Aviation News

Time is running out to claim the $500 rebate checks the FAA is making available to piston airplane owners who equip with ADS-B. Launched last September as an inducement to pilots still on the fence about the ADS-B mandate that takes effect at the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, 2020, the program ends on […]

The General Accountability Office was tasked by Congress in November 2015 to research two questions following more than a decade of NextGen planning and implementation by the FAA. One, how has the agency implemented NextGen to date, the second to review the FAA’s plans to mitigate the challenges the agency still faces to complete NextGen. […]

Florida airports were slowly resuming operations yesterday in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, which caused widespread devastation in the Caribbean and Florida Keys, but not as much destruction as feared elsewhere thanks to building code improvements and residents who heeded warnings before the massive storm. Many pilots, aviation businesses and schools like Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University […]

Another investment in the future of aviation continued this week when Lilium Aviation announced a successful round of funding, led by Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings and at least four other groups. When added to the initial funding the German company Lilium has already received, the company’s investment kitty now tops the $100M mark. The […]

Gogo has become well known to business travelers for its in-flight Internet service available on a long list of airlines. But Gogo is also taking a bite into the business jet market with its connectivity service products. The company recently achieved Supplemental Type Certification and Parts Manufacturer Approval for its AVANCE L5, formerly known as […]

Every Saturday, from 8 AM to noon, classic rock fans in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area can tune in to Lone Star 92.5 to listen to the John Clay Wolfe Show, which focuses on “talk about cars, sports, and sex drugs rock & roll… just about anything as long as it won’t get us fined by […]

Drones can be used for a variety of search and rescue operations, but anyone who puts a drone in the air during a natural disaster has to be 100 percent sure they can do so safely. Drones can have a much more negative impact during and immediately following a severe storm if they are flown […]

In our new online series, The Finer Points, CFII Jason Miller gives you the information and tools you’ll need to become not just a better pilot, but a truly exceptional aviator. On August 27, 2006, a regional airliner taxied onto the wrong runway in the semi dark of morning and attempted a takeoff on a […]

To describe myself as religious, spiritual, or even superstitious, would be a far stretch. But I will have to admit that there have been occasions in my life that the only explanation for the unexplainable seemed to be that someone, or something, had purposely intervened. The following is just such an occasion. My cell phone […]

With core winds as high as 185 mph, Hurricane Irma hit northern Caribbean islands with devastating force on Wednesday, even destroying the four strongest buildings on Saint Martin. Damage at Princess Juliana International Airport is also reportedly heavy. According to the National Hurricane Center’s latest projections, Irma will pass north of Puerto Rico on Thursday […]