Aviation News

Imagine not pulling up to the fuel pumps either before or after a training flight. The dream of a flight school operating an airplane that doesn’t operate on fossil fuels is now a real possibility for operators in Canada with Transport Canada’s certification of Pipistrel’s ALPHA Electro earlier this month. The ALPHA Electro was also […]

The first few pilots to train for their type ratings in Pilatus’ PC-24 Super Versatile Jet using FlightSafety International’s full motion simulator are hard at work at the company’s learning center in Dallas. They’re training in FlightSafety’s FS1000 PC-24 simulator, which includes the VITAL 1100 visual system, electric motion, control loading and a new instructor […]

There are and have been many exceptional pilots in the world. And a majority of those are unsung heroes. One who deserves more celebrity than he received while still on this earth is Albert “Jay” Shower Jr. who passed away over the weekend. Shower’s aviation career spanned over 70 years. He flew as a Navy […]

The Trump administration presented its budget for fiscal year 2019 this week and, once again, it includes language that would move the responsibility of air traffic control from the FAA to a non-governmental organization run by a private board, “effectively dominated by the airlines and unaccountable to Congress” according to the National Business Aviation Administration. […]

I overheard a conversation years ago on a Colorado mountain flying trip that really stands out in my mind. It was long before I began running my own mountain trips (I was a hired gun on this one) and it stands out because I lost all respect for one of my colleagues that day, an […]

Learning to fly is simply too expensive, especially for young people … or at least that’s the complaint the industry hears again and again. Julia Lair, a high school sophomore in Sioux Falls South Dakota understands budget concerns, as well as any other fledgling aviator, but she didn’t let the cost become a barrier to […]

Investigations are taking place into an incident from last week that resulted in headlines at local news outlets in Florida. A local NBC news station reported that an Icon A5 had to make an emergency landing, which resulted in an emergency rescue of the sole person on board. Several stations reported that the airplane in […]

Although it will still be many months before the NTSB is ready to determine a probable cause in the May 15, 2017 loss of control accident of a Learjet 35A during a circling approach to Teterboro Airport (TEB), the Board’s investigation docket opened last week revealed a number of concerns about the two pilots aboard […]

Joby’s website says, “More than a billion people on planet Earth spend more than an hour a day in traffic. Transportation emissions are one of the largest sources of pollution.” Thanks to the $100 million Joby just raised from a variety of investors, including the venture capital arms of JetBlue, Toyota and Intel, the startup […]

Orolia is growing the market for its Kannad ELT-DT unit, which the company launched last summer to improve search and rescue capabilities for commercial and business aircraft. The Kannad ELT-DT complies with ICAO’s Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS) recommendations. Air France Industries and KLM Engineering and Maintenance have signed up to develop supplemental […]