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The U.S. Senate has confirmed Robert Sumwalt’s nomination to a two-year term as chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Sumwalt, who succeeds Christopher Hart, has served on the board since 2006. A pilot for Piedmont Airlines and US Airways for two decades, aviation groups praised his confirmation, which was widely expected. “Robert is […]

With the solar eclipse less than two weeks away, airports throughout the line of totality are bracing for heavy traffic. At Salem Municipal Airport in Oregon, one of the first North American airports in the line of totality, the staff expects the epic event to be their busiest day ever. “We’re planning for hundreds of […]

The FAA is bringing a new cockpit technology called Data Comm to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to replace traditional voice communications with digital information exchanges. “Voice communication is labor intensive, time consuming and can lead to miscommunications known as ‘talk back, read back’ errors,” the FAA said in a press release. “Data Comm, by contrast, enables […]

Being a tail dragger aficionado since my Citabria ownership days probably gave me a leg up on taking to Belite Aircraft‘s Chipper when I first saw it at Sun N Fun in April. Belite’s president, James Wiebe, made it clear from the start of our conversation in Lakeland that the Chipper was a work in […]

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This month, a research program called SonicBAT II (short for Sonic Booms in Atmospheric Turbulence), is set to begin to help understand sonic booms and how to reduce the noise associated with supersonic flight. The program is a partnership between NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, Langley Research Center […]

The moment word of Charles Lindbergh’s successful solo Atlantic crossing reached America on May 21, 1927, Chicago advertising executive William B. Ziff Sr. had an idea. To capitalize on the frenzy of the milestone event he would create an aviation magazine aimed at regular people who he was certain would now be motivated to learn […]

An eight-year-old girl and 56-year-old man are dead after an emergency landing on São João da Caparica beach in Portugal. According to the Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias, the rented aircraft that appears to be a Cessna 152, was being used for a training flight between Cascais and Évora, when the pilot notified the tower […]

The battle lines have been drawn. The airlines want to privatize air traffic control, while general aviation interests remain steadfastly opposed. Linked with the plan to sever ATC from the FAA come real concerns about whether supporters are avoiding the most pertinent questions, such as how privatizing ATC will solve modernization issues, or whether Congress […]

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. just delivered the 550th copy of its popular G550 business jet, a move company president Mark Burns said has “earned it a lasting reputation as a versatile aircraft for business aviation and an ideal platform for special missions. The aircraft’s technological and safety advances also led the G550 to be awarded the […]