Aviation News

Sun n’ Fun opened under cloudy skies and light rain on Tuesday as aviation enthusiasts began streaming into the show grounds at Lakeland Linder Airport in Lakeland, Florida. In its 45th year, the weeklong event has cemented its place behind EAA AirVenture Oshkosh as the second-biggest airshow of the year. Highlights of this year’s Sun […]

Aviation app maker ForeFlight has launched a new app to help passengers stay more aware during a flight without having to bother the pilot. ForeFlight Passenger is a free companion app to the company’s well-established aviation app, ForeFlight Mobile, and it allows non-pilots to follow along during the flight to get an idea of where […]

Boeing executives met on Wednesday in Renton, Washington, with more than 200 pilots, airline representatives and regulators to offer an update on planned software upgrades for the embattled 737 Max fleet as the company tried to win support for the software fix and defended the process under which the airplanes were certified. The 737 Max […]

In a move to prevent future complications in the aviation industry akin to those that transpired as a result of the partial government shutdown earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has passed H.R. 1108, the Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019. H.R. 1108 was introduced on February 8 and […]

Nick Leontidis said, “there’s an unprecedented demand for professional pilots and a new urgency to develop better pilots, faster.” Leontidis is CAE Group president for Civil Aviation Training Solutions that issued its first report – Airline and Business Jet Pilot Demand Outlook 10-Year View – on pilot demand in 2018 and this year updated the […]

The Bob Hoover Legacy Foundation (BHLF), under the guidance of President Tracy Forrest and Chairman Michael Herman announced their plan to petition the United States Postal Service to honor the late Robert A. ‘Bob’ Hoover with a commemorative postage stamp on his 100th birthday in 2022. The Foundation began this multi-year process with the USPS […]

Beloved airshow performer Sean D. Tucker had not only his first show for the year this weekend, but also the inaugural Team Oracle formation flight show with aerobatic performer and air racer Jessy Panzer. Tucker is flying a modified Pitts biplane while Panzer flies an Extra 300, both painted in the recognizable Oracle orange. The […]

Signature Flight Support has signed a flight support and fueling agreement with the Citation Jet Pilots Association (CJP) that cover 1,000 members operating more than 600 Citation jets. The agreement calls for custom fuel pricing for CJP member aircraft at Signature’s 140 FBOs in North America. CJP members can also enroll in the Signature TailWins […]

As a former vice president of flight operations at Delta Airlines, Steve Dickson is probably used to putting out fires on a daily basis. The Atlanta native and former U.S. Air Force F-15 pilot and Air Force Academy graduate will surely be put to the test soon in front of the Senate when it considers […]

Aircraft enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay area will have a chance this week to talk to industry experts about the intricacies of aircraft ownership and take a closer look at a variety of brand new airplanes at the APP Jet Center at the north side of the Hayward Executive Airport (KHWD). The U.S. Aircraft […]