Aviation News

A British turboprop aircraft project has taken center stage at EAA AirVenture, thanks to its new CEO. Last week, Alan Klapmeier, founder of Cirrus Aircraft, announced he was taking the reins of Kestrel Aircraft. Also, the company has signed a lease on a 170,000-square-foot building at the soon-to-close Brunswick Naval Air Station. Formerly known as […]

Michael Maya Charles, new Editor-in-Chief of Flying will be signing copies of his book Artful Flying at the Flying Magazine tent at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. You can meet Michael and get an autographed copy of his book this Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 to 11am.

A new general aviation security initiative was unveiled yesterday at EAA AirVenture. And the electronic filing system for international general aviation flights has been streamlined. Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security joined newly confirmed Administrator John Pistole of the Transportation Security Administration in outlining the new programs. The so-called ‘See Something, Say […]

At a press conference yesterday, EAA President and Chairman Tom Poberezny introduced Rod Hightower as the new EAA president, effective Sept. 7. Poberezny will remain EAA Chairman. Hightower is only the third president of the association, and the first non-Poberezny. Tom’s father Paul Poberezny founded EAA in 1953 and served as president until son Tom […]

Tecnam, the Italian company that got its start as Partenavia, has released drawings of a proposed four-seat model, the P2010. The high-wing, strutted aircraft will have metal wings, a carbon-fiber fuselage and a Lycoming 180-hp IO-360-M1a engine. Performance goals include 133-knot cruise, 660-nautical-mile range and 990-pound useful load. Tecnam has sold more than 3,000 aircraft, […]

Early this week at the Farnborough Air Show, Hawker Beechcraft announced that its twin-engine Baron has become the only aircraft in its class approved for operations at London City Airport. The airport, located in the city’s docklands region less than five miles from London Bridge, requires steep 5.5-degree approach and climbout angles as well as […]

From the ‘What were they thinking?’ department: the FAA’s Electronic Special Traffic Management Program (eSTMP) had announced it was updating its computers, beginning tomorrow and running through Monday (July 23-26). That’s the four days immediately before EAA AirVenture, the largest gathering of aircraft in the world. The eSTMP system coordinates IFR slot reservations at venues […]

Flying received a humble message from flight instructor Scott Taylor, grandson of C.G. Taylor. A self-taught engineer from Nottingham, England, C.G. Taylor designed the original ‘Cub,’ (an E-2) and was William Piper’s early partner. But he and Piper parted ways early on, and Taylor later moved to Alliance, Ohio, and built his own side-by-side lightplane, […]

As many as 4,500 of Hawker Beechcraft Corp.’s (HBC) 6,000 employees could lose their jobs in the next two years, according to a report from the Wichita affiliate of NBC News. The union that represents employees at HBC quoted a letter from company management concerning ongoing meetings with union leaders. The company cited: “… serious […]

This weekend (July 24-26), more than 30 Douglas DC-3s/C-47s are expected for a reunion known as The Last Time. (True fans of the iconic transport have expressed doubts regarding the name of the event.) To be held at Whiteside County Airport, Rock Falls, Illinois, the gathering marks the 75th anniversary of the first flight of […]