Aviation News

A National Airlines Boeing 747-428 cargo plane carrying military vehicles crashed on departure from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on Monday, killing all seven occupants aboard the airplane. The crash was captured on at least two dash cams of vehicles driving on a highway near the air base. The video shows the airplane on its initial […]

A San Francisco company held a session at the CAFÉ Electric Aircraft Symposium promoting its covalent molecular bonding of nano particles. The company, Coval Molecular Coatings, uses a process that goes beyond coating materials, and actually bonds with the molecular structure of the surface it is protecting. The inexpensive coating, less than 30 cents per […]

The website “24/7 Wall St.” took airline accident data it recorded from the Aviation Herald and compiled a list of the top nine causes of airline accidents from January 1, 2010, on. It defines an “accident” as any occurrence that caused serious injury, death or significant damage to the aircraft. A “crash” is defined as […]

The new Citation Sovereign made its maiden production flight recently, giving Cessna test pilots their first opportunity to evaluate the upgraded jet’s performance and handling. The flight originated near Cessna’s manufacturing plant in Wichita, Kansas, and lasted for two-and-a-half hours. During that time, Cessna’s test crew performed evaluations of the Garmin G5000 avionics panel, the […]

Anthony Foxx, the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, has been selected to serve as the new head of the Department of Transportation, replacing Ray LaHood. The Obama Administration praised Foxx’s efforts to improve Charlotte’s transit infrastructure and bring a modern electric tram service to the city. Foxx received strong marks for his city’s handling of […]

Air travel in the United States was back to normal this week after Congress passed a measure on Friday giving the FAA new flexibility for dealing with forced spending cuts. The agreement, reached just hours before legislators were to leave on a week-long break, ends controller furloughs that briefly caused delays at large commercial airports. […]

In the early morning hours on April 29, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) completed its first rocket-powered flight, breaking the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert and taking a major step toward the age of commercial space flight. “Today’s supersonic success opens the way for a rapid expansion of the spaceship’s powered flight envelope, with a […]

Earlier this week at a Cessna Citation owners conference in Wichita, Cessna President and CEO Scott Ernest responded to a blog in Tuesday’s Flying eNews entitled “Cessna CJ Hiatus: End of the Niche Jet.” The article wondered what Cessna’s slowdown in Citation production, announced earlier in the week, might mean in the long run for […]

With 13 airplanes on the production line, Cessna’s jet-A-burning Turbo Skylane JT-A is on schedule for certification and first deliveries before the end of June. “We are on track,” said Jeff Umscheid, business leader for the project. “We have been taking orders since [EAA AirVenture 2012 last summer].” The JT-A’s SMA diesel engine is exhibiting […]

A story in the Arizona Republic has revealed a disturbing incident at the Prescott campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The article reports that an explosion was set off in a parking lot at the campus on Tuesday morning. In the wake of mass shootings at schools and public places around the country and the recent […]