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Pilots transitioning to turboprop-powered airplanes or those who want to learn more can get a better understanding of the Pratt & Whitney PT6 engine they operate through FlightSafety International’s PT6 engine familiarization course. “The course includes basic theory, engine to airframe interface, and best practices while operating the engine,” said FlightSafety’s senior vice president of […]

Students at the Daytona Beach campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will have an opportunity to compare one of the industry’s basic flight training devices used to train pilots in WWII with a sophisticated simulator used in pilot training today. The university acquired an historic Link Trainer last year from a private owner in Chicago and […]

Embed from Getty Images The National Transportation Safety Board hopes the National Weather Service will create additional guidance for pilots about the hazards surrounding non-convective turbulence conditions, as well as provide additional formal training to NWS forecasters to encourage consistency of analysis, interpretation and forecasting of low-level turbulence. The NTSB’s recommendations evolved from an on-going […]

The regular battle to keep the FAA operational has become too much for a long list of groups affected by the government authority. Since 2015, the senate has only authorized short-term extensions. The latest reauthorization of FAA activities spanned six months and will expire at the end of September, continuing the uncertainty in the aviation […]

Engineers at the California Institute of Technology have developed an algorithm that uses a single drone to redirect a flock of birds away from an airport. Associate Professor and Jet Propulsion Laboratory Research Scientist, Soon-Jo Chung, created the algorithm with his colleagues in response to the “Miracle on the Hudson” incident. In 2009, US Airways […]

Continuing the trend of developing cost effective, quick-install ADS-B solutions to meet the demand for the equipment mandated for aircraft flying in most airspace starting in 2020, uAvionix has announced the tailBeacon EXP. The unit combines ADS-B Out, WAAS GPS and a pressure altitude sensor with a white tail-mounted position light. The price for the […]

If you are interested in learning about new airplanes and other aviation related products, it’s time to head to Boeing Field (BFI) in Seattle this weekend. The U.S. Aircraft Expo will have representatives from a long list of aircraft manufacturers allowing you to explore new two-seat backcountry taildraggers, piston singles and twins, turboprops and light […]

Two men over the past few days took their own lives by using airplanes as instruments of their own deaths. Last Friday, a Horizon Air employee stole a Bombardier Q400 turboprop from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), and took it on an hour-long joyride that included aerobatics before crashing the airplane on Kentron Island in Puget […]

Only in California, some might say, could you expect to find a vintage DC-3 transformed into a fund-raising tool/restaurant. But that’s just what visitors to Tomorrow’s Aviation Museum on the Compton Airport in Los Angeles will see when they stop in. With some assistance from American Airlines, a DC-3 fuselage found in a Nevada boneyard […]

Greensboro, North Carolina-based Honda Aircraft Company announced it has started delivering the upgraded version of its light twinjet, the HondaJet Elite. The company announced the modifications earlier this year and is replacing the inaugural HA-420 model with the Elite version. Upgrades include an increase in the range to 1,437 nm, modifications to the flight planning […]