Aviation News

Waco Classic Aircraft has announced FAA and EASA approval of its new YMF 5-D Model. The newest version of the classic biplane includes a new 300-hp engine, an elliptical MT propeller, Garmin glass panel, upgraded landing gear design and much more. For more info, visit www.wacoclassic.com.

The rise in the U.S. dollar has been a long time in coming, but it could signal big changes for the aviation marketplace. With most aircraft purchases conducted in dollars (even those for French-made Falcon business jets, for example) the low dollar has shifted the balance of sales from North America. A revitalized dollar could […]

Chevron-Texaco Aviation general manager Keith Sawyer said the company is changing its business model as relates to selling aviation fuel to the retail (general aviation) market. As of June 1, he said, “We are aligning our aviation marketing assets with our manufacturing system to focus on the areas where our supply reliability is the strongest.” […]

A conforming prototype of Honda’s unique over-the-wing HondaJet is now scheduled to fly in November, a few months later than the previously projected first flight “this summer.” A company statement said that certain “major components” were delayed, resulting in the schedule slippage. A spokesman said, “We anticipate receiving the first conforming, flight-worthy engines from GE […]

Airports regularly lie low in the terrain, often nearby rivers. Recent devastating floods in the nation’s midsection left residents and businesses scrambling to clean up — or start to rebuild. Downtown Nashville was largely under water as heavy rains pummeled the region. One airport, Cornelia Fort Airpark, was particularly hard hit. Located near the Cumberland […]

If you’re the owner of a classic Cessna Citation model in need of some dressing up, you have one reason to look kindly on these tough economic times. Cessna announced on Monday a new program streamlining the process of refurbishing Citation interiors. Named the RightNow Interiors program, Cessna’s initiative is aimed to reduce lead time […]

As of April 20, a computer has been generating digital notices to airmen (NOTAMs) for Atlantic City (NJ) International Airport (KACY). The technical innovation, set to expand to several other airports soon, is said to offer numerous advantages over human-generated notams, according to FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt. For example, notams may now be transmitted to […]

The FAA recently decided that federally funded Independence State Airport in Oregon could allow residents with adjacent property access to the airport. Recent rumbling about the legality of so called “through the fence” (TTF) agreements has many airport operators unsettled. The principle of TTF means that tenants of an off-airport property have access to the […]

The e-mail we received here at Flying from Col. Sid “Scroll” Mayeux, chief of aviation safety at the United States Air Force Safety Center, was a little hard to believe. “Last year (Fiscal Year 2009),” Mayeux’s e-mail read, “was the USAF’s safest year in aviation safety, with 17 Class A Aviation Flight Mishaps for a […]

Cirrus Aircraft’s Brent Wouters talks with Fox Business Network about its partnership with Red Bull in the 2010 World Championship and how its new marketing strategy — from expanding its marketing effort globally and targeting institutional clients (i.e. universities, government) — has helped improve sales trends in 2010. Watch the latest business video at video.foxbusiness.com