Aviation News

As of July 23, Michael Maya Charles will replace J. Mac McClellan as Editor-in-Chief of Flying. McClellan has served on the editorial staff at Flying since 1982 and at the top of the masthead since 1990. Publisher Dick Koenig said, “Mac is well known as a personable, highly accomplished pilot and aviation writer. He has […]

He’s captured the imagination of the public, though the owner of the Cessna Corvalis 400 Colton Harris-Moore stole is likely a lot less enthralled. The so-called Barefoot Bandit ditched the Cessna single after flying to one of the Bahamas out islands from the Indiana airport where he stole it. All this despite the fact that […]

Piston and turbine aircraft in the 6,000- to 12,500-pound category (FAA Class III) are now eligible to retrofit their steam gauge panels with Aspen Avionics’ Evolution EFD1000C3 Pro Primary Flight Display (PFD). Aspen president John Uczekaj said many operators of Class III aircraft will also install companion Evolution Multi-Function Displays (MFDs) to complement the PFDs. […]

Under a grant from the FAA, Georgia Tech will research how NextGen’s sophisticated cockpits and air traffic controllers’ stations will affect human performance. The School of Aerospace Engineering will lead the study on pilot response to alerts from Traffic-alert and Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS), while Engineering Psychology Professor Frank Durso will lead a team examining […]

The cliché question is: How do you fly a solar-powered airplane at night? The Swiss research team behind the Solar Impulse answered with a 24-hour endurance flight last week, proving that it is possible to collect and store more than enough energy during the day to last through the night. The goal of the program […]

On Saturday, July 17, a Cessna Citation will touch down every two minutes at Lincoln (Nebraska) Municipal Airport (KLNK). Onboard each jet will be three to seven Special Olympians, along with coaches and sponsors. They will come from all over the country, the average flight lasting between 1.5 and three hours. Approximately 120 Citation operators […]

Fans of the late Flying columnist Gordon Baxter (author of ‘Bax Seat’) will fondly remember his eloquent descriptions of flying M&M Air Service’s two-hole 450 Stearman. Founded in 1946 in Baxter’s hometown Beaumont, Texas, M&M now operates nine turbine powered ag-spraying Ayres Air Tractors. But back in the day, the company made its bread and […]

For the past week, pilots and ground controllers have been getting used to the new rules on runway crossing clearances. The short story is that pilots may not now cross a runway without “explicit instructions” from the ground controller. No more “Taxi to” [the takeoff runway] clearances are permitted. And the rules apply to all […]

For pilots planning to fly into EAA AirVenture (July 26-August 1), the 32-page official FAA Notam is must reading, and an integral element of your flight planning. The notam contains all the arrival/departure procedures, radio frequencies, airport details, parking information and more. If you’re an AirVenture veteran with years’ worth of visits in your logbook, […]

As of Sept. 1, new rules from the FAA and Transportation Security Administration will affect flight in the Washington D.C. Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA). After that date, a VFR pilot who loses radio contact with controllers after takeoff from an airport within the SFRA may return to the airport of origin if it is […]