Aviation News

Embraer is making good on a potential $1 billion order from fractional ownership giant NetJets with the delivery yesterday of the first of up to 125 Phenom 300 light jets. The delivery at Embraer’s new factory in Melbourne, Florida, represents the first airplane in a blockbuster deal signed in October 2010 that included 50 firm […]

About 95 people signed up to speak at the Santa Monica City Council meeting on Tuesday night regarding a landing fee of $5.48 per 1,000-pounds imposed on all airplanes touching down at Santa Monica Airport. After several hours of public input, the City Council deliberated for only a few minutes before voting unanimously for the […]

Two Cessna 172s collided on Monday afternoon near Calabasas, California, on the west end of the San Fernando Valley near the Los Angeles metropolitan area. While receiving significant damage in the collision, one airplane landed safely on Westlake Golf Course, a few miles west of the crash site of the second airplane, which impacted a […]

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 […]