Aviation News

Willie Rogers, the oldest remaining member of the Tuskegee Airmen, has died at 101 years old. Rogers, a master sergeant in the first African-American military aviation squadron, died Friday evening from complications of a stroke, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Family members told the Times that Rogers wasn’t one to boast about his military […]

At an event hosted at Clay Lacy Aviation’s brand new facility at the Van Nuys Airport in Van Nuys, California, a crowd of hundreds of aviation enthusiasts gathered to celebrate the life of famed military, test and airshow pilot R. A. Bob Hoover. Masters of ceremonies Sean D. Tucker and Danny Clisham encouraged the crowd […]

Residents of Washington might soon have a chance to support and show off their love of aviation if a new license plate is approved by the state’s Legislature. The Washington State Aviation Alliance has created a petition for Washington residents to sign in support of the specialty plate, which WSAA says will bring attention to […]

In aviation circles, the story of former Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Elaine Harmon’s remains being moved to Arlington National Cemetery last September was a big deal. It meant America’s memorial resting place for veterans was finally open to everyone who served, including the more than 20,000 women who flew as WASPs during World War […]

Lightspeed has introduced a new leather bag into its Adventure Flight Bag Collection, of which each bag is named for aviation authors. The DeLaurentis bag is named after aviation adventurer and author Robert DeLaurentis who recently released a book called Zen Pilot: Flight of Passion and the Journey Within. It is the smallest in the […]

The National Transportation Safety Board took a giant leap forward last week in effort to remind pilots of the limits to the see and avoid concept, the primary method of avoiding midair collisions. The Board released a series of animations created from the pilot’s view in the cockpit from three of the four aircraft involved […]

Cessna Aircraft today announced its selections for the 2017 Top Hawk program, a partnership that provides each chosen university with a new Skyhawk 172 to use in flight training, recruiting efforts and promotional activities. This year’s Top Hawk university partners are Eastern Kentucky, Ohio State, Auburn, Southern Illinois Carbondale and Louisiana Tech. “These universities are […]

Santosh Mathan, an engineer with Honeywell Aerospace, has developed what seems to delve into the realm of total science fiction — a system that allows a person to fly an airplane using only his or her thoughts. Wired‘s Jack Stewart had an opportunity to try the system in a King Air C90 and was visibly […]

Almost from the moment it was clear that Donald Trump would be the 45th president of the United States, the FAA, in cooperation with the Secret Service, put into place a temporary flight restriction around Trump Tower, where the president-elect will live before moving into the White House in January. The trouble was the TFR, […]

In the wake of the recent Republican sweep of government in the United States, a change in the White House is expected to refocus energy on the topics that have been plaguing air traffic control in the nation for decades, such as an inconsistent funding stream and the snail’s pace of many capital improvement projects. […]