Aviation News

Like all aviation associations, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) keeps a sharp focus on the “next generation” of young leaders entering the aviation workforce. One of the association’s most visible initiatives in this regard is their Young Professionals in Business Aviation Council (YoPro), the group tasked with choosing NBAA’s 2019 “40 Under 40” list. […]

The Boeing B-17 Nine-O-Nine crashed at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, during a week of an airshow featuring vintage aircraft. The airplane was operated by The Collings Foundation. The airport confirmed in a statement at 10:21 a.m. on Wednesday, October 2, that a Collings Foundation “World War II aircraft” had been involved in […]

The triennial meeting of the global aviation agency ICAO is taking place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on September 24 through October 4, 2019, and it has been punctuated so far with protests on climate change—while at the same time maintaining its focus on global priorities to address aviation safety, air navigation capability and efficiency, security, […]

“Aviators tell their own story,” says Lindsey Dreiling, president of the board of directors of the Kansas Commission on Aerospace Education. “[The goal for KCAE] was to bring school-age kids to a hands-on experience, to sit in the aircraft.” With 53 aircraft total participating in the 2019 Kansas Air Tour last weekend, more than 1,000 […]

The Boeing Blue Sky Aviation Gallery at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum at Centennial Airport in Englewood, Colorado was a “breathtaking” venue for the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) to present their Enshrinement of the “Class of 2019” Inductees. Among the inductees at the 57th annual dinner and induction ceremony were […]

John Goglia and Gregory Feith, two well-known and outspoken aviation safety insiders, this week released episode three of their new podcast the “Flight Safety Detectives.” The show looks in depth at aircraft accidents, aircraft technology and the big business of aviation around the world. The hosts will also provide important “backstories” to the flying public […]

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently announced the award of $986 million in airport infrastructure grants to 354 airports in 44 states, Puerto Rico and Micronesia. The awards will be used for runway reconstruction and rehabilitation, construction of firefighting facilities, noise mitigation, emissions reduction, and the maintenance of taxiways, aprons, and terminals. With 3,332 […]

With such a compelling story to tell, the D-Day Squadron had indicated in an interview with Flying Magazine back in August that it planned a documentary to remember the events it worked so diligently to make happen. To this end, the group has announced its partnership with “Into Flight Once More,” a film company currently […]

Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) based in Seattle, Washington, recently announced that its unique (and trademarked) Blended Winglet and Split Scimitar Winglet technologies have saved the world’s commercial and business jet operators more than 10 billion gallons of jet fuel, resulting in a corresponding global reduction of over 105 million tons of CO2 emissions. To put […]

A great opportunity to learn about aircraft ownership is coming to southern California as the U.S. Aircraft Expo is returning to the John Wayne – Orange County Airport (KSNA) in Santa Ana, California. While the main attraction at the event is a long list of aircraft manufacturers, which will display their current offering of airplanes, […]