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Renowned aerobatic champion Kirby Chambliss walked away from the crash of his Red Bull Zivko Edge 540 on Wednesday after suffering an engine failure while practicing for an airshow in El Salvador. Preparing for the upcoming Ilopango Air Show scheduled for this weekend, Chambliss was in formation with fellow airshow pilot Skip Stewart when the […]

If ABC News is on target, airshow pilot and self-promoted daredevil Jason Newburg may be looking for a new meal ticket. A video posted on YouTube shows Newburg buzzing an ATV rider on a runway and narrowly missing the photographer. ABC reporter Jim Avila said analysis of the video indicates the airplane was flying at […]

After Fifi, the world’s only flying B-29, made a precautionary landing at AIRSHO in Midland last October, the big bomber hasn’t made another flight since. The problem, as most of our readers are aware, is that engine maintenance is expensive for all of us. When you factor in the cost of repairing one of the […]

The Air Force has concluded its investigation into an incident last July when a C-17 Globemaster III landed at the wrong airport. And the reasons for the mistake, according to a report that resulted from the Air Force investigation and published by the Tampa Bay Tribune, went beyond simple human error. Rather than touching down […]

A new search and rescue (SAR) program called Enhanced Special Reporting Service (eSRS) is being tested in Alaska. The program uses GPS tracking devices in an effort to reduce SAR response times. Pilots on a VFR flight plan using GPS tracking devices such as SPOT and Spidertracks can participate in the program and additional devices […]

Jack Pelton, former CEO of Cessna Aircraft and current chairman of the board of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), has been named the managing director of operations for the Aviation Alliance, a group of individuals and aviation businesses that will “offer remanufactured, modernized turbine-powered aircraft to the aviation and defense industries.” The first project will […]

A Cirrus SR20 crashed approximately two miles from Danbury Airport in Central Connecticut last night, and all three occupants walked away, though their airplane was held up for a while. (Initial reports had reported that it was an SR22, but those reports turned out to be inaccurate.) According to reports in the local papers, the […]

In this video posted on YouTube, Fantasy of Flight founder Kermit Weeks spoke vaguely about the “visit” from Howard Hughes that led to his latest acquisition for his Fantasy of Flight attraction in Polk City, Florida. It’s Howard Hughes’ personal transport, a 1937 Sikorsky S-43 amphibian, the only one of 53 built that could possibly […]

Last week the FAA moved in two opposite directions, proposing a rule that would ban the use of personal electronics by airline pilots in the cockpit, but also responding favorably to a call to loosen restrictions on such devices in the passenger cabin. The rule on pilots’ use was prompted, in part, by an incident […]

Every Wednesday at noon (EST) and Thursday at 5 p.m., you can drag yourself away from routine computer activity and learn something new about avionics. At these times, Avidyne hosts live webinars on a variety of topics, naturally related to its products, but useful and informative in a general sense, as well. For example, this […]