Aviation News

The National Transportation Safety Board in a statement said it is transferring the lead for the investigation of Tuesday’s crash of a Piper Seneca in East Hartford, Connecticut, to the FBI. The NTSB said its initial investigation indicated the crash, in which the aircraft clipped power lines and burst into flames on a busy city […]

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) today announced the opening of the fifth GAMA/Build A Plane Aviation Design Challenge. The annual competition uses aviation topics as methods to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills among U.S. high school students. As an incentive, GAMA said the first 100 high schools entering the competition receive […]

In anticipation of the delivery of its first flying car in 2018, PAL-V this week announced the opening of the first-ever flying car school in North America. With pre-sales of the PAL-V Liberty flying car coming to a close this year, the company will soon commence flight training for clients, establishing numerous flying car schools […]

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Textron Aviation began the week on uplifting news of Saturday’s successful 2-hour and 2-minute first flight of the company’s new Longitude super midsize business jet. The Longitude, announced four and a half years ago and unveiled at last year’s NBAA Convention in Las Vegas, departed Beech Field on the east side of Wichita, with experimental […]

Arthur Rosen decided to add ADS-B to the 62-year-old V-Tail Bonanza he’s been flying the past 20 years, taking advantage of the FAA’s $500 rebate program along the way. Rosen told Flying that although installation of the new Appareo Stratus ESGi equipment went pretty smoothly, certifying the equipment hasn’t gone well at all. At press […]

AOPA’s final Fly-In for the year in Prescott, Arizona, became a huge success. Five hundred sixty-five aircraft flew in for the event, and a record number of attendees, right around 6,300, walked the flight line to attend seminars on a variety of topics, visit exhibitors and watch a miniature airshow featuring Melissa Andrzejewski, Skip Stewart […]

Good weather and a beautiful setting in Arizona at the Ernest A. Love Field in Prescott, where the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has one of two main campuses, became the perfect recipe for a record-breaking AOPA Fly-In this weekend. This was the final fly-in for the year, the third year AOPA has done its regional shows. […]

Space-exploration geeks with an idea to help NASA someday send vehicles to Mars and beyond are being sought by the space agency. NASA recently issued a call to U.S. citizens in private industry, academia and other government agencies for white papers that address a number of future space exploration challenges. Called the iTech Initiative, NASA’s […]

Flying Aviation Expo will likely keep attendees busy with more than enough aircraft-centric events and exhibits, but those looking to wind down and class things up will have to look no further than the Palm Springs Aviation Museum, where America’s Got Talent finalist Sal Valentinetti will perform live to cap off the weekend. The 21-year-old […]