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Piper Aircraft has launched a new airplane in its single-engine M-class series called the M500. An upgraded Meridian turboprop model, the M500 brings Garmin G1000 avionics along with other new technologies to the six-seat airplane, which was first introduced in the early 1980s. In addition to the well-known benefits of the G1000 system, such as […]

In a sign of a rebounding market for light and midsize business jets, Textron Aviation reported higher delivery totals, revenue and profits at Cessna for the full year 2014 while also pointing to last year’s acquisition of Beechcraft as providing a major boost to the company’s bottom line. Textron Aviation delivered 159 Cessna business jets […]

The stall warning system aboard the AirAsia Airbus A320 that crashed near Indonesia after encountering violent storms in late December sounded moments after the jet began a steep ascent and continued for more than three minutes until the jetliner impacted the Java Sea, crash investigators say. Based on flight recorder data, investigators now know the […]

While spending time in transit, whether on a general aviation airplane or a commercial airliner, an increasing number of people are expecting to add to their potential productivity by having the availability of Wi-Fi. As a result, Routehappy, a company that provides information about airline services, has added new data regarding the availability and quality […]

The leaders of 14 aviation organizations sent a dire warning to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, telling him in a joint letter to do something now to bring down the costs of ADS-B compliance or risk seeing a “significant reduction” in general aviation activity when the ADS-B Out mandate takes effect on Jan. 1, 2020. Writing […]

Facing a backlash from pilots and aviation lobbying groups, the FAA has reversed course on a controversial medical policy that would have grounded overweight pilots until they underwent screening for obstructive sleep apnea. Under the revised policy pilots will be allowed to keep flying while being evaluated for the disorder. The FAA’s new medical screening […]

In reaction to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 last year and the crash of Air France Flight 447 in 2009, the National Transportation Safety Board has issued new recommendations for equipment on airliners that would enable searchers to locate missing aircraft more quickly. Among the recommendations, the NTSB is calling on the FAA […]

The case of the FAA vs. Raphael Pirker has finally come to an end with a settlement that reduces the videographer’s $10,000 fine to $1,100 after he was charged by the agency for flying his Zephyr drone recklessly to capture aerial shots of the University of Virginia in 2011. In court Pirker argued that the […]

As the trend toward diesel training aircraft continues to supplant traditional avgas fleets, Cochise College in Douglas, Arizona, has become the latest school to turn to jet-A pistons by ordering six RedHawk airplanes from Redbird Flight Simulations. Cochise College, which has been providing aviation training for more than four decades, says the decision to switch […]

Eleven people were killed and close to two dozen more injured on Monday when a Greek F-16 crashed shortly after takeoff during a NATO exercise in Albacete, Spain. The F-16 was taking off from Los Llanos Air Base around 3:30 p.m. local time when it crashed into a hangar housing French and Italian aircraft preparing […]