Aviation News

Alaska Airlines this week flew a cross-country flight on a newly developed biofuel made from discarded tree limbs and wood scraps from forest projects in the Pacific Northwest. The company said Monday’s flight using the 20 percent biofuel blend emitted 70 percent less carbon dioxide than conventional petroleum jet fuel. The flight took a Boeing […]

The FAA this week granted a supplemental type certificate (STC) for installation of Garmin’s GTX 345 ADS-B In/Out and the GTX 335 ADS-B Out transponders on more than 60 models of helicopter. The approval is expected to provide a simplified path to ADS-B certification for aircraft on the Part 27 approved model list (AML). Both […]

There has been a lot of talk of supersonic airplanes of late, with Aerion developing a Mach 1.5 bizjet and NASA working on new technologies to make supersonic flight quieter. Now a new supersonic commercial passenger jet named Boom is emerging. The Denver-based team is targeting a top speed of Mach 2.2, Mach 0.2 faster […]

The NTSB this week released its 2017-18 “Most Wanted” list of transportation safety improvements, with general aviation issues chief among them. The Board also announced it will begin issuing the list every two years instead of annually, stating “the change allows more time for the transportation industry, safety advocates, regulatory agencies and individuals to effect […]

In recently released details for its Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) strategy for the airspace above the U.S., the FAA has provided insights into the how it will make necessary system changes, in addition to why. PBN defines the accuracy, availability and integrity of the satellite signals used to create the nation’s future navigation system by eliminating […]

Doc’s Friends continues to conduct flight tests to satisfy the FAA’s flight requirements to be able to bring the airplane on tour. The organization’s media relations and communications liaison Josh Wells said the airplane has flown more than 10 hours since it first took the skies in July after decades of restorative work. Wells said […]

Although loss of control accidents have declined on the commercial side of U.S. air transportation, the data shouldn’t lull pilots of any size aircraft into believing the top cause of fatal accidents around the world has been reined in, a point demonstrated when the pilots of a chartered Hawker 700 lost control of their aircraft […]

Today could potentially go down as a very big day for the future of supersonic passenger flight. Denver, Colorado-based Boom Technology has unveiled its XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator, a 1/3-scale version of the company’s supersonic airliner. The demonstrator is expected to fly next year. The full-scale airplane, expected to take flight in 2020, has targeted top […]

With the 2016 elections behind us, U.S. general aviation leaders are now left to mull what a new presidential administration and Congress could mean for their industry. A new Congress will take up where the last left off and debate the controversial ATC privatization plan that caused a stalemate between the House and Senate this […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: The “Trump TFR” over New York City has been amended by the FAA to reopen a portion the Hudson River Corridor on the western side of the river. The improbable election of Donald J. Trump as the next president of the United States wasn’t the only surprise following the seismic events of Tuesday […]