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Following in the contrails of Cessna 172 and 182 models, Lancair International announced this week that the latest option to be offered for the newly-designed Mako four-seater is the BRS Aerospace whole aircraft parachute system. The single-engine piston-powered aircraft’s design features will “easily accommodate” the BRS parachute, BRS announced in a release. “We are very […]

While the 46th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta drifted into the sunset a few weeks ago, the numbers are in and this year’s event was an incredible success. An estimated 887,970 people watched more than 650 balloons from 21 countries take to the New Mexico sky with colorful, mesmerizing and even hilarious designs, certainly driving home […]

One of the reasons that Steve Thorne’s Flight Chops video channel has become so successful is that he’s a digital pilot for a digital age. As he told us recently, it wasn’t until modern tools like the iPad and its bevy of flight-related apps came along that he felt like he could hit the sky […]

Waiting three months for drone authorization from the FAA may soon become a nightmare of the past. Get ready for instant approval to fly in controlled U.S. airspace thanks to AirMap and the LAANC (Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability) program. The launch of the LAANC pilot program is the culmination of a year of […]

Formula One competition pilots are gearing up for the Air Race 1 World Cup, set to take place on November 17 through 19 at the U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield near Sattahip, Thailand. Up to eight Formula One racers will battle it out in each heat, which includes eight laps around a 5 km low-level […]

There are times when breaking a promise isn’t as bad as it sounds at first, like when a company delivers a product or service that outperforms expectations. Gulfstream’s been on the road the past few weeks telling people the new G500/G600 series of airplanes will fly further and faster than the company than originally planned, […]

A number of photographers on Sunday, some on the ground at Salzburg Airport in Austria and another on the aircraft, captured video from different perspectives during a near catastrophic arrival of an Enter Air Boeing 737-800. The crew of the Polish airline was attempting to land on the airport’s single 9,000-foot runway 15-33 with winds […]

Dr. Leo and Dr. Fairfax Windecker, working closely with Dow Chemical Company, in 1969 brought the first all composite aircraft, the Eagle I, to FAA certification. According to the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, the four-place, low-wing monoplane received FAA certification, “only after building in a 20 percent over-designed airframe to make up for […]

As colder temperatures begin infiltrating the northern portions of the U.S., aviation businesses in Florida are again bracing for the Potus Mar-a-Lago TFR, an airspace restriction certain to freeze out some companies in the Palm Beach area. The TFR is effective whenever President Trump visits his Mar-a-Lago estate and takes aim at both Palm Beach […]

Imagine the shock on Oklahoma City Thunder star forward Carmelo Anthony’s face when he tweeted images of the team’s charter plane that now had a massive dent in the nose — after all, the plane had been fine when they took off from Minnesota. “What possibly could we have hit in the SKY at this […]