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Marenco Swisshelicopter has completed the prototype for its eight-seat SKYe SH09 helicopter, which the company first announced at Heli-Expo in 2012. The new prototype was unveiled last week at a special event at the Mollis Airport in Mollis, Switzerland, about 33 nm southeast of Zurich. The SKYe promises exceptional visibility with a cockpit fully enclosed […]

Four people died over the weekend near St Mary’s, Alaska, after a Cessna 208 Caravan crashed in conditions described by local news outlets as freezing rain and low ceilings. According to the Anchorage Daily News, the passengers killed include a retired couple, a five-month-old baby and the pilot. Six additional passengers survived with injuries and […]

The investigation into the crash of a police helicopter through the roof of a packed Glasgow pub on Friday night continues as emergency workers sift through the rubble in search of more bodies. At least nine people died and 30 were hospitalized when the Eurocopter EC135T2 went down at about 10:30 p.m. local time straight […]

President Obama signed the Small Airplane Revitalization Act into law just before the Thanksgiving break, starting the clock ticking on the adoption of new certification regulations that are intended to increase safety and reduce the certification costs of new Part 23 general aviation airplanes. The law requires the FAA to implement the recommendations of its […]

Is your pilot watch not big enough? Not flashy enough? Then consider the HM4 Thunderbolt, the latest in a series of watches by upscale Geneva-based mechanical art design house MB&F. The Thunderbolt is a conversation starter, to be sure. It is a watch inspired by both the A-10 Warthog and the post modern steampunk movement. […]

Amazon gave a whole new meaning to the concept of “air mail” on Sunday when the Internet giant announced a program to deliver packages to customers via drone, a plan that was first announced on the CBS news magazine show “60 Minutes.” In a video demonstration produced by Amazon, you can see a multicopter drone […]

Shell has developed what it seems to think is an unleaded avgas replacement that’s ready to go, once testing is complete and certification earned. The new 100-octane fuel would be a drop-in replacement for 100LL. Shell worked with Piper and Lycoming in conducting preliminary tests of the new fuel. In a press release Xinsheng (Sheng) […]

The pilot of the airplane that ATC saw flying a missed approach after the Boeing 747-400 Dreamlifter landed on the too-short runway at Jabara in Wichita Sunday night has spoken with Flying about his experience. The corporate pilot, who asked to remain nameless in this story, was inbound to Jabara “around 50 miles out,” deadheading […]

Spoiler alert: The following story reveals one of the top ten airplanes in our Top 100 Airplanes: Platinum Edition list. As the kids sing on Sesame Street, “One of these things is not like the others,” a number of readers have been taken aback by the inclusion of an odd bird in Flying Magazine’s Top […]

A London business jet broker reports it has sold a Gulfstream G650 for an owner who took delivery in July. The jet went to a Japanese real estate firm for $70 million, netting a profit of $10 million, according to The Jet Business (despite the fact that list price on the G650 is $64.5 million). […]