Aviation News

Pratt & Whitney is reportedly investigating cases of excessive engine vibration in its new geared turbofan engines that power Airbus’s A320neo. Pilots have received alerts of high vibration levels in flight and the FAA is currently studying the problem. Pratt & Whitney, a part of United Technologies Corp., has not yet identified the cause of […]

Remember that terrible hot-air balloon crash in central Texas a few summers back? The accident claimed 16 lives, including the pilot’s, when the balloon struck high-tension power lines following a short, early-morning flight. The crash claimed more lives than any other aviation accident in the previous seven years. Not to mention this was only a […]

The 2018 class of inductees into the National Aviation Hall of Fame will participate in an event unlike ever before as the ceremony comes to the architecturally stunning National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., on September 28. Fittingly considering the close proximity of the enshrinement to NASA headquarters and the Pentagon, this year’s class of […]

In the early 1990s, NASA test pilot Einar Enevoldson set out to prove that gliders could catch mountain waves and soar to extreme altitudes. With the Perlan Mission, Enevoldson set out with a very ambitious goal: to soar into the stratosphere – the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere. On August 30, 2006, […]

Goodyear marked the completion of the company’s fleet of upgraded airships last week with the christening of its newest machine, “Wingfoot Three” according to CNN. The newest blimps, called NTs, include more maneuverable engines, fly-by-wire technology and a new top speed of 73 mph. Goodyear has built more than 300 lighter-than-air vehicles for public relations […]

Pilots and aircraft operators who are considering purchasing an airplane will have an opportunity this weekend to experience first-hand a large gathering of new airplane manufacturers and vendors at the Lyon Air Museum at the John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA) in Santa Ana, California. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. […]

Swift Fuels has suspended its work with the Phase-II Piston Alternative Fuels Initiative (PAFI) — the FAA’s initiative to test and develop ASTM standards for unleaded replacements for the low-lead aviation fuels currently used in approximately 167,000 aircraft. Swift Fuels and Shell were the two finalists in the program. In June it was announced that […]

Yakima, Washington-based CubCrafters can now start shipping its certified XCub to Canada and Japan as the company has achieved validation for the Type Certificate in the two countries. CubCrafters already delivered the first Japanese airplane after the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) validated the TC of the two-seat taildragger. Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) also […]

A new company called SkyRyse announced its launch on Tuesday in a press release, that aims to introduce advanced levels of automation in vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Made up of aerospace experts from Boeing, SpaceX, Tesla, Uber, and the military, the company aims to “deliver fast, safe, and affordable air transportation that is […]

Garmin has acquired Connecticut-based flight-planning, scheduling and trip-support services company Fltplan.com, a company many pilots rely on for a decidedly self-serving reason: Aviation charts and many features in the FltPlan Go app and Fltplan.com website are free while other app developers charge subscription fees. Garmin says that won’t change. FltPlan has risen to become one […]