Aviation News

Avidyne announced at the Aircraft Electronics Association’s annual conference, held this week in New Orleans, that it has accomplished several useful upgrades for its legacy FMS products, launched in the much anticipated Release 10.2, and received TSO approval for the IFD550 FMS/GPS/nav/com. “Our new flagship IFD550 includes an integrated ARS [attitude reference system], which delivers […]

The FAA has cleared the B-29 named Doc, which has been fully restored by an organization called Doc’s Friends in Wichita, Kansas, to start touring the country after it completed phase one of its flight test operations. The agency issued a special airworthiness certificate to Doc, allowing the historic airplane to fly without distance restrictions. […]

A bipartisan crusade to get airline passengers a little more legroom continued last week with the reintroduction of the Seat Egress in Air Travel (SEAT) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. The act was first introduced in 2016 as an amendment to the FAA Reauthorization bill; however, Congress failed to pass it. […]

As the countdown continues to the Dec. 31, 2019, deadline for ADS-B Out installation, the pace of updates is expected to increase significantly and the agency is concerned about shops rushing to complete the required work. The FAA, in a safety alert for operators (No. 17002), recently warned of adhering to proper testing procedures for […]

“You gave us all quite a scare last night.” I gradually became aware that I was in a hospital and Martha was explaining to me that I had had a lapse of consciousness. You will appreciate that the very first thing that came into my mind was concern for my aviation medical certificate. The hospital […]

A compromise that AOPA had hoped to broker to keep Florida’s Lantana Airport open when President Donald Trump visits his Mar-a-Lago estate has been rejected by the Secret Service, according to two Florida politicians who have been briefed on the matter. U.S. Reps. Lois Frankel and Ted Deutch, both Florida Democrats, told the McClatchy News […]

After an extensive evaluation process, FlightSafety has chosen Safe Flight Instrument Corp. to equip more than 30 airplanes in its Piper training fleet in Vero Beach, Florida, with head-up angle of attack indexer displays. Safe Flight’s SCc lift transducer provides an accurate AoA reading by measuring the wing’s leading edge stagnation point and flow field. […]

The 109 passengers and seven crew members of an Ameristar Charters flight out of Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Michigan, are all safe after their airplane slid off the runway on Wednesday. The Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball team and staff were among those on board, as they were leaving for the Big Ten tournament; however, […]

Johnson County Executive Airport (KOJC) in Olathe, Kansas, suffered major damage after a severe weather event tore through the area on Monday night. An entire row of T-hangars was completely demolished and the airplanes that were parked inside were piled randomly near the site where the hangar used to protect them. Around a dozen other […]

Members of the International Helicopter Safety Team said Wednesday at the Heli-Expo show in Dallas that they’re encouraged by a trend that shows the total number of accidents has declined in the 50 countries around the globe the IHST surveyed. In the United States, for instance, total accidents in 2016 declined to 106 from 121 […]