Aviation News

A U.S.-based aerial firefighting company played a key role in helping to contain the deadly wildfires that have devastated Chile for weeks. Global SuperTanker said as of Friday its Boeing 747 had dropped more than 670,000 gallons of water on the fires and had set a single-day record for liquid dropped by a land-based aerial […]

Drone proponents are quick to point to the safeguard of UAVs’ ability to fly safely back to their owners should the communications link between the two be inadvertently severed. A recent incident in Australia shows even these systems are not foolproof if and when a drone heads out on a solo adventure. Luckily, the region […]

Four aerospace projects and accomplishments are competing for the 2016 Robert J. Collier Trophy, awarded annually by the National Aeronautic Association “for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America.” The 2016 nominees are Blue Origin New Shepard, Boeing’s 737 Max, Dassault Aviation’s FalconEye Combined Vision System and the U.S. Air Force 212th Rescue […]

Lightspeed’s family grew a little bigger this week with the company’s release of the Zulu 3 automatic noise reduction headset, designed to build on the success of the earlier Zulu and Zulu 2 products. While incorporating enhancements that boost comfort and durability, the Lightspeed Zulu 3 retains the sleek, high-tech look of its predecessors and […]

When President Donald Trump in his first days in office made good on a campaign promise to cut red tape by eliminating unnecessary regulations, workers at federal agencies knew they’d suddenly be very busy. Perhaps nowhere was this more true than at the FAA, where the enactment of new rules in the near future would […]

The largest aviation event in the U.S. will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo missions with an astronaut reunion. The Experimental Aircraft Association announced this week it will welcome crewmembers from most of the manned lunar missions to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for AirVenture 2017. So far, five astronauts — Frank Borman of Apollo 8, Walt […]

Extremely long delays for practical tests, shortages of examiners or examiners completely unavailable to conduct practical flight tests are only a few of the complaints heard from various flight-training locations around the United States. Stories of applicants waiting six to seven weeks for a test, increasing prices or the need to travel significant distances to […]

XTI Aircraft Company, developers of the tilt-rotor-like TriFan 600, this week announced Robert J. LaBelle as its chief executive officer. LaBelle joins XTI after three years as CEO of AgustaWestland Tiltrotor Company, which he joined as vice president in 2004. “I view this position with XTI as a unique opportunity to help bring to the […]

Palo Alto-based uAvionix has announced the creation of an ADS-B transceiver not much larger than a contact lens — and weighing in at just 1 gram — aimed at the drone market’s yet unresolved problem of identifying themselves to other aircraft and drones while operating in the national airspace system. uAvionix CEO Paul Beard said […]

The Senate today confirmed Elaine Chao to be the next Secretary of Transportation. President Donald Trump nominated Chao on Nov. 29. She appeared shortly thereafter before a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation to consider her nomination. In the weeks ahead, Chao will become immersed in the congressional focus on infrastructure […]