Aviation News

The first Chinese-built Mooney rolled out of the factory in central China’s Henan province last week, officially turning the page on an important new chapter for the 85-year-old light airplane manufacturer. Wearing an eye-catching gray, white and red paint scheme, the first Chinese Mooney, an M20TN Acclaim Type S model, is one of 17 airplanes […]

A seven-year-old girl who survived the crash of a Piper Seneca that killed four of her family members on Friday is recovering from her injuries as her local community rallies to support her both financially and emotionally. Sailor Gutzler was flying with her family back home to Illinois from a Christmas holiday in Key West, […]

Gulfstream has selected an ADS-B Out avionics package from Garmin for the G150, offering worldwide NextGen air traffic control compliance for operators of the midsize business jet. The upgrade is being offered at Gulfstream’s service center in Dallas. It involves replacing the G150’s existing transponders with Garmin GTX 3000 Mode S Extended Squitter remote transponder […]

The United States Navy has deployed two San Diego, California-based combat ships to aid in the search and recovery efforts for AirAsia Flight QZ8501. Both ships will remain in the Java Sea until their assistance is no longer required by the Indonesian authorities, which are leading the efforts to locate the airplane and the 162 […]

After years of flight testing two versions of its solar-powered concept airplane, the Solar Impulse team is now well on its way to making the journey around the globe a reality. Si2 — the second version of the Solar Impulse — has been disassembled and loaded into the nose of a Cargolux Boeing 747 and […]

With an increasing number of UAS incidents including several reports of close calls with airplanes, the UAS industry has worked with the FAA to come up with a campaign that sheds some light on how drone operations can and should be conducted in order maximize safety in the sky. Named “Know Before You Fly,” the […]

Michael Raisch, a father in Jersey City, New Jersey, found a new way to bring his passion for flight to his 2-year-old daughter over the holidays. Alongside the Christmas tree in the family’s living room, Raisch built a Boeing 737-800 flight simulator, complete with an enclosed cockpit and several rows of seats that his daughter […]

Building your own airplane can be a daunting task and one of the trickiest parts is to properly assemble the avionics equipment and all the cables that go with it. Aircraft Spruce and Specialty Company has just started a program that makes this work much easier. The company’s harness assembly shop offers services ranging from […]

While Icon Aircraft recently conducted a series of flights where the company’s CEO, Kirk Hawkins, tested the water handling characteristics and maneuverability of the A5 amphibious LSA, the company has started establishing a flight training program for the two-seat airplane. As Icon finalizes the FAA approval process for the A5 in anticipation for the first […]

A second day of searching for the AirAsia Airbus A320-200 that went missing while en route from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore turned up empty on Monday, prompting officials to downplay hopes of finding the airplane. Flight QZ8501, carrying 162 people, disappeared around 7:30 a.m. Singapore time while flying over the Java Sea. […]