Aviation News

The fight over Santa Monica Airport continues. This week, Atlantic Aviation, an FBO operating at the embattled airport, filed a Part 16 complaint with the FAA against the city of Santa Monica. The complaint documents a long history of the city’s efforts to reduce aircraft services and eventually close the historic airport. In March, the […]

The U.S. Army announced plans today to integrate Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) into its fixed-wing flight training program beginning March 2017. The training will be conducted at CAE’s new Dothan Training Center, currently under construction, at the Dothan Regional Airport in Alabama. Before that training can begin, however, approximately 18 CAE instructors must […]

The U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) said a recently completed analysis of fatal accidents that occurred between 2009 and 2013 will become the basis for a number of safety recommendations in addition to targeted community outreach efforts. Between 2016 and 2019, the USHST, an industry-government partnership, wants to see a reduction in fatal accidents. The […]

Boeing has teamed up with Swedish Saab AB, designer of the Gripen multi-mission fighter jet, to produce a military jet trainer designed to compete for the U.S. Air Force T-X contract. The contract is expected to include an order of at least 350 jets worth billions of dollars to replace more than 400 existing T-38 […]

AOPA President Mark Baker contacted NBC News to voice the association’s concern that the network’s coverage of a fatal crash in Georgia last week presents a skewed view of general aviation safety. According to a story on AOPA.org, the association told the network that its coverage of a midair collision that killed three people on […]

Pilots attending Flying Aviation Expo at the Palm Springs International Airport can obtain FAA WINGS credit at the show’s numerous safety seminars. Every attendee who participates in a minimum of three safety seminars at the show from October 20 to 22 will receive a certificate to complete the requirements for the knowledge portion of a […]

Engineered Propulsion Systems of Wisconsin has reached the final stage of design for its Graflight 8 diesel engine, freezing the design in preparation for certification. “That does not mean that we will not introduce new elements or refinements in the engine as technologies evolve in the future,” said EPS CEO Michael Fuchs. “Indeed, we have […]

The FAA last week decided it could not ignore the potential safety risks for owners of Samsung’s recently released Galaxy Note7 smartphones. Samsung has urged owners to return all of the 2.5 million Note7s in service because nearly three dozen of the devices have spontaneously burst into flame due to a problem with the phone’s […]

Despite the FAA’s early-August job-vacancy announcement seeking candidates to fill 1,400 trainee controller openings, an effort that netted the agency tens of thousands of applicants, the agency said it won’t overlook another possible pool of ATC experience. The agency took the somewhat unusual step last week of publishing a job announcement specifically aimed at men […]

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says the recurrent training air traffic controllers receive to teach them how to effectively deal with pilots in need of emergency assistance often falls considerably short of any acceptable standard. This is also not the first time the NTSB cited the FAA over inadequate controller training. In a Safety […]