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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 […]

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It’s official. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Friday, delivering the final 10 Iridium Next satellites to low earth orbit. All have successfully communicated with the Iridium Satellite Network Operations Center. This was the eighth and final launch for Iridium, which included 75 new satellites deployed over […]

If you are one of many pilots thoroughly confused by the process of deciphering weather data prior to a flight, one of the most important components of a preflight, here is one way to bring some clarity. AvWx Workshops is offering one-on-one training that breaks down the gathering and deciphering of weather information through PowerPoint […]

Millicent Young, one of the earliest members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, died last week at age 96. The WASPs were a civilian group of women pilots created in the 1940s by the merging of two other civilian flying services designed to free male pilots from non-combat chores like ferrying airplanes and towing targets […]

The creation and nearly 30-year operational life of the French/Anglo Concorde, the world’s first operational supersonic airliner, is a rich history of cross-border cooperation and innovation at a time long before the personal computer revolution or the first cell phone. In fact, the origins of the first supersonic transport (SST) date back to before the […]

U.S. Aircraft Expo – a two-day exposition highlighting a variety of piston, turboprop and light jet aircraft – is embarking on its 11th year and has announced the schedule for the two-day shows. Two additional events will be held this year, increasing to nine expos in all with events expanding to the east coast. The […]

Indonesian navy divers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed into the Java Sea on October 29, marking a breakthrough in the investigation that could answer vital questions about what caused the disaster that took the lives of all 189 people on board. The CVR […]

The Brazilian government has approved a joint venture between Embraer and Boeing, capping weeks of uncertainty in which Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro expressed hesitation. The approval maintains the original terms of the deal, with Embraer selling 80 percent of its commercial airplane division to Boeing for $4.2 billion, which will have operational and management control […]