Aviation News

The U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, kicking off today, should provide a forum for further answers to the future of Czech Sport Aircraft’s SportCruiser. Last week, Piper announced it was breaking off its relationship with the Czech Republic-based company, and the name PiperSport has been stripped from the aircraft’s marketing resume. The 13 U.S. dealers quickly […]

(January 2011) — It happened nearly seven years ago, but the accident remains a shining example of a confluence of unlikely circumstances causing a catastrophe when none of them, by itself, would have amounted to more than a nuisance. Five airplanes belonging to Pan Am International Flight Academy were flying from Deer Valley Airport in […]

Each and every day last year, an average of eight cancer patients were flying on corporate aircraft thanks to the efforts of the Corporate Angel Network (CAN). In all, 3,021 patients flew during the year — a record. That’s 9 percent more than the previous annual record of 2,778 and a 21 percent increase over […]

Every major Congressional study into FAA funding packages has rejected the concept of user fees, and the trend continues. Representative Jerry Costello (D-12-Ill.), who sits on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued a written statement calling on President Obama to reject the idea of instituting user fees for aviation services. General aviation advocates have […]

A pair of low pressure systems converged on the Northeast region Tuesday night, and the resulting blizzard conditions paralyzed surface and air travel. For the second time in less than three weeks, the New York area was blasted, though this storm saved its worst for New England. All flights to and from Boston Logan Airport […]

The National Transportation Safety Board is expected to release a study next week on 138 accidents involving GA aircraft equipped with air bags integrated into shoulder harnesses. Some 7,000 aircraft are so equipped out of the entire GA fleet of more than 200,000 aircraft. AmSafe, the sole manufacturer of aircraft air-bag shoulder harnesses, claims it […]

Atlantic magazine Columnist Jeffrey Goldberg has written detailed accounts for years of shortcomings he’s observed in the Transportation Security Administration’s oversight of airline security. After a recent flight in a general aviation aircraft, from New Jersey Teterboro Airport to Washington Dulles Airport, Goldberg turned his attention to security among the general aviation community — and […]

Wendi Gavigan will receive the NBAA Outstanding Achievement & Leadership Award at the 2011 Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference next month. Gavigan is vice president and manager of flight operations for Citigroup Corporate Aviation. Her team provides travel services for Citigroup, including approximately 80 percent international operations. The award was first presented in 2008 and recognizes […]

The European Aviation Safety Association (EASA) has approved Garmin’s G1000 retrofit package for Hawker Beechcraft King Air 200 and B200 models. The retrofit package has already been approved by the U.S. FAA for C90, 200 and B200 King Air models, with approval for the 300 and 350 Series expected later this year. Garmin vice president […]

But that headline could be deceiving. Though it’s true that air traffic controllers’ reported errors increased by more than half last year, a new reporting policy could be a large part of the reason. FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt has encouraged a policy of “no-fault” self-reporting of errors by controllers, the better to gather more data […]