Aviation News

A helicopter pilot is facing possible jail time for rescuing an injured hunter in New Zealand back in 2014. Dave Armstrong, Kaikoura Helicopters director and pilot, performed the search and rescue mission while his license was suspended for a medical issue, according to a report by stuff.co.nz. The hunter, identified as Scott Lee, fell in […]

André Borschberg — the pilot who broke the record for longest unrefueled solo flight — recalled the experience of flying the Si2 over the Pacific and discussed the future of Solar Impulse during his keynote speech at the Polyurethanes Technical Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Monday. On the horizon: a wrap on the round-the-world trip […]

An American Airlines copilot safely landed an Airbus A320 in Syracuse, New York, yesterday after the captain became ill and died on the scheduled flight from Phoenix to Boston. American Flight 550 left Phoenix at 11:55 p.m. local time Sunday with 147 passengers onboard and diverted mid-flight, landing shortly after 7 a.m. EDT on Monday. […]

Last month one of the most popular Unlimited National Championship Air Races airplanes, Precious Metal, caught fire as pilot Thom Richard was on his way to the annual pilgrimage to the Nevada desert outside Reno for a week of hardcore pylon racing. While Richard escaped unharmed, Precious Metal suffered major damage as a result of […]

Diamond Aircraft has shared exclusive details with Flying of a hybrid-electric tiltrotor project it is embarking on with an unnamed major industrial partner, which the Austrian light aircraft maker says could become a certified reality within seven years. Diamond founder and CEO Christian Dries revealed to Flying artist concepts of the four-rotor, VTOL craft, which […]

Chuck Aaron announced on Instagram that he is retiring from flying the Red Bull helicopter, a Messerschmitt-Bölkow Blohm BO-105 modified to withstand the rigors of aerobatic flight. In his 10-year tenure with Red Bull, Aaron has performed about 250 airshows. His last show will be at the Red Bull Air Race at the Las Vegas […]

Doc’s Friends, a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring one of the last-known airworthy B-29s (the only currently being FIFI), has started a crowdfunding campaign to return Doc to the skies. Although Doc hasn’t flown in 60 years, the organization anticipates that he’ll be airborne by the end of this year. The B-29 recently conducted its […]

On the cusp of the September 30 deadline, the “Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015” bill passed in the Senate on September 29 and has moved to President Obama to be signed into law. Buying time for a longer-term reauthorization package, the new measure will extend the FAA’s funding through March 31, 2016. The […]

AOPA has released the dates and locations for its 2016 Fly-Ins. “We’ve been overwhelmed by the success of the AOPA Fly-Ins, so we’re excited to bring them to brand new locations, with new seminars, social events and activities for 2016,” said Mark Baker, AOPA’s president. The Fly-In concept was introduced in 2014 as a regional […]

You may have read about the restoration of the Windecker Eagle, the first composite airplane to be designed and certified under Part 23 regulations. The Windecker team says the airplane should be ready to fly this month and Wei Hang, the Chinese entrepreneur who commissioned the restoration, has decided to start up production for the […]