Aviation News

Sikorsky’s S-76D has moved one step closer to certification after Pratt & Whitney’s PW210S engine that powers the helicopter received Transport Canada certification. More than 8,700 hours of testing were conducted to complete the certification. But the testing will continue to finish FAA and European Aviation Safety Agency validations, which are expected within the next […]

Honda is preparing for the first flight tests of two HF120 turbofan engines with a newly redesigned titanium fan blisk that engine maker GE Honda is confident can pass required ice ingestion testing. The engine fan underwent a redesign following the failure of an on-ground ice ingestion test, Honda Aircraft revealed recently. The company expects […]

Accident investigators looking into the deadly Reno air race crash were unable to retrieve any onboard video from memory cards found amongst the wreckage, the NTSB announced on Friday. Investigators are still working to determine whether they will be able to extract any clues from a memory card used in the onboard telemetry unit of […]

Piper on Monday indefinitely suspended its single-engine Altaire jet, previously known as the PiperJet, saying it would be unlikely to recoup its investment in a reasonable period of time. “Following an evaluation of Altaire development and light jet forecasts we determined the best course of action for the company going forward,” interim Piper president/CEO Simon […]

(October 2011) It’s an old story. As old as the Greeks, in fact, though it has been retold many times and in many versions. Its erotic, pathetic, heroic and cautionary elements receive different emphases from authors with different axes to grind. In brief, Leander was a youth who lived on one shore of the Hellespont, […]

The release by Apple of a new operating system for the iPad, iOS 5, has raised concerns among aviation app providers that pilots’ iPads might lose charts or even entire applications without the user’s knowledge. The issue has to do with Apple’s decision to let the new operating system delete files at its discretion if […]

Harrison Ford was on Capital Hill Tuesday meeting with the Senate General Aviation Caucus and lending his star power to general aviation advocacy. The actor joined the bipartisan group of senators to discuss some of the most pressing issues currently facing GA, including the dismantling of the BARR (Blocked Aircraft Registration Request) program, the future […]

It’s hardly a champion of air travel these days, but the White House has announced that it will present a National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Honeywell‘s Don Bateman for his contributions in making air travel safer for us all. Bateman was key in inventing two critical safety systems we now take for granted, […]

The Senate has removed a provision in President Obama’s Jobs Act that would have imposed a $100-per-flight user fee on corporate jet flights. The move comes after strong opposition to the fee proposal in the business aviation community, highlighted by calls at last week’s NBAA Convention in Las Vegas to abandon the plan. “Over the […]

Cessna parent company Textron reported third quarter growth yesterday, with revenues totaling $2.8 billion. The gains constitute an increase of 13.5 percent from the same period last year and include a 15 percent increase in manufacturing revenues. According to Textron Chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly, the gains were buoyed by “good execution and cost performance” […]