Aviation News

Round one of the heavy snows in the Washington, D.C. area last Friday resulted in heavy damage to the roof of the Dulles Jet Center FBO. The hangar roof collapsed at about 8 a.m. on Saturday morning under the weight of as much as three feet of snow. Though five people were inside at the […]

An avionics software upgrade for the ages; and a pair of new-version piston twins made the list of Flying‘s Editors’ Choice Awards for 2009. Avidyne’s Entegra Release 9 upgrade is much more than a simple download. It’s a game-changing update that brings one of the original glass panel systems for light aircraft back to the […]

The 21st Annual Conference of Women in Aviation International (WAI) will occur Thursday, Feb. 25 to Saturday, Feb. 27 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Key speakers include FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt and NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman. For more info, go to www.wai.org.

Flying eNewsletter has received scores of e-mails detailing relief efforts by pilots flying to Haiti. The stories range from individual owner-pilots in single-engine pistons to corporations donating the use of their jet fleets to aid the victims of last month’s earthquake. In many cases, the e-mails came not from the pilots, themselves, but rather from […]

Hawker Beechcraft took the wraps off its newest website (www.hawkerbeechcraft.com) this week. Designed to be “customer-focused” the site is designed to offer more information as well as exciting ways to experience the company’s products online. Recognizing the importance of the Internet in today’s society, HBC’s director of marketing Ron Gunnarson said, “A customer’s first impression […]

This year’s Red Bull Air Racing World Championship will run in cooperation with Cirrus Aircraft. Announced last week at Santa Monica, California, the partnership will enable guests at the Red Bull races in either the Race Club or High Flyer’s Lounge to have special access to the Cirrus SR22 and the developmental single-engine Cirrus Vision […]

When general aviation advocates received copies of President Obama’s 2011 budget, presented on Monday, they immediately honed in on the issue of user fees. A preliminary version of the budget presented last year included language favorable to introducing such fees, which have long been opposed by just about everyone on the GA side. But the […]

When the first HondaJets are delivered, planned for the fourth quarter of next year, FlightSafety International will train their pilots. FSI will establish a facility at Honda Aircraft headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, configured to accommodate two simulators provided by the training specialist. “We will consider adding additional simulators at other locations in the U.S. […]

In a series of public meetings, the FAA will investigate possible changes to policy rulemaking for aircraft certified under FAR Part 23. As well as certification standards, the review is expected to encompass maintenance and operations. The review comes on the heels of a two-year study, based on the fact that, “The last thorough review […]

Fallout from the Feb. 12, 2009, crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 continues. With the final report from the NTSB scheduled for Tuesday, the FAA announced last week an initiative to address what it considers prime contributors to the accident — pilot fatigue, lack of training and airline hiring practices. Flight time and duty rules […]