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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 […]

The pilot of a Cirrus SR22 is safe after successfully ditching the Cirrus he was flying 250 miles short of Maui. Details are still sparse, but a Cirrus Aircraft representative told Flying that the pilot was ferrying the airplane from the West Coast of the United States to Australia when the ditching occurred. Flight tracking […]

Safety seminars bring awareness to topics that can help you fly more safely, and it is well worth your time to attend them. But it is not always convenient to get to local safety meetings. So in order to bring safety-related information and live discussions about safety topics to a greater number of pilots, a […]

This week, less than two years after Diamond Aircraft announced its intent to bring a turbine powered DA50 to market, the Austrian company embarked on the first flight of the airplane that has been named the DA50-JP7. Diamond Aircraft CEO Christian Dries was one of two test pilots on the first flight, which launched from […]

Four months after the crash of a Daher-Socata TBM 900 in the Caribbean Sea, the wreckage of the airplane and bodies of Larry and Jane Glazer were recovered off the coast of Jamaica on Monday. The wreckage was found in the water about two miles deep, according to the couple’s family. Glazer, the pilot and […]

A number of general aviation’s most influential lobbying groups have come out in strong support of Terrafugia’s request for an exemption to LSA weight and stall speed limits for the company’s developmental flying car. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association, Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association and Experimental Aircraft Association all submitted formal comments to the FAA supporting […]

Flying the Feathered Edge, a new documentary film on the life of aviation legend Bob Hoover, is now available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The 86-minute documentary, produced, directed and edited by Kim Furst, includes interviews with Harrison Ford, Carroll Shelby, Burt Rutan, Dick Rutan, Medal of Honor Recipient Col. Bud Day, Gene Cernan, Clay […]

Aviation industry leaders were honored on Friday night at the 12th Annual Living Legends of Aviation dinner gala at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, hosted by actor and pilot John Travolta whose question for the evening was “Are you jet happy?” Among others, two general aviation leaders were honored at the event. The […]