Aviation News

This week EAA submitted comments to the FAA’s proposal for regulating “Residential Through-the-Fence (RTTF) Access at General Aviation Airports.” The comments are the result of three years of negotiations between EAA and the FAA Airports Division to grant residential property owners living adjacent to an airport direct access so they can fly. The FAA issued […]

In what would be a blockbuster shakeup of Europe’s aerospace industry, Britain’s BAE Systems and Airbus-owner EADS announced on Wednesday that they have entered advanced merger talks to create an industry behemoth that would overtake rival Boeing in global sales. The proposed deal, the biggest in Europe since the 2000 merger that created EADS under […]

The National Research Council of Canada is preparing for the first-ever test flights of a civil jet powered by 100-percent unblended biofuel. Most testing to date has been flown with a 50-50 blend of biofuel and regular jet fuel. Created from mustard oilseeds, the ReadiJet fuel the NRC plans to use in its Falcon 20 […]

It’s hard to say exactly what is going on in this video shot on Saturday over the seaside town of Wassenaar in the Netherlands, but what’s clear is cockpit cameras caught one airplane descending into the top of another, causing quite a bit of damage in the collision but luckily no injuries. According to news […]

Pilots have until this Friday, Sept. 14, to respond to the AOPA/EAA petition to the FAA to alter the requirements for third-class medical certificates. The exemption would essentially extend the current Sport Pilot driver’s-license-as-medical privilege to all pilots operating single-engine airplanes under Part 91 with no more than four seats, no more than one passenger […]

Just a few days after Gulfstream’s G280 super-midsize business jet achieved full type certification, the company announced its flagship G650 has followed suit, clearing the way for the start of deliveries before the end of the year. Now that it has the official ok from the FAA, the G650 takes speed and endurance to new […]

The 2012 Reno Air Races are set to kick off on Wednesday, continuing a nearly 50-year-long tradition that has worked to overcome a number of challenges since the tragic events of last year’s competition. Qualifying rounds are currently underway, with the first official seven race heats slated to begin Wednesday afternoon. A number of familiar […]

The House Small Business Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow to examine the finer points of the Obama Administration’s proposed $100 per flight user fee and its potential impact on jobs. Chaired by Missouri Republican Sam Graves, the Small Business Committee has increased its scope and gained influence in recent years, especially since the recession […]

Bombardier has announced that the Eugene Cernan Safety Award will be handed out for the first time at the annual Bombardier Safety Standdown, scheduled this year Oct. 8-11 in Wichita, Kansas. Several criteria must be met to be eligible as a nominee for the award, including previous participation at the Bombardier Safety Standdown. “The nominee […]

North Dakota warbird restorer and pilot extraordinaire Bob Odegaard was killed on Friday evening when his Goodyear F2G Super Corsair crashed at Barnes County Airport in Valley City, North Dakota, while Odegaard was practicing for an upcoming airshow. No one on the ground was injured in the crash, and Odegaard died at the scene in […]