Aviation News

AvMap’s $1,200 Ultra electronic flight information system (EFIS) is now available for sale. This is a non-TSO’d panel-mount instrument for the experimental and LSA market. It cannot be installed legally in a certified airplane. AvMap’s Ultra competes with other 3.5-inch CRT displays such as the Dynon D6 and D10. Introduced in August at EAA AirVenture, […]

Massachusetts officials apologized yesterday after holding a fire training drill at Boston Logan International Airport on the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. In response to a backlash of negative reactions on social media, the Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates the airport, said in a statement, “Massport apologizes for conducting the fire training exercise and […]

While helping his father set up a garage sale last month, Robbie Love of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, decided to use the opportunity to put his 1946 Cessna 140 up for grabs. He put an ad in the local newspaper to draw attention to the event, listing “tools, household items and a Cessna 140 airplane,” […]

If you haven’t embraced digital chart apps, you might be disappointed to learn that as of October 1 you will no longer be able to order paper charts directly from the FAA. In a notice on its AeroNav Products website, the FAA explained that its decision to discontinue its direct-order paper service is an effort […]

AOPA has announced the surprising decision to suspend its annual Aviation Summits and instead hold a number of smaller grassroots events at general aviation airports, reaching members “where they fly.” Incoming AOPA president and CEO Mark Baker announced the change, saying it no longer makes sense for the association to invest in one large event. […]

A Schweizer SGS 2-33A sailplane came up a bit short of the intended runway on Sunday. The unidentified teenage pilot, a member of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets and an experienced glider pilot with a private pilot’s license, landed on the roof of a convenience store a half mile short of his intended runway at […]

The competition in the Unlimited Class at the National Championship Air Races taking place in Reno, Nevada, this week is off to an exciting start. On Tuesday, during the second day of qualifications for the Unlimited Class, part of the canopy on Strega, the airplane that won the class during the past few years at […]

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has filed a federal freedom of information request and is marshalling support in Congress as part of a broad effort to stop federal agents from detaining and searching general aviation airplanes flown by pilots who have done nothing wrong. AOPA has sent a letter to the U.S. Customs and […]

Recently departed AOPA president and CEO Craig Fuller is joining flight simulation/training company Redbird Flight Simulations’ board of directors, Redbird founder and chairman of the board Jerry Gregoire announced. Fuller’s addition to the board, Gregoire told Flying, would give Redbird the capability to give new focus and energy to expand its offerings from simulation and […]

The National Transportation Safety Board is holding a safety forum in Washington that is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow. Expert panelists have been invited to discuss advances in safety culture research and ways to improve aviation safety culture. The forum panels, which are being streamed live online here, […]