Aviation News

Most people know the term hypersonic, but few can probably define it. Hypersonic flight occurs when an object travels at speeds in excess of five times the speed of sound, or about 3,800 mph in dry air at sea level. At last month’s Forum on American Aeronautics held at the Mojave Air and Space Port, […]

The city of Santa Monica last week filed unlawful detainer lawsuits against American Flyers and Atlantic Aviation, the two major FBOs at the Santa Monica Airport. The FBOs received 30-day eviction notices in September but have continued their business operations. The city’s lawsuits were filed one day after Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Chalfant […]

The Recreational Aviation Foundation has published a booklet called Guide for the Private Airfield Owner. The guide was developed to provide information for private airstrip owners who are considering allowing others to use their airfield. The publication encourages owners to include their airstrips on Sectional charts and covers legal, liability, safety and legacy concerns that […]

The two-hour and 27-minute maiden flight of Canadian aircraft builder Bombardier’s new Global 7000 went off on Monday without a hitch. The first of the Global 7000 test aircraft departed Bombardier’s Toronto test facility with two pilots and one test engineer and allowed ample time for the crew to evaluate the airplane’s flight controls and […]

Aircraft recovery parachute maker BRS says more than 300 lives have been saved after pilots deployed the company’s system, one that gently returns an aircraft in distress back to earth. Cirrus reports more than 60 BRS deployments, many on the 3,600-pound SR22. Cirrus is also bringing a BRS parachute to the 6,000-pound SF50 Vision Jet. […]

Bombardier is busy making preparations for the first flight of its Global 7000 ultra-long-range business jet, which is expected to be completed by year’s end. The manufacturer is wrapping up ground taxi tests on a completed test airplane at its factory complex in Toronto, where initial flight tests will be made. The engines and APU […]

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Vacaville, California-based Icon Aircraft has opened a new training center in Tampa, Florida, where pilots and non-pilots can come and fly the Icon A5 amphibious light sport aircraft. The training center opened yesterday at the Peter O. Knight Airport in downtown Tampa. “Peter O. Knight Airport is the ideal base for this because of Florida’s […]

Iridium isn’t sure when SpaceX will be ready to launch the company’s Iridium Next satellites following the explosion of a Falcon 9 rocket on September 1 in Florida, but the company is moving swiftly forward to offer business aviation new airborne hardware that will enable subscribers to take advantage of the new constellation’s faster data […]

With the ADS-B mandate quickly approaching, Textron Aviation announced that its service centers are offering ADS-B retrofits for an expanding number of models. The manufacturer announced this week that it recently achieved certification for an ADS-B Out solution for the Cessna Citation Mustang. Earlier this year Textron Aviation issued 10 service bulletins for ADS-B equipment […]