Aviation News

U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson recently told a Senate Armed Services readiness and management support subcommittee that the branch trained 1,160 new pilots in fiscal 2017, and expects to train 1,311 in fiscal 2019, before expanding further. The Air Force wants to train 1,500 new pilots each year by fiscal 2022 as part of […]

An investigation is underway after pilots from two different airliners reported seeing UFOs over the Irish coast earlier this month. According to The Independent, the incident began when a British Airways pilot saw bright lights flying past her aircraft. Soon after, a pilot from a Virgin Airways plane saw a similar object. The Virgin pilot […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration hopes millions of people across the planet will tune in to either NASA TV or the agency’s website on November 26 just before 2 p.m. EST and watch the scheduled landing of the MARS InSight on the surface of the red planet. The actual landing should occur about 3 […]

American Flyers plans to begin construction before the end of 2018 on a new state of the art flight training facility adjacent to their current center on Pompano Beach Airpark. Construction is slated for completion by late spring/early summer 2019. “We are excited to be a part of such a great city and airport and […]

Officials from International Aero Academy and Southeastern University gathered at Lakeland Linder International Airport in Florida on Wednesday to announce a new aviation program that they believe will blaze the trail for a solution to the pilot shortage. Joined by SEU President Kent Ingle and others at IAA’s LAL facilities, IAA President Steven Markhoff declared […]

The third quarterly general aviation shipments and billings report for 2018 was released this week by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association and, this time, it was mostly good news. “This is one of those few times since the great recession that we have seen all segments up in shipment numbers,” said GAMA’s president and CEO, […]

In what some pilots are calling an inconceivable moment in flight operations and training, Boeing recently admitted the existence of the maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS), an angle of attack related stall prevention system that was unknown to operators of the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, like the one flown last week by a Lion […]

Munich, Germany-based upstart Lilium GmbH has hired a series of key officials as it continues the development of its miniature all-electric eVTOL – the Lilium Jet. Plans are for the Lilium Jet to fly autonomously to provide on-demand air service in urban areas. This sounds like a lofty goal, but you can expect to start […]

As a resident of Agoura Hills, one of the communities evacuated as a result of the devastating Woolsey Fire, I was closely watching the progression of the fire as it quickly ravaged the hillsides surrounding our neighborhood. The fire flared up on Thursday afternoon and within less than 30 hours had burned through 70,000 acres, […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association last week recognized contributions made to the world of flight by five people as they were inducted into the EAA Sport Aviation Halls of Fame in Oshkosh. Inductees are selected by their peers for myriad contributions made to their respective areas of aviation. Inductees included Darryl Murphy of Chilliwack, British Columbia […]