Aviation News

Will we soon be seeing fully TSO compliant battery-powered ADS-B Out transceivers that are approved by the FAA for the 2020 equipment mandate? Yes, we will. But don’t get too excited just yet. Unfortunately you probably won’t be permitted to install the gear in the airplane you fly. That’s because under the new TSO guidance […]

Garmin has announced the release of a product for the Experimental market that automatically brings airplanes back to a safe flight attitude if they go beyond certain pitch, bank and airspeed limits. The Electronic Stability and Protection (ESP) concept has already been available in certified airplanes for some time, but now (ESP-X) is also available […]

A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter assigned to the Army National Guard in Hammond, Louisiana, crashed near Eglin Air Force Base, about 40 miles east of Pensacola, Florida, during a routine training mission on Tuesday evening. Seven marines and four crewmembers from the Marine Special Operations Regiment from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, were on board the helicopter […]

Solar Impulse 2 set a distance record for solar-powered aircraft after flying almost 800 nautical miles from Oman to India on the first leg of its around-the-world journey. Si2 landed yesterday in Ahmedabad, India, with Solar Impulse project chairman and pilot Bertrand Piccard at the controls. It was the longest point-to-point distance ever flown by […]

Three French sports stars were among 10 people killed on Monday when two helicopters collided in northwest Argentina during filming for a reality TV show. The sports stars, all well-known in their home country, included Florence Arthaud, who in 1990 set a record for sailing across the Atlantic alone; champion swimmer Camille Muffat, who won […]

Harrison Ford is expected to remain in the hospital for at least another week after reportedly suffering a broken pelvis, broken ankle and gashes on his face following last Thursday’s forced landing of the Ryan PT-22 he was piloting onto a golf course near Santa Monica Airport in southern California. According to an ATC audio […]

Aircraft manufacturers and pilots alike are strengthening their call for a ban on large lithium battery shipments, according to a paper acquired by The Associated Press. The document mentions that recent FAA tests have illustrated the fire danger posed by bulk lithium battery shipments, which can at times include up to tens of thousands of […]

Honeywell is partnering with OneWeb, a startup satellite company founded by a group of former Google execs and backed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Qualcomm, to bring broadband Internet service to aircraft anywhere in the world — and maybe even the airplane you fly. Planned to make its commercial debut about four years from […]

Exactly one year after Malaysia Airlines MH370 disappeared with 239 people aboard, sparking worldwide speculation about what happened to the Boeing 777, Malaysian investigators have released their first comprehensive report on the flight. The 585-page report provides little new insight into the circumstances behind the disappearance but offers extensive details depicting the mass confusion and […]

Abingdon Co. officially unveiled its latest women’s watch, Katherine, last week at the Women in Aviation Conference in Dallas, Texas. The new watch has a patent-pending feature that is sure to delight women pilots and is likely to intrigue some male pilots, too. The company’s founder, Chelsea “Abingdon” Welch, said that with all the new […]