Aviation News

The latest safety report published by the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal, the aviation arm of the United Nations, says 2017 was the safest year on record for civil aviation, excluding general aviation. The report provides a high level summary of ICAO’s safety initiatives and achievements to enhance aviation safety last year, along with […]

The annual Stihl National Championship Air Races at the Reno-Stead Airport (KRTS) have begun. While the top racers won’t start competing until today, the Bronze heats started yesterday for the T-6 and Jet classes. The Formula One and Biplane races were also scheduled to begin yesterday; however, high winds in the afternoon grounded the light […]

The maker of one of the most successful aviation app producers, ForeFlight, has an added feature called Trip Assistant. The new resource adds a whole new layer of support, making general aviation journeys more predictable. ForeFlight’s founder and CEO Tyson Weihs says the feature was developed to help ForeFlight’s employees who needed to know how […]

Passengers from three overseas flights were quarantined within two days at two airports in the northeast United States last week. On Wednesday, an Emirates A380 arriving from Dubai was halted short of JFK’s Terminal 4 when several passengers reported feeling ill, CBS New York reported. According to NBC Philadelphia, 12 passengers from two different American […]

A twin-engine Cessna 335 crashed last Sunday about 10:40 a.m. local time as it approached Florida’s Palm Beach County Park/Lantana Airport. The 335 is an unpressurized version of Cessna’s once-popular Cessna 340. The pilot was last heard on a common traffic advisory frequency indicating he was making his turn to base leg for landing on […]

This year’s Girls in Aviation Day on October 13, the fourth annual event, will again introduce girls 8 to 17 years of age about the many career choices and lifestyle possibilities offered by an aviation/aerospace career. The brainchild of Women in Aviation International, this year’s special day will bring together over 50 Girls in Aviation […]

Flying once again is sponsoring the New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame’s “Salute to Veterans” Wings & Wheels show at Essex County Airport in Northern New Jersey, which will be held this year on Saturday October 6 and Sunday October 7. The show will include numerous historic aircraft, including the rare Douglas C-54 “Spirit of […]

European King Air B200 and B300-series operators can now take advantage of Rockwell Collins’ latest touch screen avionics suite – Pro Line Fusion. The Pro Line Fusion retrofit was FAA certified in 2016 and represents the panel delivered with new Beechcraft King Airs coming out of Textron Aviation’s factory in Wichita, Kansas. Installed in the […]

17-year old student pilot Maggie Taraska did a fantastic job during a highly unusual solo flight this weekend at the Beverly Regional Airport (BVY), located just north of the Boston metropolitan area and under Logan International’s (BOS) Class B airspace. The Piper PA-28 Taraska was flying had just lifted off Runway 09, one of two […]

A Delta 757-200 bound for Orlando last Wednesday suffered an uncontained engine failure shortly after takeoff from Atlanta, Georgia (ATL). Delta Flight 1418 returned to ATL after the flight crew shut down the damaged engine, according to the Associated Press and the Orlando Sentinel. An uncontained engine failure occurs when pieces of an operating engine […]