Aviation News

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, […]

The 2019 Stihl National Championship Air Races are in the books after yet another exciting week of heart-pumping battles around the pylons, Thunderbird performances and a touch of aerobatics under mostly perfect flying conditions. This year’s races concluded with a brand-new class emerging out of the STOL Drag Demonstration, the first class to be added […]

Gulfstream Aerospace looks to be on track for major expansion of its maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) capability in 2019, with the second of three planned service center improvements announced last week at the company’s headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. The Gulfstream East Campus, at 202,000 square feet, brings to nearly 1 million square feet of […]

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Sixteen years after the first aerobatic pilot dropped in between the unmistakable inflatable pylons that mark the exhilarating Red Bull Air Race course, the competition is over. The final race took place this past weekend in Chiba, Japan. The last Red Bull Air Race World Champion standing atop the podium was Australian Matt Hall, who […]

The FirePoint Innovations Center at Wichita State University has opened registration for the first-ever FirePoint C3 Challenge, inviting university students from around the U.S. to submit their best designs for the Army’s future unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The C3 Challenge intends to “develop the STEM workforce of tomorrow by giving students hands-on, real-world experience and […]

In response to what the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) considers to be “far too many preventable accidents involving Part 135 flight operations in Alaska,” the Board convened a Part 135 Flight Operations Roundtable on September 6, 2019, in Anchorage. Since 2008, the NTSB has investigated 182 accidents involving fixed-wing scheduled and non-scheduled Part 135 […]