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With so much new technology springing up within the aviation market it’s hard to compete. But Dynon found the right niche when it launched the EFIS-D10A last year. The EFIS-D10A is one of the early non-TSO’d units allowed in certified aircraft under a supplemental type certificate, in this case brought by the EAA. At a […]

Scaled Composites has a busy week coming up. The Mojave, California-based company is going all-in at the 2017 AirVenture show at Oshkosh (June 24-30), presenting some of its most iconic aircraft and offering more than 30 forums that will focus on, among other things, its future endeavors. This includes meeting people who are interested in […]

“The M400 is a flying car that promises to let you take off from your backyard and fly to your destination at 350 mph, ignoring, if not gazing condescendingly upon, land-bound commuters stuck in traffic below,” reads the March 2000 Popular Science cover story on the Moller M400 Skycar. And, really, that sums up the […]

When Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) tried to pass his FAA reauthorization bill in 2016, he found resistance in Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), who is a general aviation pilot. However, after making some changes, including the elimination of GA user fees, Shuster’s 2017 effort made a believer out of Graves, who heralded the 21st Century AIRR […]

In case you’re still worried about the January 1, 2020, deadline for ADS-B, the FAA’s Equip 2020 Team is here to help. The joint government and industry group, designed to encourage and help aircraft owners equip with ADS-B Out before the deadline, is hosting a live Twitter chat to address your general aviation questions and […]

George Antoniadis wouldn’t have missed this “marriage” for anything in the world. The President and CEO of PlaneSense has the distinction of being the owner of the first Pilatus PC-24 (https://www.pilatus-aircraft.com/) business jet, and so he made the journey to the manufacturer’s head office in Stans, Switzerland, to watch firsthand as his plane received its […]

The collaboration between ForeFlight and Jeppesen, announced in May, is now bearing fruit as Jeppesen’s charts have become available as an option for ForeFlight’s mobile app users. The option allows ForeFlight users to view Jeppesen’s departure, arrival and approach charts within the mobile app. Once linked to ForeFlight, Jeppesen’s charts can be viewed in multiple […]

FAA approval of Garmin’s formerly experimental-only G5 electronic flight instrument in certified airplanes represented one of the first examples of a relaxation of regulations aimed at bringing lower-cost safety gear to more airplanes. The G5 display is designed to replace failure-prone mechanical gyro-driven attitude indicators as a standalone primary source of aircraft attitude and turn […]

A 57-year-old New Zealand woman died on Wednesday after she was knocked down by the jet blast from a Boeing 737-800 twin jet taking off from Princess Juliana International Airport in Sint Maarten. According to reports, the woman was one of “several people” holding the airport fence for support when Caribbean Airlines Flight 457 departed […]

One of the most exciting of the many events that will take place at this year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh is the 50th anniversary reunion of Apollo program astronauts. This is expected to be the largest Apollo reunion at Oshkosh since 1994’s “Salute to Apollo,” and Space Day (Friday, July 28) should be a thrill […]