Aviation News

A Pipistrel Virus SW 914 Turbo piloted by Matevž Lenarčič has completed the 2,000-nm flight from Concepcion, Chile, to Easter Island – the longest leg of Lenarčič’s GreenLight WorldFlight – a journey that crisscrosses around the world to showcase the Virus’ performance capabilities and bring awareness to environmental issues. And the challenging over-water flight from […]

Last week Flying photographed Aurora, or at least what looks to be strong evidence of Aurora, the much rumored, never-acknowledged U.S. military spyplane. I snapped the pic not because I thought I was catching a peek at Aurora but because I thought the contrail was evidence of some strange meteorological phenomenon. The contrail was odd […]

Robinson Helicopter is looking at making the Aspen Evolution Flight Display (EFD) a factory installed option, Robinson head Kurt Robinson said at Heli-Expo. During his remarks, Robinson praised the compact form factor and low cost of the Aspen option, while stopping short of giving any firm promises or timetables for availability as, he explained, the […]

All American Helicopters recently received approval from the FAA and the Veteran’s Administration for the school’s Part 141 helicopter ATP course, clearing the way for veterans to use their GI bill to complete their rating at the school. With the new clearance, veterans covered by the bill can now receive 25 hours of flight time […]

The market for new helicopters might decline slightly in 2014. Then again, it might not. According to Honeywell researchers, the market for new civil helicopters over the next half decade looks to be strong, especially this year; prospective buyers are more muted in their expectations for the years following, a situation that might change as […]

The Singapore Airshow, which kicked off this week, could become a turnaround point for our weakened airplane manufacturers. Trevor Esling, Cessna‘s vice president of sales in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia said the company expects an accelerated demand for light and mid-size business jets in Asia in the coming decade due to “the region’s […]

The U.S. Air Force unveiled the X-56A last week, its newest experimental aircraft specifically crafted to explore ways to protect against flutter. Flutter is an aerodynamic effect – one that has caused a number of fatal accidents over the years – that occurs when the vibrations of an aircraft’s wing trigger a potentially dangerous increase […]

Before a crowd of more than a thousand attendees on Sunday, Bell unveiled its new Bell 525 Relentless super medium model that the company hopes will revitalize its commercial helicopter sales. While the uber-cool 525 was big news, the launch itself generated a lot of buzz at Heli-Expo. Featuring lasers, advanced production and lots of […]

At the indoor static at Heli-Expo Garmin was showing off its STC retrofit of the G500H flat panel avionics into the popular Robinson R44 four-place piston powered helicopter. The STC can be applied to every iteration of the R44, including those with Spartan panels — the seven hole versions — and those with all the […]

At Heli-Expo Eurocopter launched its new light single EC130 T2, a model aimed at providing a quiet, cost-effective and profitable upgrade product to companies already operating light singles, including Maverick Helicopters, one of Sunday’s announced launch customers, which currently operates dozens of EC130s. Maverick has ordered 50 T2s for use in its air tour operations, […]