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Charlotte, North Carolina-based FlyRight, a training provider for the Beechcraft King Air, has announced that it will expand its facilities and add seven full-motion simulators next year, an expansion that will allow the company to also include more airplane types to its training program. In addition to the new simulators, FlyRight will add additional training […]

Bad Elf, a maker of portable GPS receivers for the aviation market, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for the introduction of an ADS-B receiver that will sell for just $299 — but only if the startup’s $500,000 funding goal is met by the time the campaign ends in mid January. Capable of receiving ADS-B traffic […]

Airbus Helicopters successfully completed the first flight test of its high-compression diesel engine demonstrator aircraft at the Marignane Airport in Marignane, France. “The first result of the 30-minute flight confirms the advantages of new-technology high-compression piston engines for rotorcraft in offering reduced emissions, up to 50 percent lower fuel consumption depending on duty cycle, nearly […]

What’s being billed as a practical, all-electric airplane designed for aviation flight training markets reached its final assembly fit check in early November. Following avionics integration and a paint job, the aircraft will be transported to Centennial Airport for the construction of its electric power plant. Comprehensive pilot training systems through Redbird Flight Simulations are […]

A Turkish F-16 shot down a Russian Su-24 fighter bomber near the border with Syria on Tuesday after Turkish military officials said the airplane was repeatedly warned that it was violating Turkey’s airspace. Russian President Vladimir Putin reacted angrily to the incident, describing the shoot down as a “stab in the back, carried out by […]

Doug Hughes, the Florida mailman and gyrocopter pilot who landed on the Capitol lawn in April, has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of flying a gyrocopter without a license. Federal prosecutors had originally filed six charges against Hughes, who was at threat of serving as much as six years behind bars for the stunt. […]

With all function and reliability testing finished, Honda Aircraft Company announced that the HondaJet’s FAA certification is nearing completion. “Honda Aircraft will conclude testing with the FAA in a few days, which will pave the way for HondaJet type certification and entry into service,” Honda Aircraft Company president and CEO Michimasa Fujino said last week. […]

Sennheiser says it’s exiting the pilot headset market after the audio specialist failed achieve the sort of market penetration it targeted when it first started selling to the pilot market more than a decade ago. The German company says it will stop selling pilot headsets in February but will honor all warranties for headsets sold […]

Last week in Houston the public got a rare treat as the last three airworthy WB-57 airplanes took to the skies for a historic photo flight. It was the first time they had flown together since the 1970s. The three WB-57s took off from NASA’s Ellington Airport facility on Thursday for a formation flight around […]

NBAA 2015 is in the books after the doors closed for good yesterday on a show that featured an abundance of big news stories to go along with the big crowds. The National Business Aviation Association said more than 27,000 attendees visited the show, where 1,100 exhibitors occupied around a million square feet of space […]