Aviation News

Transport Canada recently revised its rules, making it easier for U.S.-registered aircraft in the Light Sport category to fly in. Until now, LSA operators wishing to fly to Canada needed to call Transport Canada authorities to receive authorization, obtain a validation form to be kept in the aircraft and pay a fee of $100. Under […]

This month, frequent Flying contributor Paul Bowen received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Aviation Photography. Previous recipients include the late Howard Levy and George Hall. ISAP is an international non-profit society with 325 members, including photographers, publishers, writers, historians, pilots and trade representatives. Bowen is a Wichita-based photographer credited with more […]

Vince Neil of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe has added a jet charter service to his portfolio of business ventures. According to a Wall Street Journal Internet blog, Neil has launched Vince Neil Aviation with a Gulfstream, a Hawker 700 and a Learjet Model 35 — all with hard rock-esque interiors and flame-studded paint […]

An FAA funding bill is gaining traction in Congress, though it faces some circuitous pathways to final passage. Senate majority leader Harry Reid has made the FAA funding bill a priority — with more than two and a half years having gone by since the last long-term funding plan expired. Interim funding measures have all […]

If you can just hang in there until 2030, the general aviation fleet will have grown by approximately 50,000 aircraft and 52,000 pilots, according to the FAA’s latest long-term forecast. But don’t expect much of that growth in the piston fleet. The agency’s crystal ball calls for just 0.1 percent growth in the piston fleet […]

The first happy customers will be receiving their Cessna Citation CJ4s later this year, following last week’s announcement that the FAA has granted type certification to the latest light jet from Cessna. The $9 million (2010 dollars) CJ4 shares a type rating (including single-pilot operation) with the rest of Cessna’s CJ series. With an NBAA […]

The FAA has submitted a notice of proposed rulemaking to expand the Class B airspace surrounding Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina. Comments may be submitted to the FAA before May 3. The expanded Class B airspace is needed for airline traffic using the airport and to accommodate area navigation (RNAV) departure procedures. A […]

It’s every pilot’s nightmare. During an emergency landing on a Hilton Head, South Carolina, beach, an amateur-built Lancair IV-P struck and killed a pedestrian from behind as he walked the shoreline with headphones on, listening to music. Neither the pilot nor his passenger was injured, and the airplane ultimately came to rest in the surf. […]

An often irreverent and always passionate advocate for general aviation, John Baker passed away last week at his home in Angier, North Carolina. Baker served as president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association from 1977 to 1990, and was known as a tireless and devoted champion of the cause. His efforts are credited with […]

A Colorado couple, both pilots with 2,000 hours and instrument ratings, had taken their Malibu to Hutchinson, Kansas, for its annual inspection. They returned home to Steamboat Springs in a rented car, and two weeks later drove back to Hutchinson to retrieve the airplane. The work done had included the removal of free play from […]