Aviation News

Leaders in business aviation are gearing up for the most important industry event of the year, the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, which kicks off Tuesday. Organizers expect about 27,000 industry professionals to attend the three-day conference in Orlando, Florida. As always, presentations and seminars will be given on the state of the industry, […]

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Articulating airfoils, or folding wings, are nothing new to aviation. They’ve been used for decades as an efficiency tool to help store multiple airplanes in a small space. But NASA thinks a new airfoil known as the Spanwise Adaptive Wing (SAW) could fold an aircraft’s wings in flight, creating huge efficiencies but without the use […]

Gulfstream announced Friday its plans to cease production of the G450 as the company prepares to launch the highly anticipated G500. Marking an end to one of the company’s most iconic aircraft, the final Gulfstream 450 will be delivered to a customer in early 2018. Gulfstream also noted that the last G150 has been sold, […]

News of the death of legendary test pilot and aerobatics pioneer Bob Hoover this morning has brought grief to the aviation community. Hoover, known among his many fans as the “pilot’s pilot,” died at about 2 a.m. PT, according to reports. He was 94 years old. Hoover’s flying career began when he was a teenager. […]

Day two of Flying Aviation Expo in Palm Springs, California, is off to a great start, with lots to do and see at the show. Today’s lineup features talks by NTSB member Earl Wheener, noted aviation educator Rod Machado and George Bye, creator of the all-electric Sun Flyer. Tonight at 6:30, Expo attendees will enjoy live […]

Flying Aviation Expo officially welcomed attendees to a new show site for this year at the Palm Spring International Airport in Southern California. More than 30 general aviation airplanes are on display today through Saturday amid dozens of educational seminars, exhibits inside the hangars at the airport and parties in the evenings at the Palm […]

Santa Monica city officials will allow local FBOs Atlantic Aviation and American Flyers to continue their operations. At least for now. The interim agreement stretches to November 4, a week and a half after an October 25 city council meeting in which the city will discuss a pending agreement with the FAA, the Los Angeles […]

Travelers in Southern California may have noticed arriving and departing aircraft are flying a bit closer together these days. It’s not a mistake but rather part of the FAA’s aircraft re-categorization (RECAT) recently implemented in the region. Specifically, the newest RECAT II program allows tighter separation between the most common aircraft in the area, but […]

Not to be outdone after creating a mere human-powered helicopter a few years ago, a number of University of Maryland undergrad students from the A. James Clark School of Engineering on August 26 successfully launched the Solar Gamera, a solar-powered helicopter. First flights, which you can watch below, took place on the engineering fields of […]