Aviation News

John Travolta is donating his iconic ex-Qantas Boeing 707 to an Australian aviation museum and hopes to be part of the crew to deliver the vintage airliner when it’s ready to make the journey from the United States. The Hollywood star acquired the 1964 jet when Australia’s national carrier retired it more than 30 years […]

AOPA’s Air Safety Institute has introduced a monthly podcast series named “There I Was…” The podcasts are aimed at educating pilots through discussions with a variety of pilots talking about unexpected scenarios and how they survived them. “There I Was…” is hosted by ASI’s executive director Richard McSpadden, a former commander/flight leader of the USAF […]

On Sunday afternoon, the “tiny and tempestuous” Bogoslof Volcano erupted for approximately 45 minutes, shooting ash as high as 35,000 feet into the air, according to reports. In response, the Alaska Volcano Observatory temporarily elevated the Aviation Color Code to red, the highest such alert. The code was eventually lowered to orange again, as ash […]

The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report of the May 15 crash of a Learjet 35A at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey looked at the strength of the surface winds during the final moments of the flight. At the time of the accident, winds were reported as 320 at 20 knots gusting to 30, a […]

TOMATO FLAMES? Are you kidding? I’m sitting with my friend and CFI Paul Sallach in the restaurant at the Inn at Furnace Creek in Death Valley, California, nibbling on a turkey BLT while doing the ground portion of my flight review, what people used to call a biannual flight review. All is well thus far. […]

The White House budget released on Tuesday includes a plan to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system, a revelation that drew rebukes from two aviation industry associations. “With this budget, the president has made clear his administration’s plan to pursue a concept that has raised a host of concerns, not just among aviation stakeholders, […]

Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation Calvin L. Scovel III’s recent report to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure about the FAA’s progress in modernizing the nation’s airspace might add fuel to the fire to those supporting the effort to separate the U.S. air traffic control system from the 60-year old agency. […]

A Cessna 172, N model, painted in a Snow White base color accented by Capri Blue and solid black stripes was delivered last week to Toledo-Ohio based Suburban Aviation in Southeast Michigan. Originally built more than 25 years ago, Suburban’s new airplane is the first upgraded version of an Ascend 172 remanufactured by Yingling Aviation […]

Garmin‘s new VIRB 360 action camera is sure to be a hit with everyone from pilots to thrill seekers when it is released next month. Billed as a “compact, rugged and fully spherical 360-degree camera,” the VIRB 360 records high quality video at 5.7K/30fps, while providing action junkies and outdoor photography enthusiasts the extremely convenient […]

Cirrus Aircraft is soon going to have some competition for its recently certified SF50 Vision Jet as Stratos Aircraft announced it has completed the first flight test phase for its Stratos 714 single-engine jet. Since the first flight in November of last year, the test pilots have logged 52 hours during 33 flights, topping out […]