Aviation News

AOPA’s Air Safety Institute has launched a new resource center for aviation safety education. The initiative, called the Safety Alliance, brings videos, publications, articles, courses and quizzes on a wide variety of topics that relate to increasing the safety of general aviation flight. The content is categorized by topic, making it easy for visitors to […]

Organizers are already gearing up for the annual event that kicks off the airshow season, and this year they plan to welcome some special guests from abroad. The French Air Force demonstration team Patrouille de France (PAF) has confirmed it will perform at Sun ’n Fun International Fly-in & Expo 2017. The team will commemorate […]

U.S. drone owners preparing to earn the FAA’s Remote Pilot Certificate (RPC) required to operate a commercial UAV should find the King Schools’ new Drone Pilot Ground School and Test Prep Course covers everything they need to prepare for the FAA knowledge test. The new course, announced last week, was jointly created with the Association […]

Elaine Chao, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Transportation, was noncommittal when asked about her position on ATC privatization during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, but there are signs that the incoming administration is warming to the idea. “I’d like to get confirmed first,” Chao quipped in response to a question about […]

It’s the end of an era for one of the most iconic airliners ever to take to the sky. United Airlines announced Wednesday that it plans to retire its fleet of Boeing 747s by the end of the year. The airline had previously set that goal for the end of 2018. The 747 has been […]

Piper Aircraft announced plans to build 50 Archers for its Beijing-based dealer, China Air Shuttle. The fleet of aircraft will be manufactured and certified at Piper’s Vero Beach, Florida, facility, then shipped to China to be reassembled by China Air Shuttle’s affiliate company in Rizhao, Shandong Province, China. China Air Shuttle will begin to take […]

If you, like many pilots, have one of Garmin’s latest glass avionics products installed in your panel or are considering an upgrade, you may want to consider a training course to learn the ins and outs of operating the systems. Garmin recently announced dates for in-classroom training programs for its latest panel-mounted equipment at its […]

Both UAV novices and experts are invited to enroll in the upcoming Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) online course created to bring students one step closer to better understanding where a drone, as well as the drone operator, can safely fit into the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). The course begins February 6 and runs through […]

Joseph Sorota, who died last week in Singer Island, Florida, was a guy few people might recognize when they first hear his name. But Sorota’s role within a secret GE engineering team known as the “Hush-Hush Boys” helped the Allies win World War II. More people might remember Royal Air Force officer Frank Whittle, the […]

Pilots operating under Part 91 who have held an FAA medical certificate within the past 10 years will soon have an alternative, voluntary means to certify they are healthy enough to fly, the agency announced today. The FAA said it supports the new rule called BasicMed because it “will simplify our regulations and keep general […]