Aviation News

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) last week highlighted a number of changes coming soon to the FSS system managed for the FAA by Lockheed Martin Flight Services. Later this month, the FAA will complete its Clearance Relay initiative to streamline clearance delivery procedures at non-controlled airports. A clearance delivery telephone number, direct to the […]

The Air Race Classic (ARC) launches its 43rd annual cross-country air race this week, with 113 women pilots on 51 teams registered for the event. Of these, all hope to take off and fly past the starting line on Tuesday, June 18, at 9 am, at McKellar-Skipes Regional Airport, in Jackson, Tennessee. Along the northerly […]

Daher, the French maker of the TBM family of sleek and speedy single-engine turboprops, said it will purchase Sandpoint, Idaho-based Quest Aircraft, which builds the Kodiak 100 utility turboprop. The acquisition, Daher says, strengthens two of the company’s “strategic pillars” by boosting its market position in the turboprop segment and growing its footprint in North […]

No, it’s not a futuristic rocket ship for the burgeoning space-tourism market. Instead, Mitsubishi Aircraft today announced its SpaceJet family of aircraft because these regional jets will be so spacious inside. SpaceJet is the new commercial name for a product family that includes the SpaceJet M90 (previously known by the developmental designation of MRJ90) and […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association celebrates 50 consecutive years of its famous convention this summer—now known as EAA AirVenture, but referred to by most as “Oshkosh”. We’ve scoured the significant conference schedule, and picked out these highlights for you to consider as you plan your week at the show this year—which runs from Monday, July 22, […]

With a hybrid-electrically powered propulsion system, Ampaire’s twin-engine Cessna 337 Skymaster successfully completed the first public flight from Camarillo Airport in Southern California. The original Skymaster included an engine in front and one in the rear providing a push-pull thrust arrangement. The 337 also offered six seats and weighed approximately 4,700 pounds. Ampaire replaced the […]

A former Delta Air Lines pilot has stepped forward during the controversy that began last week over the nomination of Steve Dickson to the FAA’s top job. In a letter to the ranking Democrat on the Senate Commerce committee, Maria Cantwell (D-Wash), Politico reported former Delta Captain Karl Seuring called on lawmakers to wait for […]

Billy Henderson, founder of Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In, passed away on April 12, 2019. His extended family and friends plan a Celebration of Life at the Aerospace Discovery at the Florida Air Museum in Lakeland, Florida, on June 23 at 4 pm. The Sun ‘n Fun organization requests an RSVP from guests who plan to […]

Tamarack Aerospace, the company under investigation following incidents involving aircraft it had modified, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy early in June, and announced its position on Friday, June 7. The company, based in Sandpoint, Idaho, cited recent airworthiness directives issued by the FAA and EASA that had “effectively grounded” those Citation CJ1s, CJ2s, CJ3s, and […]

National Transportation Safety Board investigators are on the scene attempting to determine what caused an Augusta 109E helicopter to crash onto the rooftop of a Manhattan skyscraper on Monday afternoon, killing the pilot and causing a fire atop the building that briefly caused panic for those inside and on the streets below. The corporate helicopter, […]