Aviation News

In a Sunday editorial, the LA Times took on an aviation-education role for the public in the greater Los Angeles area by chastising the Santa Monica City Council as it attempts to “make the airport [Santa Monica] so inhospitable and difficult to use — essentially ‘starving’ the airport of services — that tenants leave and […]

During the investigation into the Gulfstream GIV accident at Bedford, Massachusetts, in May 2014, the NTSB discovered the accident crew failed to perform a pre-takeoff flight control check. Investigators also learned that crews of the accident aircraft had failed to perform a similar standard pre-takeoff control check prior to the previous 175 takeoffs. Now, a […]

In the past few years there has been much speculation about the future of the National Championship Air Races, held this year for the 53rd year in the desert outside Reno, Nevada, at the Reno-Stead Airport. There has been a significant drop in the number of Unlimited-Class air race airplanes that enter each year. These […]

On Oct. 20-22, general aviation lovers from around the world will gather at Palm Springs International Airport for Flying Aviation Expo. The weekend show will feature dozens of seminars, hands-on workshops and debates, led by high-profile speakers in the industry. The show kicks off with a keynote presentation by FAA senior advisor, UAS Integration, Marke […]

The upcoming Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo will offer more than just the latest in sport aircraft and exhibitors. Pilots visiting the annual Florida event early next year will have the opportunity to check off their medical exams on site and leave with a second or third class medical certificate. A senior aviation medical examiner […]

Bombardier’s popular Safety Standdown will celebrate its 20th year when the doors open Tuesday in Wichita, Kansas. The three-day conference will, as in past years, continue tackling the risks posed to aviation safety by everyday distractions. Safety Standdown often presents new perspectives on topics such as professionalism, crew resource management, aviation security, preventing collisions with […]

Rimowa, a maker of high-end suitcases in Germany that has been in business since the late 1800s, threw a lavish, Golden Age of Aviation-themed party at the Dubendorf Airfield outside Zurich, Switzerland, last Thursday to celebrate the official first flight of its replica Junkers F13 – famed for being the first all-metal commercial airplane. Flying […]

As is generally the case, there was much excitement this weekend in Reno as the National Championship Air Races celebrated its 53rd year of races around closed pylon courses in the beautiful desert landscape north of the Reno-Stead Airport. However, unlike most years, this year’s greatest thrill did not come from the Unlimited Class. The […]

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Only days after Atlantic Aviation, the major FBO at Santa Monica Airport, filed a Part 16 complaint against the city of Santa Monica, the city sent out 30-day notices to the FBO and American Flyers, a major flight school and fuel provider, to vacate their premises. The companies have been operating on a month-to-month basis […]