Aviation News

SocialFlight, an aviation app that informs pilots of events and businesses, and connects like-minded aviators, has added more features to encourage aviation activity. With its sixth major upgrade, the company has introduced what it calls FLY2WIN challenges and rewards, giving pilots the opportunity to win products and badges of honor the more they fly. More […]

Embraer Executive Jets delivered the first Phenom 100EV to an undisclosed U.S. customer. Announced last year at EAA AirVenture, the new model is an upgraded Phenom 100 with Prodigy Touch avionics based in the Garmin G3000 system and more powerful Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617F1-E engines. The 100EV’s new engines, boasting 1,730 pounds of thrust […]

With Sun ‘n Fun taking place concurrently with the AERO Friedrichshafen show in Germany, Italian aircraft manufacturer Tecnam announced a range of upgrades to some of the airplanes in its wide range of models. The single-engine P2002 Sierra has undergone major improvements, starting with the powerplant. The Rotax 912 engine has been replaced with the […]

TKM Avionics announced another milestone at this week’s Sun n Fun with a new slide-in replacement for King KX155/165 navcoms. Vic Casebolt, TKM’s operations manager, said the new unit will replace every variation of the original King radio and can operate on either a 14- or 28-volt system and comes standard with VOR, glideslope and […]

One hurdle for many pilots, especially those flying IFR, is interpreting the hundreds of Metars, TAFs, Sigmets, Airmets, prog charts and other weather data sources available online today. All too often, pilots choose to simply check destination weather, winds aloft and perhaps a few Metars along the route. Downloading more data is not a solution, […]

Purdue Aviation is set to receive the first jet-A-burning diesel Cessna Turbo Skyhawk JT-A, which it plans to take delivery of as soon as the airplane receives its FAA certification, expected later this year. The Skyhawk JT-A is powered by a four-cylinder Continental CD-155 compression ignition engine mated to a three-blade MT Propeller composite prop. […]

There have been noteworthy changes at Mooney, as Vivek Saxena recently took over as president and CEO of the revitalized Kerrville, Texas-based aircraft manufacturer. Saxena announced the cancellation of the M10 three-seat training airplane program at a press conference at the Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-In and Expo this week, an airplane he explained never […]

Hartzell introduced a new supplemental type certificate for its Trailblazer propeller, which can now be installed on a range of Piper Super Cub models. The STC for the 83-inch composite propeller is owned by Lowell, Indiana-based Professional Pilots Inc. and covers both PA-12 and PA-18 models. The propeller provides impressive performance improvements over an aluminum […]

Buzz Aldrin was responsible for a number of milestones in his career as an astronaut, but he’s made it clear in recent years that he’s still capable of raising the bar for retirees. On Sunday, at age 87, he became the oldest person to ever take flight with the Thunderbirds, the United States Air Force’s […]

The FAA has concluded that no further “enforcement action was warranted” in regard to Harrison Ford’s recent landing incident at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California. According to a statement from Stephen Hofer, the attorney for the 74-year-old actor and pilot, the agency conducted a full interview with Ford, and ultimately it was determined […]