Aviation News

After the tragic loss of his wife Amanda in an airshow accident, Kyle Franklin will return to the circuit with a dramatic new airplane. Revealed this week at the International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) convention in Las Vegas, “Dracula” is a highly customized biplane with the retro appeal of early Waco racers – speed […]

With the clock ticking to avoid a year-end fiscal cliff, aviation leaders are warning that sharp cuts in the federal budget could have a long-lasting ripple effect through the aviation community. “The fact is that we are in uncharted territory” as the fiscal cliff nears, noted NBAA president Ed Bolen in a message to members. […]

A group of Chinese investors is negotiating to buy a majority of ILFC, the aircraft leasing giant owned by AIG, for around $4.8 billion. AIG announced it is in talks to sell an 80 percent stake in ILFC to the group of Chinese companies, including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. The deal would be […]

Aviation app provider Flight Guide has launched a series of video tutorials to help subscribers make the most out of the iEFB electronic flight bag app for the iPad. The videos, which are each about four minutes long, can be downloaded from the Flight Guide website or viewed directly on the iPad or a computer […]

Bombardier recently delivered the first Signature Global 6000 to NetJets. A big deal has been made of the delivery of this ultra-long-range business jet since it is the first Global to be delivered as part of one of the largest orders in business aviation history – a deal worth a total of $2.8 billion. Bombardier […]

As the aviation world awaits the 2020 ADS-B mandate deadline, Dynon has now joined those manufacturers that have launched pre-emptive products to begin accommodating the new infrastructure requirements. Its SV-ADSB-470 UAT band traffic system is a hard-wired, remotely mounted box (priced at $995 — antenna not included) that feeds traffic and weather data to the […]

The FAA has added a new section to FAR 43.3, allowing all pilots to make updates to aeronautical databases under certain provisions. In Section K, the regs state that avionics updates are no longer considered a preventive maintenance item and can be performed by the pilot of the airplane. For those of you who have […]

Embraer on Wednesday flew the first U.S.-built Phenom 300 after the light twinjet emerged from a new factory in Melbourne, Florida. Delivery will be made to Embraer Executive Jets for use as a flight demonstrator. Embraer said the production time for the Phenom 300 was half that of the first Phenom 100 built in Melbourne, […]

Hawker Beechcraft has received approval from a U.S. bankruptcy court to reorganize as a smaller, stand-alone company that will focus on the market for turboprop and piston airplanes. The plan calls for the company to emerge from bankruptcy under the name Beechcraft Corp. in February with a renewed emphasis on its King Air, Baron, Bonanza […]

Rare aircraft from near and far converged in South Florida this weekend for Ocean Reef‘s 18th annual celebration of all things vintage. The classic airplanes that made the trip to South Florida for the event included everything from vintage biplanes like the Grand Champion and the Boeing Stearman to exceptionally historical aircraft, such as the […]