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“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 […]

Former Delta Air Lines executive Steve Dickson faced heated questions in the Senate on Wednesday about whether regulators could have done more to prevent two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets. Dickson, who was senior vice president of flight operations at Delta until his retirement last October and a former F-15 fighter pilot, is […]

FlightSafety International has named David Davenport the company’s sole CEO after the company executive assumed a co-CEO role last October following the death of longtime chairman, president and CEO Bruce Whitman. Davenport, who also remains president of FlightSafety, stepped in as co-CEO and president, Commercial, alongside Ray Johns, who was co-CEO and president, Government and […]

With kids in college aiming for a career in the airline industry, every dollar helps, especially when those funds might come in the form of a scholarship. The Regional Airline Association (RAA) is again offering four individual scholarships of $4,000 each to an aspiring university or college student. The deadline for applying is June 3. […]

What is being billed as a 65 percent-scale prototype of the XTI Aircraft TriFan 600 VTOL aircraft completed its first test flights as the company says it “continues its progress on its long-range commercial vertical takeoff airplane.” XTI said the TriFan 600 prototype “completed multiple takeoffs, hover and landings, which tested and validated the electric […]

Five people are dead after two floatplanes carrying passengers from a Royal Princess cruise excursion collided near Ketchikan, Alaska, on Monday afternoon, according to the cruise line. Princess Cruises confirmed that the pilot of a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver and all four passengers on board were killed in the collision with a Taquan Air de […]

Just ahead of tomorrow’s Congressional hearing by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee into the current status of Boeing’s 737 MAX, the U.S. Justice Department last week issued a subpoena for documents related to the aircraft according to Bloomberg. Southwest Airlines, United Continental Holdings and American Airlines Group all received subpoenas. Jon Weaks, president of […]