Talk about a contact high. Pop star Justin Bieber allegedly filled the cabin of his chartered Gulfstream IV with so much pot smoke that the pilots had to don their oxygen masks for fear of breathing in the thick haze. And the troubled teen could get a lot more than a slap on the wrist […]
Some intriguing names are on the short list for the 2013 Robert J. Collier Trophy after the National Aeronautic Association this week announced a field of nine contenders for the coveted prize. The nominees include Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower geared turbofan engine, the P-8A Poseidon airplane in development by Boeing for the U.S. Navy, the […]
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the renowned Swiss Formation Team Patrouille Suisse, Swiss watch maker has released a special edition watch that is as much art as it is timepiece. The Chronomat 44 GMT Patrouille Suisse 50th Anniversary watch is unmistakably an aviation watch, with a flashy and classy dial adorned with miniature jet […]
Flying Magazine Editor-in-Chief Robert Goyer has been named Editor of the Year by parent company Bonnier Corp., a publisher of nearly 40 consumer magazines in the United States. Judges singled out Goyer for “significantly advancing the way Flying leverages content to increase audience size and engagement on the brand’s website, social media, eNews and tablet […]
The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) will host its second regional Pilot Proficiency Project (PPP) session on the weekend of March 8 to 9 in Melbourne, Florida. The event will be sponsored by the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) and hosted at the school’s aviation division. A total of 14 seminars and 11 […]
FAA personnel are investigating a mysterious object that fell through the roof of a Virginia home located along the flight path of Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., last week. The large hunk of metal, as well as the hole in the ceiling through which it fell, was found by homeowner Abby Baker on Friday […]
Ice fishermen on Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota will have to find a new way to quench their thirst after the FAA recently put the kibosh on beer delivery by drone. Local brewery Lakemaid had been testing a drone delivery system to airlift cases of beer to ice-fishing shacks on the lake north of Minneapolis […]
A Rockwell 690C Commander on its second approach to Nashville’s John C. Tune Airport early Monday evening crashed next to a packed YMCA, killing all four people on board. Nobody on the ground was hurt. The Aero Commander, N840V, had departed Great Bend Municipal Airport in Kansas for the planned 2 hour, 15 minute flight, […]
The FAA has further clarified what the new Restricted Airline Transport Pilot (R-ATP) certificate might mean for recent college graduates. The new rules require airline first officers to hold an ATP and to have logged 1,500 hours of flight time, or an R-ATP license and 1,000 hours if they’ve graduated from an approved four-year aviation […]
On Monday FAA Administrator Michael Huerta met with general aviation leaders to discuss improving safety. There were 259 fatal accidents in 2013 with 449 total lives lost. That represents virtually flat numbers over the past six years, though the nature of accidents is changing. For example, accidents attributed to controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) are […]
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