Aviation News

With an eye in the mirror of history over the closing of Chicago’s Meigs Field 20 years ago without a hard enough fight, the National Business Aviation Association and five related stakeholders yesterday challenged the legality of the January agreement between the FAA and the City of Santa Monica allowing the city to first shorten […]

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An unnamed operator was able to land his $500 consumer photography drone on the deck of the British Royal Navy’s flagship vessel, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, which is due to be commissioned by the Queen later this year. “I was amazed that I was able to land on the aircraft carrier for two reasons, the […]

In government dollars, $162 million might seem like chump change, especially when it gets split up 72 ways. But for the recipients of the airport grants announced yesterday by the FAA, the money means an opportunity to add or repair much needed airport infrastructure. Yesterday’s award is part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program, grants […]

On Monday, officials from Bridgeport and Fairfield, Connecticut, once again staked their claim to the “First in Flight” and “birthplace of powered flight” bragging rights by declaring August 14 as Gustave Whitehead Day on the 116th anniversary of his alleged inaugural powered flight. Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim and Fairfield First Selectman Mike Tetreau were joined […]

Just mention the name DeLorean and even today most people will conjure a vision of Doc Brown’s sleek, gull-winged car from Robert Zemeckis’ 1985 film Back to the Future. There was a time when that might have been enough recognition for DeLorean, but no longer. With the recent unveiling of the DeLorean Aerospace’s DR-7, it’s […]

You may recall the innovative design of the Marenco Swisshelicopter SKYe SH09 – the light helicopter with the double doors at the tail section and large sliding door entry for the glass cockpit – and wonder what is happening with the Swiss project. The answer is, a whole lot. The company announced last week it […]

The FAA yesterday proposed an emergency airworthiness directive that will require operators of Lycoming engines to inspect and possibly replace off-spec connecting rod small-end bushings in Lycoming engines installed or overhauled between November 2015 and February 2017. Publication of the emergency AD comes in the wake of Lycoming mandatory service bulletin SB 632 released last […]

Between hobbyist racing and freestyling custom quadcopters, everyday-consumers buying anything available from Walmart or Amazon, and professional UAS operators flying $10,000 rigs for paid jobs, there are more drones filling airspace than ever before, and the numbers are only going to increase. While most drone operators follow the rules, not everyone does, a fact that […]

The mobilization efforts by advocacy groups fighting to defeat H.R. 2997 (the ATC bill promoted by Rep. Bill Shuster R-PA) and the effort to privatize the ATC system show no signs of letting up, despite the August Congressional recess. While progress to pass H.R. 2997 appears to have slowed somewhat, or at least the publicity […]