Aviation News

In the past month, Preston Allen, a 24-year-old pilot dreaming of a professional pilot career, has done something most people in the aviation would consider improbable. Atlanta-based flight instructor Dan Gryder found a way to get Allen a whole slew of ratings, including a Cessna Citation CE-550S second-in-command (SIC) type rating, all within the span […]

Are we witnessing the dawn of a kinder, gentler Federal Aviation Administration? Saying it is seeking to challenge the safety status quo, the FAA is adopting a new “compliance philosophy” designed to cut pilots and aircraft operators a break for honest mistakes as part of what is being described as an agency-wide push to identify […]

As industry watchers warn that as many as a million recreational drones will be sold this holiday season, lawmakers in Washington criticized FAA officials at a hearing on Wednesday for missing a deadline to issue new safety regulations to deal with the potential hazard they pose for air traffic. The FAA missed a deadline last […]

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 […]