Aviation News

(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” […]

While the numbers were still modest compared to shows during the boom years a while back, the latest edition of the National Business Aviation Association Convention, which finished up in Las Vegas last Wednesday, enjoyed solid numbers, this according to the NBAA. Association president Ed Bolen called it “a highly successful show.” It seemed that […]

We don’t normally report here on personnel announcements from aviation non-profits, but this one is from a new association,**** the**** Recreational Aviation Foundation, whose reason for being is to protect and preserve backcountry strips, a mission we at Flying believe in strongly. The new guy, Carl Hicks of Gig Harbor, Washington, becomes the group’s first […]

Think you’re a hot pilot? Compared to other humans, maybe you are, but if you need a little dose of humility, check out this video of an owl coming in for a landing aimed directly at a high-speed camera, which is said to be capturing the scene at 1,000 frames per second, compared to around […]

Jeppesen has joined the Lindbergh Foundation’s Aviation Green Alliance as a founding member. The group’s aim is to tackle environmental challenges facing the aviation industry, including emissions, noise and operational efficiency. “Jeppesen fully supports the collaborative effort led by the Lindbergh Foundation Aviation Green Alliance to develop solutions for addressing environmental challenges facing the aviation […]