A passenger aboard a Cessna Grand Caravan that crashed into the Pacific Ocean last month, killing another passenger, has released dramatic video he shot from inside the cabin as the airplane went down. The passenger, 39-year-old Ferdinand Puentes, was one of nine people on the flight that originated in Molokai, Hawaii, on December 11. The […]
Last summer, General Aviation Manufacturers Association president and CEO Pete Bunce worked elbow-to-elbow for two weeks with a group of high school students. They were assembling a Glasair Sportsman kit plane at the company’s Arlington, Washington, headquarters — under the “Two Weeks to Taxi” program. Now, as part of the 2014 program in cooperation with […]
The FAA’s latest issue of its Safety Briefing magazine places its editorial focus on advanced technology and how pilots interact with it. There has been a lot of concern about pilots’ overreliance on avionics and their lack of proficiency in basic flying skills. The FAA publication addresses some of the more pressing issues that face […]
Commercial airline fatalities plummeted in 2013, making last year the safest ever in the past decade for airline travel. A total of 17 airline accidents caused 224 deaths in 2013, as opposed to an annual average of 27 accidents and 703 fatalities during the years between 2003 to 2012. The numbers were reported by the […]
One man’s search for allegedly long-lost Supermarine Spitfires in Burma is continuing, thanks to new financial support from Claridon Group Ltd. English farmer David Cundall garnered worldwide attention in 2012 when he set out on a search for dozens of new-in-the-box Spitfires that he claims have remained buried beneath Burma soil close to Yangon International […]
A Navy helicopter carrying five crew members crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Virginia during a training mission Wednesday, killing two crew members and injuring two others, the U.S. Navy said. Rescuers are still searching for the fifth crew member. The service members were hoisted from 42-degree waters by a Navy helicopter and taken to […]
Industry groups are sounding alarms over a surprise change to the FAA’s longstanding policy toward GA flight simulators that one organization says will diminish many pilots’ ability to receive adequate training. In the policy reversal issued on January 2, the FAA said it plans to rescind all Letters of Authorization for general aviation flight simulators […]
An airshow routine usually lasts just a few minutes, but the time and effort that goes into that display can take months to prepare — and it’s not all about the flying. In a new video series named Live Airshow TV, performers reveal the inside stories of their day-to-day lives. The first episode features Michael […]
The pilot of a Cirrus SR22 who experienced an apparent engine failure in flight over Upshur County, West Virginia, on Saturday was uninjured after deploying the airplane’s emergency parachute. According to local news reports, the Cirrus struck a truck being driven on a road as the airplane came to rest near a car dealership. The […]
Dick Koenig, the former publisher of Flying magazine, has been named Executive Director of the Corporate Angel Network (CAN), the organization that arranges free flights for cancer patients to treatment centers using empty seats on business jets. Koenig is replacing Peter Fleiss, CAN’s longtime leader, who is retiring. “The Board is delighted to have Dick […]
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