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The FAA has selected four unleaded aviation fuels for testing at the William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the first phase of a government and industry initiative to begin phasing out leaded aviation gasoline as early as 2018. Shell and Total have each submitted one unleaded fuel for testing while […]

The pilot of the TBM 900 that crashed in the sea near Jamaica after straying hundreds of miles off course on Friday twice asked Atlanta Center for clearance to a lower altitude because of an unspecified problem, but the controller handling the flight apparently didn’t comprehend the seriousness of the emergency that was unfolding. Minutes […]

Since its entry into service in 1996, the Cessna Model 750 Citation X (it is not the letter “X” but the Roman numeral 10) has occupied a special place in the bizjet world. It put its number in the books as a sleek ­midsize jet that could rocket coast to coast in the United States […]

An unresponsive TBM 900 turboprop on a flight plan Friday from Rochester, New York, to Naples, Florida, triggered the North American Aerospace Defense Command to launch two F-15s in pursuit of the airplane after the pilot failed to respond to communications from air traffic control. Instead of making a turn toward the eastern coast of […]

On schedule and less than six months after the Cessna Citation CJ3+ was first announced, Textron Aviation today announced it has achieved FAA certification for the nine-seat business jet. This latest offering from Cessna is an upgrade to the CJ3, with a new avionics system and increased range capabilities. The CJ3+ is certified for single […]

The newest inductees into the Air Show Hall of Fame include familiar aerobatics performers who have been thrilling show crowds in familiar airplanes for many, many decades. Gene Soucy, Chuck Newcomb and the AeroShell Aerobatic Team will be formally recognized at the International Council of Air Shows Chairman’s Banquet on December 11 at the Rio […]

Altitude Group LLC has announced its intent to produce a new kit for a speedster called the P85. While no numbers have been released for the potential performance of the sleek composite airplane, the single-seat P85 is designed around a V8 Chevrolet engine that is capable of delivering as much as 400 hp. The P85 […]

In an FAA safety alert cautioning of temporary loss of heading and attitude display information in Garmin cockpits, the agency outlines steps Garmin has identified to prevent the issue from occurring. The safety alert for operators (SAFO) is directed at airplanes equipped with the GRS 77/77H attitude heading reference system (AHRS) installed as a key […]

A group of top-notch aerobatic pilots are gathered at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, getting ready to put on one of the most exciting aviation events in the world — the Red Bull Air Race — set for September 6 and 7. This year, in a first for the U.S., the pilots […]

A six-seat Piper PA-46 crashed in Erie, Colorado, around noon on Sunday as it was approaching the Erie Municipal Airport in the northwest corner of the Denver metropolitan area, killing five people aboard. The airplane was returning from a flight to Centennial Airport in the southern part of Denver, the local 9NEWS station reported. The […]