Aviation News

The NTSB has released information that brings some light to the accident that likely induced a lot more adrenaline than race car driving does to 44-year-old professional driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., the son of the legendary NASCAR Hall of Fame competitor Dale Earnhardt, Sr. Earnhardt and his family, who were taking a quick 20-minute hop […]

Women comprise less than ten percent of the total pilot population in the United States (according to statistics from Women in Aviation). In the military, the representation of female aviators is even lower, and women were prohibited from flying in combat until the early 1990s. As a result, it is a big deal when a […]

Stephen Dickson became the 18th FAA administrator on August 12, 2019, as sworn in by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. The ceremony took place in the West Atrium of the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C. “I am honored to join the outstanding team at the Federal Aviation Administration and look forward to ensuring […]

Val Miftakhov is a serial clean energy entrepreneur, and his latest enterprise, ZeroAvia, has come out of its hangar in Hollister, California, and into the public eye. A year and a half ago, Miftakhov founded ZeroAvia to develop a solution to fit a particular aviation market niche—10 to 20 seats and a 500-nm trip radius—that […]

No matter your perspective about the integration of drones into the national airspace system (NAS), Skyfront’s recent flight of its Perimeter 4 hybrid gas-electric drone beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) of the operator looks like nothing other than a complete success. Conducted over a rugged, four-mile stretch of mountainous terrain along the Trans-Alaska pipeline, the unmanned aerial vehicle […]

After graduation from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, student Robin Spaulding hopes to use her skills as a pilot to make a positive difference in the world. She’s already a dedicated member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and Women in Aviation, and a pilot passionate about aviation safety. Spaulding survived a September […]

While the National Transportation Safety Board does not normally determine a probable cause for an aircraft accident for months, or sometimes years after an event, the preliminary report the Board released of a July 11, 2019, accident involving an Icon A5 made it clear the pilot did not understand how to calculate the airplane’s actual […]

Greensboro, North Carolina-based Honda Aircraft Company says 17 customers received a new HondaJet Elite during the first half of this year, making it the most delivered light jet, according to data from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). The HondaJet Elite incorporates Honda Aircraft’s technological innovations, including the unique Over-The-Wing Engine Mount (OTWEM) configuration, Natural […]

Gulfstream Aerospace delivered its first G600 business jet to a U.S. customer from its facility in Savannah, Georgia, on August 8, 2019. The initial delivery marks an important milestone for the program, just one month after the FAA granted the aircraft’s type and production certification, on June 28. Mark Burns, president of Gulfstream, called out […]

Dick Karl has done it all. After a career as a top cancer surgeon, he switched lanes to become a professional jet pilot. Once he’d done that for long enough, as a first officer and then a captain flying Cessna CJ3s for JetSuite, he bought a jet of his own. He’s been a Flying magazine […]