Aviation News

Avidyne introduced an ADS-B In datalink receiver designed to display traffic and weather information on the avionics maker’s IFD540 and IFD440 touchscreen navigators as well as EX600, EX500 and EX5000 multifunction displays. The MLB100 receiver presents FIS-B weather information, including Nexrad radar and TFRs, through a free service provided by the FAA over ADS-B’s 978 […]

The FAA says it has restored full air traffic operations at Chicago Center after a fire damaged computer systems more than two weeks ago. Service was restored early Monday after the September 26 fire at the Chicago En Route Center in Aurora, Illinois, which officials say was intentionally set by a disgruntled contract employee. ATC […]

Gulfstream this morning revealed the company’s future direction with the official unveiling of a new family of technologically sophisticated business jets, the clean-sheet G500 and G600 models. Resembling the flagship G650 in outward appearance, the new airplanes feature a long list of surprising changes and improvements inside and out. Both will fly with versions of […]

A fire tore through 14 hangar bays and destroyed several GA airplanes on Monday night at Grove Field in Camas, Washington, near the border with Portland, Oregon. Officials said no one was hurt when the fire broke out in the airport’s E Hangar, but damage to airplanes was expected to reach into the millions of […]

Some pilots who obtained their pilot certificates near Fresno, California, in 2012 and 2013 will get a rude surprise as the FAA has released a notice indicating that it is sending U.S. Code § 44709 letters to pilots who received their ratings during that time period from a designated pilot examiner (DPE) named Bruce Kalashian. […]

At the CitationJet Pilots Conference in Greenbrier, West Virginia, light jet mod specialist Sierra Industries announced its Sapphire Program, which it calls a “comprehensive suite of improvements” for Cessna CitationJets, from the original through the CJ1+. At the heart of the program are two major changes. The Williams engines will be swapped out for the […]

Gulfstream added a new jet to its fleet of certified airplanes this week after the FAA gave the green light to the ultra-long-range Gulfstream G650ER. The G650ER, first announced in May, brings even longer legs to an airplane that already set the gold standard for its combination of speed and range. The new G650ER can […]

The sole pilot aboard an S-2T died on Tuesday when the air tanker crashed during a firefighting mission at Yosemite National Park. The pilot has been identified as 62-year-old Geoffrey “Craig” Hunt. The FAA said the airplane went down “under unknown circumstances,” but a California Highway Patrol officer who witnessed the crash says the airplane […]

Imagine blasting past the pylons over Reno at 440 mph in your highly modified Rolls-Royce Griffon-powered P-51 Mustang race plane when suddenly — engine failure! You immediately pitch up, trading airspeed for altitude as you scan for the runway. There it is! Feather the prop, bank hard left and head for the ribbon of black […]

The North American P-51 Mustang is possibly the most highly revered airplane ever created, and several companies have released look-alikes of the classic warbird. The most recent addition to the Mustang stable comes from FK-Lightplanes — a Polish company that produces LSAs and aerobatic airplanes. Its SW51 recently took to the skies for the first […]