Bertrand Piccard, one of the two founders of Solar Impulse, has completed the fifth leg of the pioneering journey in Si2, landing early Tuesday morning at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in China. The leg from Mandalay, Myanmar, to Chongqing was a marathon of epic proportions, taking Piccard 20 hours and 29 minutes to complete. At […]
Airlines and aviation safety regulators around the world are considering a range of measures intended to prevent another tragedy like the one witnessed in the French Alps last week when a packed Germanwings jetliner crashed with its copilot at the controls. German prosecutors say the 28-year-old pilot Andreas Lubitz apparently crashed the Airbus A320 intentionally […]
A new solar-electric aircraft has entered commercial production and is getting ready for its first delivery. Named the Silent Falcon, the UAS is produced by Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Silent Falcon UAS Technologies (SFUAS), a former subsidiary of Bye Aerospace, which specializes in alternative energies for aviation application that is also involved with Aero Electric Aircraft […]
The pilot, 58, was a hotel owner in the northwest England town of Chester. Although he did not fly professionally, he held commercial licenses for both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. In 2002 he had replaced his first airplane, a 160 hp fixed-gear Socata Tampico, with a 1970 Cessna 310, which he flew for 300 hours […]
The FAA has eased the arduous COA (Certificate of Waiver or Authorization) application required for commercial UAS operators, allowing for what the FAA calls a “blanket” 200-foot COA. What this means is that any drone operators who hold a Section 333 exemption can fly below 200 feet agl without having to go through the previously […]
College students around the world are putting their aerodynamic prowess to work in their attempts to become the world’s top paper airplane creator through Red Bull’s international Paper Wings competition. Tens of thousands of competitors from Singapore to Sydney to Los Angeles and many other cities are joining in the challenge, which judges paper airplanes […]
Lease terms at Santa Monica Airport were at the center of discussion during a contentious Santa Monica City Council meeting this week — a topic that drew large crowds of airport supporters and opponents alike. About 125 people signed up to speak at the meeting and, as is often the case when airport business is […]
As the FAA struggles to meet key NextGen goals, some House Republicans are pushing to privatize parts of the nation’s ATC system as a way to rein in costs and boost efficiency. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) said private enterprise can do a better job than the FAA of handling the […]
Earlier this month Pakistani military leaders released statements commending engineers for developing an “indigenous” drone that’s strikingly reminiscent of the popular Long-EZ homebuilt designed by Burt Rutan in the 1970s. Officials say the UAV, called the Burraq, fired a laser-guided missile during testing a few weeks ago, constituting a first for the Middle Eastern country. […]
The president of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has responded directly to a claim by the Regional Airline Association (RAA) that a severe pilot shortage is brewing, saying there is no lack of qualified pilots in America — but there is a “pay shortage” at regionals that could lead to a pilot shortage in […]
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