Aviation News

Zaon Flight Systems has introduced a portable traffic alerter that the company says is designed to incorporate ADS-B 1090 extended squitter and TIS-B data with the company’s existing PCAS XRX traffic detection technology to provide a “triangle of protection” in flight. Zaon’s 1090MX unit is a $599 portable TIS-B and ADS-B receiver that links with […]

Except for the assault vehicles on display, the cruise and shoulder launched missiles, the Vogue-style models sporting paramilitary jumpsuits and dark glasses, and the thousands of security personnel, Airshow China 2012 is pretty much like EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, but only if you don’t look too closely. Called the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition […]

Over the past several years the FAA has highlighted a few safety concerns designed to stop the most serious mishaps, but the agency has pursued none of these efforts as energetically as it has worked toward putting an end to runway accidents, a focus we applaud. It’s an effort that, unfortunately, has shown spotty results, […]

Jonathan Trappe’s flights in his cluster-balloon craft have captured the hearts and imaginations of aviators; and just about everyone else. He now plans to launch his unique aircraft from the East Coast and ride the prevailing winds across the Atlantic – hopefully to Paris, but his final destination could end up being anywhere in Europe […]

This morning, John Mares has the answer to one question pilots ask themselves all the time: How would I react if the engine quit in flight? The Redondo Beach, California, resident successfully landed his 1961 Beech Debonair (N425T), rolling out on a grass highway median after an engine failure at around 3,500 feet. According to […]

The first customer has arrived in Savannah, Georgia, to take delivery of Gulfstream’s newly certified G280. The super-midsize business jet was a joint effort between Gulfstream and Israel Aerospace Industries and it achieved certification on August 30 from the FAA and the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel. Gulfstream does not make planned deliveries public, but […]

You may have been fortunate enough to see Fifi, the only B-29 that is still in flying condition, circling the skies at an airshow in the past few years. During Fifi‘s last show of the year in Midland, Texas, about a month ago, the number two engine failed. The B-29 Squadron of the Commemorative Air […]

Three longtime Civil Air Patrol members were killed on Tuesday after their Piper Cherokee Six crashed in a residential neighborhood shortly after taking off from Hawkins Field Airport (HKS) in Jackson, Mississippi. The CAP Mississippi Wing members killed in the crash included Col. John E. Tilton Jr., former member of the Civil Air Patrol’s board […]

The NTSB has once again included general aviation safety in its annual list of “most wanted safety improvements,” and in doing so the board lamented the fact that GA continues to have the highest accident rate within civil aviation including a fatality rate that has jumped by 25 percent in recent years. The NTSB investigates […]

Amateur video shot over the weekend captured the dramatic overrun of a Cessna CJ3 trying to land on Runway 35R at Sao Paulo-Congonhas Airport in Brazil. As shown in the footage, the Citation bounced upon reaching the end of the runway before coming to a crashing halt on the perimeter wall that encircles the airport. […]