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While most pilots understand the inherent dangers of operating a motor vehicle — airplane included — while attempting to fire off a quick text message, the FAA says text-based ATC, also known as controller-pilot datalink communications (CPDLC), is the wave of the future and is taking hold at airports around the United States. The agency […]

Two female pilots from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s (ERAU) Daytona Beach campus, Emmy Dillon and Abbie Pasmore, last week snagged first-place honors in the collegiate division of the annual all-female Air Race Classic. This year marks the fourth in recent history that ERAU pilots have taken the top collegiate division honors. The 2,716-mile competition crisscrossed much […]

After years of anticipation and challenges, Bombardier delivered its first C Series commercial jet yesterday. In a ceremony at the company’s facility in Mirabel, Canada, in the outskirts of Montreal, Swiss International Air Lines accepted the first CS100, which is expected to go into service by mid-July and will gradually replace the airline’s fleet of […]

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Most pilots will tell you nothing quite beats the operational advantage of a set of eyeballs that are right up close and personal with aviation weather as it happens, especially when some region of the country is experiencing engaging phenomenon like convective or freezing conditions. For decades, a single pilot calling back to FSS or […]

To many AirVenture regulars, Jim Busha and Hal Bryan’s names might not immediately ring a bell. But their new book, EAA Oshkosh: The Best AirVenture Photography, called the “next best thing to being at AirVenture,” may bring back a few memories of past aviation shindigs. Although a book like EAA Oshkosh was a dream for […]

Cessna Aircraft Co. handed over the keys to a milestone Citation jet, the 7,000th one delivered by the Wichita, Kansas-based company. At a ceremony at the factory, Textron Aviation celebrated with the new owner of the recently certified Citation Latitude, NetJets. The fractional ownership company in turn responded with an extension of its already sizable […]

An air-travel ridesharing website that was shut down last year after a legal battle with the FAA is now taking its case to the nation’s highest court. Flytenow, an online service that paired private pilots with passengers to share flights in exchange for flight expenses such as fuel and fees, has asked the U.S. Supreme […]

It was a dramatic scene on the tarmac at Singapore’s Changi Airport on Monday when a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 caught fire moments after making an emergency landing. All 241 people on board the jetliner evacuated safely shortly after firefighters battled the blaze, which started near the right engine before growing out of control and […]

Dassault Aviation’s new flagship, the Dassault Falcon 8X, achieved European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification. FAA certification is expected in the coming weeks, with entry into service planned for this fall. Three aircraft were used in the flight test program, which totaled more than 830 hours on 400 flights. Those airplanes will now be used […]