Aviation News

Hannes Arch, one of the select few pilots in the world to fly in the highly technical Red Bull Air Race series, died yesterday in a helicopter accident in the Austrian Alps. On Thursday evening Arch, who was an avid mountaineer, was flying a Robinson R66 helicopter from the Elberfelderstraße hut, a mountain hut located […]

Ahead of the 2020 ADS-B mandate, ATP Flight School has selected L-3’s Lynx NGT-9000 touch-screen transponder as an ADS-B solution for 100 of its 250 training aircraft for students preparing for airline careers. The Lynx units will be delivered through the rest of this year in ATP’s fleet of Piper and Cessna twin- and single-engine […]

There apparently are many people who want to own and operate a business airplane, but who pass on the opportunity because of the cost, the paperwork, or simply because they know they’ll never use the airplane enough to justify all the work or the money they’ll spend. Partners in Aviation (PIA) and the PIA Co-Ownership […]

Icon Aircraft will christen a new factory in Tijuana, Mexico, to produce composite airframes for the A5 light sport amphibian, Kirk Hawkins, founder and CEO of the California company, told Flying. Outside suppliers had been tasked with producing composite airframe components for the A5 until Icon decided in May to bring the work in house. […]

Some big changes are coming to this year’s Flying Aviation Expo, but one thing that won’t change is the abundance of educational seminars and panels featuring leaders from around the industry. One of the highlights is sure to be the first-ever live debate between Flying magazine contributor John King and AOPA Pilot‘s Rod Machado, who […]

The TriFan 600 project, currently in development by Denver-based XTI Aircraft, has reached an agreement with Primary Capital LLC for Series B financing totaling $20 million. This batch of funds should give investors some peace of mind when putting up their money toward the developmental VTOL aircraft. The investments are offered to accredited investors — […]

The FAA will begin redesigning the Southern California Metroplex airspace as soon as November, replacing dozens of existing conventional air traffic control procedures with new satellite-based versions. The implementation green light follows the agency’s finding last week that the changes to the massive Metroplex airspace should have no significant impact on current or future operations. […]

With loss of control still the No. 1 cause of fatalities in commercial and general aviation, Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) in Mesa, Arizona, said last week that a college student, Chin-An Lin, had completed the company’s Upset Prevention and Recovery course. Chin-An, an international Aeronautical Science student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, received the training under […]

ForeFlight has released its latest version — ForeFlight 8 — which includes a few major modifications. The moving map feature has been recreated from the standard Sectional chart imagery to new global data-driven maps. The maps feature rapid-fire Continuous Zoom capabilities, providing a seamless transition as you zoom, and dynamic decluttering, which removes map features […]

Cessna Aircraft Company this week announced it will be the exclusive provider of new, non-complex single-engine trainers for Pan Am International Flight Academy. The companies signed a multiyear deal that includes sales of Cessna trainers, including the Skyhawk 172, as well as service support, parts discounts and training. Miami-based Pan Am International Flight Academy trains […]