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Following an accident on Southwest Airlines (SWA) Flight 1380 in April 2018 that resulted in the death of passenger Jennifer Riordan, the National Transportation Safety Board announced the probable cause during a public board meeting held last week. A fractured fan blade from a CFM International CFM-56-7B engine, powering a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, led […]

For Boeing, 2019 has evolved into the worst year for the company’s reputation in its history, beginning of course with the grounding last March of the 737 Max over the airplane’s faulty MCAS (maneuvering characteristics augmentation system). Since then, the company has continued building new 737 Max aircraft at the rate of 42 per month […]

DeLand Municipal Airport is on a mission to become a hub for sport aviation in the southeast United States, taking the mantle from Sebring, Florida, following the end of the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo at the Sebring Regional Airport, with its last event hosted in January 2019. Fans of sport aviation may have been wondering […]

The Australian airline Qantas is celebrating its 100th year in business throughout 2020, and the company started out the festivities this month with an impressive flight. The airline’s brand-new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner took a mega flight from London, England, to Sydney, Australia, flying over 11 countries. The Dreamliner, the tenth in Qantas’ fleet, was painted […]

The NTSB last week said its preliminary data showed U.S. civil aviation deaths in 2018 rose from the 347 reported in 2017 to 393 last year with most of those 2018 fatalities occurring in general aviation operations. General aviation was in fact responsible for 1,275 accidents in 2018 that included 381 of the fatalities, fully […]

The first Ninety-Nines China Section International Conference, held November 7 to 9 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, set the bar high for Asian aviation gatherings, focusing on growing general aviation in 21st century China. The country lists more than 230 airports that support GA activities, from flight training and private flying to emergency medical flights, […]

In an earnings call this week, Embraer (NYSE:ERJ) reported a 3Q19 net loss of $77.2 million, results that were impacted by separation costs of $34.8 million related to the carve out of their commercial aviation business in a deal with Boeing. Embraer reported an adjusted net loss for 3Q19 of $48.4 million, compared to $16.5 […]

Wings of Hope has been awarded a $1 million grant from the William R. Orthwein, Jr. and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation, growing the endowment for the volunteer medical air transport organization to $8 million. Wings of Hope traces its roots to a humanitarian crisis in 1959 in the Turkana region of Kenya. An enterprising missionary, […]

An innovative new way to sell high-end airplanes and rotorcraft will debut December 12-14, 2019, when Assent Aeronautics launches its first in a series of Assent Platinum Aviation Live Auctions at Harrison Aviation, located at Spinks Airport (KFWS) in Fort Worth, Texas. Bidders may view the seven auction airplanes and one helicopter in person during […]

After 41 years of flying her solo air show, wowing crowds with her gracious aerobatic dance, female pilot pioneer Julie Clark flew her last airshow last month. Instead of going out in front of a massive audience at one of the major air shows she has performed at many times, she decided to make her […]