Aviation News

The month of May has been big in the Lindbergh family ever since Charles Lindbergh successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927. This week, his grandson, Erik Lindbergh, and business partner/wife Lyn Lindbergh, celebrate the launch of their podcast, “Second Chances,” which aims to inspire those within the aviation industry and beyond. Many […]

Two fatal accidents, both involving Cessna Citation jets, occurred within two days of each other last week. In the first accident on May 22nd, a Citation 550 SII crashed shortly after takeoff from Indianapolis Regional Airport (MQJ) killing the two people aboard. The second accident on May 24th involved a Citation 560 Encore being flown […]

The U.S. aviation industry’s hard work to reduce the accident rate of air carriers shows. Over the past decade, Part 121 flight operations have experienced just a single death. That puts the industry safety record just a notch short of perfect when measured by the number of fatalities. But earlier this month, the industry came […]

The FAA today issued an airworthiness directive effective immediately that grounds all Cessna Citation CJ 525, 525A and 525B models operating with Tamarack active load alleviation system (ATLAS) winglets installed in accordance with STCSA03842NY. The agency said malfunctioning of the ATLAS could lead to loss of control of the entire aircraft. The European Aviation Safety […]

EASA, the European Union’s aviation safety agency, has certified Daher’s TBM 940 single-engine turboprop, allowing deliveries to begin in the coming days, the manufacturer announced at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland. The TBM 940’s certification comes two months after the airplane’s launch in March. So far, 25 orders have […]

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) yesterday released the preliminary report of its investigation into the May 13, 2019, mid-air collision approximately seven miles northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska between a float-equipped de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver and a float-equipped de Havilland DHC-3 Turbine Otter. The DHC-2’s commercial pilot and four passengers were fatally injured and the […]

“When the kids came over in 1944, they didn’t have GPS…they didn’t have 500 hours of time in the cockpit between them,” says Doug Rozendaal, pilot of That’s All Brother, a Douglas C-47 joining the 2019 D-Day Squadron in an epic trip across the Atlantic Ocean this week. He considers his crew very fortunate: Not […]

Hobbyist drone pilots in the United States face new restrictions after the FAA adopted stricter rules and regulations aimed at keeping the national airspace system safe and available for both manned and unmanned aircraft. Under the new rules, which took effect this month, hobbyist drone pilots are no longer exempt under Section 336, which has […]

Embraer’s Praetor 600 super-midsize biz jet was awarded two type certificates – one from the FAA, the other from EASA – on opening day of the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland. The Praetor 600 is the first super-midsize jet with full fly-by-wire technology, which powers the Active Turbulence Reduction. The Praetor […]

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) last week published its first quarter 2019 aircraft shipment and billings report. Results showed increases across the airplane segments of the industry, but a slowdown in rotorcraft shipments compared to the first quarter of 2018. The piston airplane market led the increase in deliveries at 248 units, a 24.0 […]