Aviation News

National Aviation Day came to life in 1939, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued a proclamation making it so. The date—August 19—was chosen because it was Orville Wright’s birthday, and it honored the brothers who brought powered, controlled, heavier-than-air flight into reality. We celebrate aviation every day, but for today, we hope that you join us […]

Broad Capital Acquisition, a blank-check company targeting the aviation and aerospace industry, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday for an initial public offering to raise up to $100 million. The Plano, Texas-based company, which was founded this year, intends to list as “BRACU” on the Nasdaq. It’s led by CEO and Director […]

As air taxi developers across the globe continue to make advancements in the future of urban mobility, one organization is looking for ways to make sure the aircraft of the future are accessible for all. The Vertical Flight Society—formerly the American Helicopter Society and the world’s largest nonprofit technical society focused on vertical flight—has announced […]

Aircraft owners have a lot of strong opinions, but one of the most consistent is the frustration over the lack of hangar space at airports all over the U.S. In every FBO and field that I’ve visited over the past year, I ask if there is any available hangar space. In all cases, the airport […]

The National Business Aviation Association’s largest annual convention will return to an in-person format in October, a year after it was forced to cancel amid the ongoing pandemic. The 2021 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition will take place October 12 to 14 in Las Vegas; the show alternates between Orlando and Las Vegas. The […]

The thought of running out of fuel is something that scares every pilot. Even though I monitor my time aloft religiously, I find myself checking the fuel gauge every few minutes. The great thing about flying in the Southeast is that there are so many places to fuel, and they’re often just a few minutes […]

NASA and Boeing have decided to postpone the launch of Orbital Flight Test-2 to the International Space Station as teams continue work on the CST-100 Starliner propulsion system. The mission was to test the end-to-end capabilities of Starliner from launch to docking, atmospheric re-entry, and a desert landing in the western United States. OFT-2 was […]

For most people, a 100th birthday celebration might include a gathering of friends and family, some music, and maybe a slice or two of cake. Tom Rice took things a little further. Rice, who served as a paratrooper in World War II, celebrated passing the century mark by jumping from the Commemorative Air Force’s C-53D […]

The Samaritan’s Purse Douglas DC-8 has responded to Haiti in an effort to deliver aid after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit the Carribean nation over the weekend, killing at least 1,200 people. The aircraft flew out Sunday, according to the organization, bringing more than a dozen disaster response specialists and 31 tons of relief supplies, […]

There was big disappointment in southern California’s aviation community this week as it was announced that the Los Angeles Air Show, scheduled to take place in Lancaster on October 23 and 24, has been canceled. “The mounting challenges of resurrecting an air show at William J. Fox Airfield, combined with numerous complications created by the […]