Aviation News

The House and Senate this week introduced bills to block the FAA from closing 149 control towers at airports across the country as part of government sequestration cuts. The Senate bill, called The Protect Our Skies Act, would prohibit the FAA from closing any control towers, including those operated by the FAA and FAA contractors, […]

Diamond Aircraft introduced a new version of its DA40 piston single that brings a number of welcome improvements to the cockpit. The DA40 XLT model for 2013 features wider front seats, air conditioning, burl-wood and carbon-fiber trim accents and other improvements that elevate the Austrian-designed four seater into a luxury cruiser. Not only are the […]

At Sun ‘n Fun AOPA and Redbird, along with numerous partners including Flying, launched a new kind of simulator. The AOPA Jay by Redbird is an all-in-one solution for pilots and other flying enthusiasts who want to get up and flying using a desktop sim without having to engineer a system themselves. The Jay, which […]

Aviation groups and many members of Congress are reacting negatively to the Obama Administration’s budget plan for fiscal year 2014, slamming the proposal for once again including a provision for a $100-per-flight user fee. The White House’s user fee proposal appears to have little chance of making it into a final budget package after 223 […]

Make sure you bring your sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat if you’re heading out to the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Florida, which opened its doors this morning under partly cloudy skies. The forecast calls for mostly clear weather and warm temperatures for the nearly weeklong event at the Lakeland Linder Airport. But despite […]

Winner of a Flying Editors’ Choice Award last year, the Appareo Stratus portable battery-powered ADS-B receiver, designed to integrate seamlessly with ForeFlight Mobile Pro, is no longer king. A new portable receiver, from the same award-winning trio, has taken its place. The new box, called somewhat confusingly the Stratus, combines ADS-B with weather and traffic […]

Avidyne and MIT researchers have been working for the past three years on improved ADS-B traffic alerting algorithms that the FAA hopes to use as the baseline standard for the entire avionics industry. Now the collaboration has led to the development of an Avidyne traffic alert feature called VeriTAS that has the goal of providing […]

Eleven weeks after the fleet of 50 Boeing 787 Dreamliners was grounded due to lithium-ion battery malfunctions, the company announced it has completed tests on its proposed fix. FAA approval of the fix is expected, but could involve some more “back and forth” discussion. Even after the OK from the agency, it could still be […]

Sagetech is not among the household names in avionics, but the Washington state company is marketing its own “Clarity” ADS-B solution for light aircraft. Priced at $1,150, the 5.5-ounce box is about the size of a travel alarm clock and delivers traffic and weather information to an iPad or other tablet via a dedicated wireless […]

Merely one week after Pipistrel first cranked the 210 hp Lycoming engine on the four-seat Panthera, the company announced that it has completed the airplane’s first flight. With support provided by the Slovenian Armed Forces, test pilot Mirko Anžel and his co-pilot Sašo Knez took off from the Airport of Cerklje ob Krki, Slovenia, the […]