Aviation News

The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) published its first ever quarterly report, citing $1.7 billion in worldwide avionics sales for the first quarter of 2013. A previous report cited sales of nearly $6.3 billion for all of 2012. The report includes data from 20 avionics manufacturers, and does not break down sales by market segment or […]

The Transportation Security Administration is dropping a plan to allow small knives, golf clubs and other sporting equipment in carry-on luggage on airline flights. Reversal of the proposed plan, which was initially unveiled in March, was triggered by a strong backlash from a variety of aviation groups, including flight attendant unions, air marshals and family […]

A California startup is testing a new way of luring passengers with an “all you can fly” model that lets members travel between select city pairs aboard a Pilatus PC-12 for a flat monthly fee of $1,650. Surf Air plans to link four California cities starting on June 12 as service between San Francisco, Monterey, […]

George Longino is probably not your classic “early adopter” type. But a collection of circumstances make him the first owner of a fly-away, factory-built Van’s RV-12 — and just maybe, a historic figure. Van’s Aircraft decided to enter the production aircraft market after decades of building kits. Founder Richard Van Grunsven has established the most […]

As business aviation continues to be buffeted by economic headwinds nearly five years after the start of the global financial crisis, signs of a turnaround have been stubborn to materialize. But the turnaround is coming, experts insist, and maybe sooner than many of us think. At the annual JetNet IQ Global Business Aviation Summit in […]

Senior Editor Stephen Pope yesterday presented staffers and volunteers from the Corporate Angel Network with a 2012 Flying Editors’ Choice Award. CAN Executive Director Peter Fleiss accepted the award at the charity’s headquarters at the Westchester Country Airport in White Plains, New York. Since 1981 the Corporate Angel Network has arranged free flights aboard corporate […]

As the all-electric, solar-powered Solar Impulse is making its way across America, the Midwest has been hit hard with a barrage of violent weather. St. Louis/Lambert Airport in St. Louis, Missouri, is one of the stops on the approximate 2,850 nm journey and suffered extensive damage in a severe storm last week. The storm ripped […]

The Smoky Hill Air National Guard Weapons Range is about 10 miles southwest of Salina Regional Airport (KSLN), and if your travel plans include flying through the area, be advised. On Thursday, June 6 (ironically, the 69th anniversary of D-Day), the Salina Airport Authority will host a safety briefing for pilots concerning this summer’s scheduled […]

The U.S. Air Force is officially on board the iPad bandwagon, with a $9.36 million contract for up to 18,000 of the Apple tablets. Between savings on printing and distributing charts and aircraft manuals, coupled with fuel savings, the Air Force Mobility Command estimates the iPads will save $5.7 million per year over the next […]

Users of aviation’s most popular flight planning and support app now have the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of the software through a new training course from Sporty’s. Sporty’s ForeFlight training program shows users how to use the app through step-by-step instructions that cover everything from how to download ForeFlight to how to […]