Aviation News

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 […]

Resembling a military flight operations standdown, last week’s grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max 8 & 9 aircraft have given many parties a few moments to absorb a wealth of information already gathered and reflect on the best ways to move ahead while awaiting the FAA approval needed to allow those aircraft back into the air. […]

The National Transportation Safety Board said a pilot’s failure to perform a go-around following an unstable approach resulted in a low-altitude stall and the subsequent crash of a Learjet Model 35 at Teterboro Airport, New Jersey (TEB) in May 2017. The remarks came during a March 12 public meeting. After departing controlled flight during a […]

Bye Aerospace has relocated its headquarters to a larger facility at the Centennial Airport, located in the Denver, Colorado, suburb Englewood. The new facility will house the engineering and operations departments for the eFlyer family of airplanes (renamed from Sun Flyer), and will make space for recently added employees. The company has more than doubled […]

Whelen Engineering’s purchase of LoPresti Aviation has led to the creation of a powerhouse in aviation lighting as Whelen and LoPresti products are now joined under a new entity called Whelen Aviation Technologies. Whelen completed its acquisition of LoPresti last month and has now begun the work of integrating the two well-known brand names under […]

About 15 days each year, air traffic controllers working inside London Heathrow’s 286-foot control tower experience essentially IFR conditions when low clouds surround the tower cab, often while ground visibility is just fine. ATC delays occur during these conditions because controllers cannot verify whether arrivals and departures have cleared the runway. The U.K.’s ATC provider, […]

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the FAA was immediately grounding all Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 aircraft in the U.S. until further notice. The decision from the White House followed mounting pressure for action after many countries around the world grounded their Boeings following last Sunday’s crash of a Max 8 in […]