Aviation News

More than three weeks after the Solar Impulse Si2 was forced to abort its Pacific Ocean crossing due to weather and make an unplanned landing in Nagoya, Japan, the airplane still has not moved. Hopes were high on Tuesday as the team saw a window of good weather and planned to launch. André Borschberg was […]

The leaders of two of aviation’s most powerful lobbying associations are aligning in vocal opposition to a plan by the head of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to introduce legislation aimed at paying for future ATC services through user fees. Mark Baker, president of AOPA, and Ed Bolen, head of the National Business Aviation […]

Avidyne has received FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval and an Approved Model List Supplemental Type Certificate (AML-STC) for the IFD440 touchscreen GPS/navcom, a smaller version of the IFD540 certified last year that is designed as a slide-in replacement for the Garmin GNS430. Avidyne also announced the availability of Version 10.1 software for the IFD540, […]

Who knew Tom Hanks was such an aviation buff? The Academy Award-winning actor, who is set to play Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger on the big screen in Clint Eastwood’s upcoming biopic about the 2009 “Miracle on the Hudson” ditching, will also be busy producing an HBO miniseries based on the new David McCullough book “The […]

The final harrowing moments of a deadly midair collision were captured on video on Sunday after a Cessna 185 floatplane collided with a Cessna 172 in Alberta, Canada. The pilot of the stricken 185 made an emergency landing at the airport in Fort McMurray, flipping over after touching down in the damaged plane. Two occupants […]

In order to offer the popular Carbon Cub with the experimental gross weight limit to pilots who don’t want to build the entire Carbon Cub EX-2 kit, CubCrafters is now offering a quick build program. CubCrafters’ Carbon Cub FX builder assist program involves the customer in the construction of steel, composite and aluminum parts in […]

Two exceptional pilots, participants in the Red Bull Air Race, have completed a stunt that you definitely would not want to try at home. Paul Bonhomme and Steve Jones, both from Great Britain, flew their Xtreme Air XA41 race planes through a hangar in North Wales. “There is nothing that quite compares to that feeling […]

Cats have been known to take naps in all kinds of places. But one cat got the surprise of a lifetime when it woke up inside the wing of an ultralight as the aircraft took off. Imagine the surprise of the pilot when he saw the feline emerge at the wingroot. The astonished look on […]

On Sunday unknown cyber attackers breached the flight planning computers of Polish carrier LOT at Warsaw’s Chopin International Airport, prompting LOT to cancel 10 flights. At this time, it seems as though the attack targeted the ground-based computers of LOT, including dispatch computers, rendering them temporarily unusable. LOT reports that its computers are once again […]

The highly anticipated Icon A5 has completed an FAA audit that will allow the start of full production of the sleek amphibian. Icon plans to deliver its first customer airplane next month at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This week, Flying had the opportunity to fly the A5. Look for the full report in an […]