Aviation News

Beechcraft King Air 250 customers can now add the Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line Fusion touch screen suite after the system achieved type certification for the twin turboprop. The introduction came only two months after Textron Aviation made its announcement that the King Air would transition to the new avionics platform. Pro Line Fusion can be […]

It’s one thing to survive a plane crash, but if your emergency locator transmitter is damaged or fails to activate, rescuers might never find you. Studies show that ELTs often fail to send out signals in crashes, so NASA decided to tackle the issue by dropping a Cessna 172 to the concrete from a height […]

The WingX Pro7 aviation app has added a feature that could come in handy next week as aviation enthusiasts descend on Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for the annual EAA AirVenture. With thousands of general aviation airplanes flying in, the AirVenture Oshkosh NOTAM is an extensive document designed to keep pilots safe as they fly in to the […]

Calling it an “agonizing decision for the company,” Piper Aircraft announced plans to layoff up to 150 workers in Vero Beach, Florida, in response to economic instability in “several key regions around the world” including Europe, Latin America and Asia. Piper’s announcement in a press release issued Wednesday morning said, “As a direct result of […]

The Solar Impulse team has decided to throw in the towel for this year, grounding the Si2 until the spring of 2016. As we reported earlier this week, the batteries of the all-solar-powered airplane overheated during the non-stop, nearly 118-hour flight over the Pacific Ocean, causing irreversible damage that prevented the si2 from continuing its […]

Cats and dogs will probably never live together in true harmony, but at least ForeFlight Mobile app users can now wirelessly link to their Garmin cockpit avionics after an announcement that is being described by the companies as a “groundbreaking collaboration.” ForeFlight has long sought to tap into the market for Garmin panel avionics connectivity, […]

As we race inexorably toward the week of Oshkosh to partake in the bounty that is the greatest airshow of the year there are some tangible signs that general aviation is poised for a return to real, honest-to-goodness growth. For starters, the first Icon A5 light sport amphibian will be handed over to its new […]

Some surprising findings are highlighted in the National Transportation Safety Board accident report detailing what went horribly wrong in the skies over Afghanistan in May 2013, when a National Airlines Boeing 747 cargo plane climbing out after takeoff suddenly rolled over and plummeted into the ground, sending up a massive fireball. The dramatic accident was […]

John Kounis, editor of aviation magazine Pilot Getaways, died suddenly this week at his home in Glendale, California. Kounis was an avid pilot with several thousand hours of flight time and the proud owner of a Cessna 185. During his exciting career, he visited more than 50 countries in a variety of general aviation airplanes. […]

Certified flight instructors now have a new option for renewing their annual Transportation Security Administration requirement through King Schools. TSA Security Awareness Training for CFIs is a free course designed to help flight instructors with the recurrent TSA training in the year between the Flight Instructor Refresher Course (FIRC), which includes the required training. The […]