Aviation News

After receiving a report of undersized fasteners possibly being used during the construction of some Piper M600s, the FAA on Tuesday issued an airworthiness directive to address what it called an “unsafe condition.” The AD, effective July 25, 2018, is aimed at M600s serial numbers 4698004 thru 4698041. The agency’s concern is focused on the […]

Never content to let arch-rival Boeing have a moment in the sun, Airbus made headlines today by renaming the Bombardier CSeries jet the Airbus A220. The new naming convention fits with Airbus’ larger jets, spanning the Airbus A320, A330, A350 and A380. The smaller Bombardier CS100, which seats about 120 passengers in standard configuration, will […]

Pilots and aircraft operators will have an opportunity this weekend to join a gathering of representatives from new airplane manufacturers and other aviation related businesses at the TAC Air FBO facility at the Centennial Airport (APA) in the southeastern outskirts of Denver. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. MDT on Friday and […]

For the first time in AirVenture history, a drone light show will be included as one of the events. According to EAA, the show will consist of 100 lighted drones performing a 10-minute show called “The History of Flight,” which also includes a musical accompaniment. The drone performance will be a part of Oshkosh’s night […]

A group of open cockpit Travel Air biplanes are cruising around the Midwest on what’s called the American Barnstormers Tour. The privately owned historic airplanes were built between 1927 and 1932 (some are replicas), and the owners put together the tour to share their passion for the airplanes and the barnstormer history. Some of the […]

Just six months on the job as Enstrom Helicopter’s production test pilot, Cody Parkovich traces his position to the night he was bartending in Marinette, Michigan. “That night I found out, when I was 23,” that Enstrom was a hometown company. “And I grew up here.” Just discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps and home […]

Envoy Air Inc. is expanding its Pilot Cadet Program to help pilots smoothly flow through from the classroom to the cockpit with a freshly signed agreement with ATP Flight School, officially recognizing ATP as an Envoy Cadet partner. Envoy Air is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Airlines. Following nine months of training, ATP graduates are […]

The FAA recently ruled in favor of Key West International Airport after conducting a review of the field’s only FBO in response to a complaint filed last year by AOPA about pricing practices and ramp access at KEYW. AOPA’s Part 13 complaint claimed that the Signature Flight Support FBO was violating Key West International Airport’s […]

A mega deal that some wondered whether it would ever come to fruition is now a done deal. Boeing is taking control of Embraer’s commercial jetliner business, agreeing on Thursday to pay $3.8 billion for a larger slice of the global plane making pie that puts the world’s biggest plane makers on a collision course […]

The United States is not the only country whose aviation is being challenged to fill the cockpits and staff maintenance facilities. The Canadian Council for Aviation says our neighbors to the north are facing the same kind of pilot and mechanic shortage. A recent CCA report echoes a common theme heard here in the states, […]