field (FAAF). ADT has restored the sole remaining massive 79-year-old hangar where they house their Douglas C-47 and C-49, and train students who come to attend the 8-day […]

A partnership between Boeing, SkyNRG and SkyNRG Americas has been announced that will allow the acceleration of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) development both in the US and globally, focusing on scaling production capacity, building awareness, and engaging stakeholders, including airlines, governments, and environmental organizations. SkyNRG is a leader in the SAF industry that supplies fuel, […]

General Aviation Modifications, Inc., (GAMI) has announced the STC for its G100UL avgas for Lycoming O-320, O-360, and IO-360 engines. The move came with broad support and cheering from those in the industry who have been working hard towards solving the problem of leaded fuels in piston-powered aircraft. The STC comes after years spent by […]

Flying, the world’s most widely read aviation magazine, has been sold to digital media entrepreneur Craig Fuller. Fuller, the founder and CEO of transportation digital media provider FreightWaves, acquired Flying from Bonnier Corporation, a market leader among American outdoor enthusiasts, which has owned Flying for more than a decade. Flying is a 94-year-old lifestyle publication […]

The button sits under its clear guard, without drawing much attention to itself until you know what it does. All of the elements that went into Garmin’s Autoland had been similarly lying in wait, ready to come together as components of its Autonomi suite—going first into Piper’s M600/SLS Halo, then Daher’s TBM 940 HomeSafe and […]

FlightAware operates the world’s largest flight tracking and data platform through a network of more than 32,000 of its own ADS-B receivers combined with ATC radar data. James Parkman, a senior technical project manager at FlightAware, helped steer members of his team at the flight data company to create Aviator, a new add-on option for […]