Aviation News

The annual AOPA convention, now called AOPA Summit, will kick off in Hartford, Connecticut, on Thursday in the middle of one of the worst economic downturns in general aviation history but amid much optimism on the part of exhibitors. The show kicks off early on the calendar this year. It runs from Sept. 22 to […]

On the heels of the news that two more spectators have died in the Reno air crash, bringing the toll to 11 victims, NTSB investigators have announced that they discovered that the accident airplane was outfitted with telemetry and an outward-facing video camera. On Sunday accident investigators found the camera, along with, more importantly, its […]

Ike Kibbe, a 93-year-old aviation enthusiast, completed his 1,000th hour of flying this weekend, fulfilling a personal dream and illustrating how the love of flying so often endures despite the passage of time. Kibbe first began flying in 1940, at the age of 22. He carried his passion for aviation with him throughout his lifetime, […]

Princeton Airport in central New Jersey held a celebration and open house to mark the 100th anniversary of the first flights from Rocky Hill, where aviation pioneer Richard Newhouse built and flew his first airplane. The centennial celebration featured flybys, airplane rides and a chance for the public to visit the local airport, which started […]

Aviation groups have come out in unified opposition against an Obama Administration proposal to begin charging a $100-per-flight fee to corporate jets and other turbine-powered airplanes that use U.S. air traffic services. About two-thirds of the ATC system is paid for by aviation excise taxes, including taxes on airline tickets and aviation fuel. Last year […]

Cirrus Aircraft has made a change to its top leadership, replacing CEO Brent Wouters with the company’s co-founder, Dale Klapmeier. Klapmeier takes the reins just a few months after Cirrus completed its merger with the Chinese firm CAIGA. According to the company, the change in leadership was planned. Wouters, who held the position since 2009 […]

Unlimited Racer Galloping Ghost piloted by accomplished 74-year-old racer Jimmy Leeward went out of control and crashed during an Unlimited Heat on Friday at around 4:30 pm PDT and went straight in near the stands, killing multiple people on the ground. Authorities reported that the number of dead now stands at 11, with seven people […]

The FAA signed an agreement on Tuesday with Australia’s Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism to invest in the development of clean, sustainable alternatives to traditional petroleum-based avgas. The FAA said the two countries will exchange ideas, programs, research data, analysis and other resources to speed the shift toward alternative energy, and will cover the […]

NASA has selected the spacecraft design of the future, a heavy-lift rocket intended to take human space exploration to Mars and beyond. After months of design reviews, the space agency settled on a rocket equipped with RS-25D/E engines for core propulsion and a J-2X engine for power in the upper stage. Both will rely on […]

Marking a milestone in India’s first public-private partnership for aircraft development, the country’s CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories and Mahindra Aerospace have flown their jointly developed C-NM5 piston single for the first time. Engineers from CSIR-NAL and Mahindra Aerospace spent close to three years designing the airplane before building the real thing over a 10-month period with […]