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On the second night of the National Business Aviation Association’s annual convention, the Corporate Angel Network traditionally hosts its live auction, Fund An Angel, to muster financial support for the organization, which coordinates relief flights for cancer patients across the United States. While the NBAA’s live event has been cancelled, the auction goes on, in […]

Aircraft accident investigations often take years as the players sift through the physical evidence, voice and radar recordings and interview witnesses trying to piece together the cause. The ongoing investigation into last January’s crash of the helicopter (N72EX) carrying basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others, took an interesting twist last week after […]

In its second year, what organizers have cheekily termed “Osh-Upolu” gathered pilots on the Big Island of Hawaii on August 22 for fun times, awards, and flying camaraderie. The fly-in took place at Upolu Airport (PHUP/UPP) near Hawi, Hawaii, that features a single runway, 7/25 that’s 3,800 feet in length. The first event was held […]

After operating in stealth mode for the last four years, San Francisco-based Xwing said in a news release last week it has carried out a number of passenger-carrying flights from takeoff to landing using a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. Xwing’s Autoflight System retrofits existing aircraft into optionally piloted vehicles, “by integrating with onboard flight control […]

If you live in a sizable American city, you have likely experienced the frustration of presidential temporary flight restrictions. While there are some variations, presidential TFRs generally limit operations within a 30-nautical-mile circle, where the inner 10 miles often prevents all general aviation operations. For a day or two, you can’t take your airplane out […]

The Transportation Security Administration said in a press release on August 20 that, “Officers [at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport] discovered a loaded .40 caliber Glock pistol with 13 rounds of ammunition, in the carry-on bag of a male passenger. On the same day, TSA officers discovered a second loaded gun, a 9 mm SIG Sauer […]

With the uncertainty lingering around the best way to navigate flight on the airlines during the current pandemic, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has embarked on a tour of the US, visiting rural and suburban airports in a bid to demonstrate their utility to local communities. General Aviation Advancing America gatherings bring together aviation, […]

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, stood in the gunsight of an awesome derecho storm that hit the state on Monday, August 10, in the early afternoon hours. A derecho, usually associated with rapidly-moving bow-echo or squall-line thunderstorms, packs immense straight-line winds, often in excess of 100 mph—and it remains far more difficult for meteorologists to predict than […]

Richard Perry enjoys flying as much as the next pilot, but many of his flights also serve an important purpose. Since 2009, Perry has been flying people in need of medical care to treatment facilities throughout New Mexico and Texas. He has also assisted in bringing children to adoption camps where they are given a […]

After bringing the historic Boeing B-29 Superfortress, “Doc,” to stellar flying condition through decades of challenging physical labor, the volunteers at Doc’s Friends will not let a pandemic stand in the way of showing off their pride and joy. Along with the Commemorative Air Force’s “Fifi,” “Doc” became the second flying Superfortress in the world […]