Aviation News

As the partial government shutdown that began on December 22 enters its second month, aviation industry leaders are warning that the negative impacts from the political fight over money for a border wall could be severe, affecting everything from new aircraft development and avionics certifications to aircraft deliveries and even pilot training. Aircraft manufacturers have […]

Sporty’s has announced a schedule of free, interactive, educational webinars on a variety of useful aviation topics scheduled throughout the year. Attendees of the live events must register and the webinars are available online through GoToWebinar. Past webinars from Sporty’s are available through the company’s Youtube channel on topics such as ADS-B; weather strategies; flight […]

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has expanded its face-to-face professional programs on the Daytona Beach Campus in Florida, as well as teamed with HFACS, Inc. to expand its human factors and aviation safety short-course offerings. ERAU provides open-enrollment seminars and can create customized training programs to meet the needs of the aviation industry. The new classes include […]

About 90 seconds after takeoff from runway 15 at Toronto’s Buttonville Municipal airport the solo student pilot aboard a Bellanca 8KCAB Decathlon transmitted a “Mayday,” on the YKZ tower frequency. The pilot cited an irregularly running engine for the emergency. Witnesses watched the pilot bank the aircraft hard right and begin rapidly descending until it […]

As southern California was getting pummeled by heavy winter rains last week, leaders of business aviation alphabet groups, including GAMA, NBAA, NATA and IBAC, gathered at the Van Nuys Airport to promote the adoption of sustainable alternative jet fuels (SAJF). Presentations, workshops and demonstration flights during the Business Jets Fuel Green: A Step Toward Sustainability […]

All Nippon Airways and Boeing are reportedly investigating an incident on January 17 in Japan in which both engines on a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner shut down simultaneously on rollout after landing. Flight NH985 from Tokyo Haneda Airport to Osaka Itami Airport with 118 people on board was rolling down the runway after touchdown when the […]

Santa Paula, California-based aerobatic pilot Sammy Mason has become the youngest pilot ever to join the ranks of world class racers at the Red Bull Air Race circuit. A third-generation pilot who grew up at the iconic Santa Paula Airport, Sammy Mason was named after his grandfather, who was credited for completing the first loop […]

Learning to fly is fun, but as pilots also learn early on, flight training demands a commitment not only to the academics, but to ensuring the solid flow of cash needed to earn a pilot certificate. One of the biggest stressors for new pilots is the sticker shock of how to cover the cost of […]

Gulfstream Aerospace’s G-280 last week notched up another speed record when it completed a 2,243 nm journey from the company’s Savannah factory to Van Nuys California in four hours and 49 minutes against a winter headwind averaging 76 knots. The G280 completed the demonstration flight powered by sustainable aviation jet fuel at an average speed […]

On the last Saturday in January – this Saturday in fact – the Chicago chapter of the 99s holds its VFR/IFR aviation safety expo typically drawing 300 people from Northern Illinois, Southern Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana, mostly pilots in search of a day of brush-up training. Noted aviator Amelia Earhart was the first president of […]