Aviation News

The FAA on Thursday issued an emergency airworthiness directive (2019-08-51) against the Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet that grounds the entire fleet until specified maintenance is performed on the aircraft’s angle of attack indicators. The AD was prompted by three incidents on Cirrus Model SF50 airplanes of the stall warning and protection system (SWPS) or electronic […]

Major U.S. airlines have been forced to cancel hundreds of flights as a result of the grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX fleet after two accidents in the past six months, one in Indonesia and the other in Ethiopia, killing a total of nearly 350 people. American Airlines reported it is grounding all 737 MAX flights […]

This year’s Planes of Fame Air Show takes place on May 4-5 as usual at Chino Airport just over an hour’s drive east of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). There’s a special theme though this year as the world prepares to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe in June 1944 that […]

Major U.S. airlines have been forced to cancel hundreds of flights as a result of the grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX fleet after two of them crashed in the past six months, one in Indonesia and the other in Ethiopia, killing a total of nearly 350 people. American Airlines reported that it is grounding all […]

Premier aviation app maker ForeFlight continues adding features and making improvements to its app. Recently, the company updated its Documents feature, streamlining document management. The new features within Documents will be available with ForeFlight’s next software update. A ForeFlight subscription provides access to hundreds of documents from official government sources, such as FAA, NAV Canada […]

Continental Aerospace last week announced a new partnership with Diamond Aircraft that will equip the single-engine DA50 with a 300 hp, Jet-A fueled CD-300 engine. The CD-300, specifically designed for high performance, luxury piston powered aircraft and certified in December 2017, is the third platform in Continental’s Jet-A fueled piston engine lineup. The engine produces […]

There is a growing population of backcountry flying enthusiasts breathing life into the taildragger/short takeoff and landing (STOL) world with the popularity of one-offs like the turbopowered extreme STOL Draco. To satisfy the need for pilots to play and show the proficiency on challenging short fields, a new STOL competition is emerging outside Minneapolis. The […]

Chinese EHang Air Mobility Group has taken major steps toward making autonomous transportation a reality. The company recently conducted a public flight of its EHang 216 Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (AAV) at the Generali Arena in Vienna as part of the 4GAMECHANGERS Festival, which took place April 9 through 11. While the electric VTOL is not […]

OSM Aviation, a provider of aircrew for the international airline industry, has placed an order for 60 all-electric eFlyer 2 aircraft from Bye Aerospace to be used for training at the OSM Aviation Academy flight training centers. The eFlyer2 offers zero emission and significantly lower noise pollution compared with conventional aircraft, along with enhanced speed […]

The largest composite aircraft in the world, the Stratolaunch, successfully completed its first flight from the Mojave Air & Spaceport in 2019.