Aviation News

A Cessna 414 carrying seven people on their way back from the NCAA Championship crashed in a farm field in central Illinois early Tuesday, killing everyone aboard. The twin-engine airplane was en route from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Bloomington, Illinois, when it went down approximately two miles east of its intended destination of Central Illinois Regional […]

The Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAFSoCal) based at the Camarillo Airport (CMA), is planning a major expansion expected to cost around $10 million. To kick off the construction of a new hangar facility, the organization has received a $1 million donation from local antenna and sensors manufacturers Si and Betty Robin, […]

First responders were not clear what type of aircraft they were searching for after several eyewitness reports indicated that a crash had occurred in the Tennessee River about 20 miles west of Florence, Alabama. Some reported seeing an airplane while others said it was a helicopter that disappeared yesterday in foggy conditions over the river. […]

Talk about a lucky landing. A pilot parachuted to safety onto the top of a hospital parking garage in downtown Reno, Nevada, on Sunday after an apparent encounter with severe mountain wave turbulence tore both the wings off his German-built Schleicher glider. Longtime glider enthusiast Bob Spielman was reportedly attempting to return to Minden-Tahoe Airport […]

Embraer reached a new milestone last week as it handed over the keys to the 100th Phenom produced at its Melbourne, Florida, facility to esteemed customer NetJets. The achievement comes less than five years after Embraer launched production of its Phenom line at its Florida facilities, which have continually expanded ever since and will soon […]

After several years’ hard work advocating for the continued and improved use of aviation in the backcountry, the Recreational Aircraft Foundation (RAF) has made great strides in Washington toward opening access to backcountry airstrips. RAF president John McKenna and public lands director Mark Spencer have established Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) documents with the U.S. Forest […]

If you’re planning on heading to Sun ‘n Fun in your seaplane to participate in the Seabird Splash-In, you will not like this story. The annual event, which takes place at Lake Agnes, located on the Fantasy of Flight property in Polk City, Florida, has been canceled. The event, which was scheduled for April 22 […]

Loss of control accounts for more than 40 percent of fixed-wing GA fatal accidents, a sobering statistic that has prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to put this danger on its “Most Wanted” list of safety improvements. Now, a group of flight instructors in the Washington, D.C. area is tackling the problem as well through […]

Training airplanes powered by fuel-efficient compression ignition diesel engines are catching on in a big way in China, where the burgeoning GA infrastructure favors jet-A fuel rather than 100LL avgas. In the latest move to diesel power, the Xinjiang Tianxiang Flight School in northwest China is doubling its fleet of Diamond DA40 trainers to 30 […]

David Gowan, a 57-year-old Mooney M20K pilot from North Dakota, had just reached 1,000 feet after taking off from Minnesota’s Hawley Municipal Airport on Tuesday when his engine quit. Searching for a landing spot, he spotted a clear area on Highway 10 and brought the airplane down. After touching down, however, the Mooney caught up […]