Aviation News

A husband and wife were killed along with their teenage son in the crash of a Beechcraft Bonanza in the wee hours of Monday morning. According to news reports, the family left Tradewind Airport in Amarillo, Texas, around 2:24 p.m., stopped in Lubbock and continued on to an airport near Dallas. The Bonanza stopped in […]

Looking to get type rated in a Boeing 737? If you’re a member of Women in Aviation International, you could potentially get one for free, thanks to a new scholarship sponsored by Southwest Airlines. The airline is offering four free 737NG type ratings, complete with round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations in Dallas, where the training […]

When Van’s Aircraft announced last fall that it would market factory-built versions of its RV-12 light sport aircraft, the kitplane world turned an interested eye. The first dozen delivery positions were quickly consumed. Now, Synergy Air, the Eugene, Oregon, company that builds the airplanes, has announced the next batch of 12 RV-12s is up for […]

Garmin today introduced an interactive web-based pilot training course for the G5000 integrated flight deck, with self-paced lessons that are designed to make learning to use the high-end bizjet cockpit fast and easy. The G5000 eLearning program takes users through three training modes, including initial demonstrations, guided interaction and solo manipulation. After each section, the […]

The son of U.S. Senator James Inhofe was killed over the weekend in the crash of a Mitsubishi MU-2B in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Perry Inhofe, 52, an orthopedic surgeon, crashed about five miles short of Tulsa International Airport after reportedly losing power in one engine. He had taken of from Salina, Kansas, on Sunday before experiencing […]

ForeFlight, Jeppesen Mobile FlightDeck and WingX should have no issues running on the newly released iPad products, including the iPad Air. In fact, the developers of three of the most popular iPad aviation apps are enthusiastic about the new hardware. “The Air screams,” said WingX developer Hilton Goldstein, adding, “the best evidence of this is […]

In the age of the smartphone we’ve pretty much stopped asking, “What will they think of next?” because somebody is always thinking of something novel. Here’s a fascinating new gadget from Sporty’s that’s as much a conversation starter as a handy tool for when you need to know what the wind’s doing. It’s a hemispherical […]

The pilot of a tour helicopter reports he tried to restrain his passenger after the man opened the door of the Robinson R44 over the ocean near Newport Beach, California. But the man, later identified as Gregory McFadden of West Covina, California, succeeded in breaking free and fell approximately 500 feet to the water’s surface. […]

Lightspeed, one of the producers of high-end active noise reduction (ANR) headsets, announced this week that the release of its latest and greatest product, the Zulu PFX, has been delayed. The company’s president, Alan Schrader, issued a statement in a newsletter explaining the reason for the delay. “From the start, our goal with Zulu PFX […]

The long-awaited response to training shortcomings that surfaced after** the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407** in Buffalo, New York, in February 2009 became official with the FAA’s adoption of new training requirements for all U.S. airline pilots on Tuesday. The new rules put a greater emphasis on recovery from stalls and upsets during recurrent […]