Aviation News

Following a recent trend of FPV races being held at air shows like U.S. Sport and Aviation Show in Sebring, Sun ‘n Fun and even a rumored race coming up at Oshkosh, Multi GP seems to have saved the best for last. Following a 5-month Regional Qualifying and Final Series, 150 of the fastest FPV […]

Tom Cruise loves to do his own stunts. Even when his face isn’t on camera, the 54-year-old actor prefers to be in on the action because he wants everything to be completely authentic. This has always been the staple of Cruise’s Mission: Impossible franchise, as the actor gradually increased the number of stunts he performed […]

Garmin International Inc. announced last week it received approval that gives thousands of general aviation pilots a chance to replace their old directional gyro system or horizontal situation indicator with the company’s G5 electronic flight instrument. When linked together with the appropriate VHF communications and standard or GPS navigation units, “the G5 can be considered […]

After more than five years of development, the FAA and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certified the Cessna Turbo Skyhawk JT-A with next-generation Garmin G1000 NXi avionics, clearing the way for deliveries to customers in the United States and Europe. Manufacturer Textron Aviation in Wichita, Kansas said the new model, equipped with the Continental […]

Honda Aircraft secured the type certificate for the HondaJet from Transport Canada on June 1, allowing deliveries to Canadian registration customers to begin. “We are proud to achieve Canadian certification for the HondaJet, which signifies it meets the high safety standards governed by Transport Canada,” Honda Aircraft Company President and CEO Michimasa Fujino said in […]

The five-seat Bell 505 Jet Ranger X received FAA certification six months after notching Canadian approval of the light single, Bell Helicopter announced today. “This is another significant milestone in our journey to market entry for the Bell 505,” said Mitch Snyder, Bell Helicopter’s President and CEO. “This aircraft incorporates the latest advancements in safety […]

Lancair International, which was taken over earlier this year by Mark and Conrad Huffstutler in Uvalde, Texas, is bringing back the four-place, fixed-gear Mako as a competitor to the Cirrus SR22 and Cessna TTx. The Mako is closely related to the TTx, which started out as the Columbia 350/400 – a certified sidestep to Lancair’s […]

The FAA has awarded supplemental type certification for Innovative Solutions & Support‘s non-Fadec turboprop autothrottle. The Exton, Pennsylvania-based company said this week the autothrottle is now available to a market that features at least 25 different aircraft and over 13,000 individual tail numbers. Chief among them is the Pilatus PC-12, for which IS&S’s NextGen Flight […]

Embed from Getty Images With loss of control still the primary cause of aircraft fatalities, the FAA last year released the new Airmen Certification Standards, some aspects of it controversial, to replace the practical test standards for pilots seeking a private or an instrument rating. The goal was to create a better-trained pilot before they […]

Any time you find yourself with a group of pilots, the conversation will inevitably turn to the FAA’s pending ADS-B mandate. And, yes, most of the comments are way too colorful to print here. Aircraft owners can be a surly bunch. Anyway, after the first wave of FAA-bashing commentary, I try to put a more […]