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The FAA has awarded more than $766 million in grants aimed at building safer, more sustainable, and more accessible airports across the United States. The funding, the fifth round of FY 2021 Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants, will pay for projects at 279 airports in 44 states, as well as projects in Guam, Puerto Rico, […]

When the Inspiration4 mission launches from Kennedy Space Center on September 15, its capsule will be hauling more than just the world’s first all-civilian crew into space. It will also be carrying 70 pounds of hops. The special cargo is the brainchild of billionaire pilot and CEO of payment processor Shift4 Payments, Jared Isaacman. He’s […]

California-based startup Archer Aviation has partnered with Reef, the country’s largest parking operator, in a deal that will create landing sites for electric air taxis in major U.S. cities. As part of the agreement announced this week, Archer will retrofit parking garage rooftops to establish vertiports, or landing sites, for electric vertical takeoff and landing […]

Delta Air Lines has added 30 incremental A321neo aircraft to its existing order book with Airbus. The A321neo is Delta’s most fuel-efficient large-gauge narrowbody aircraft. “Adding these aircraft strengthens Delta’s commitment to replacing older fleets with more sustainable, fuel-efficient jets, and offers the best customer experience in the industry,” Mahendra Nair, Delta’s senior vice president […]

Embraer and Ascent have announced a deal that could bring air taxis to the Asia-Pacific region in 2026. Under the agreement, Eve Urban Air Mobility, a subsidiary of Embraer, will provide Ascent, an aviation taxi booking platform, with 100 electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOLs). With 100,000 hours of allocated flying time each year, […]

Zara Rutherford wants to be the youngest woman to fly around the world solo, as FlyZolo. She has completed the Atlantic crossing, the first major hurdle along the way. The 19-year-old Belgian pilot is flying a Shark Ultralight single-engine airplane approved in the rough European equivalent of the light sport category, with a maximum takeoff […]

In its preliminary report, Transport Canada’s Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System (CADORS) says a police drone caused “major damage” when it crashed into a Cessna 172N near Buttonville Municipal Airport (CYKZ) in Toronto on August 10. The 172, which had an instructor and student on board, was on final approach into the airport. It […]

A Geico Skytypers pilot was killed in a crash shortly after takeoff Friday at an airport in eastern Pennsylvania. The pilot, identified as Andy Travnicek, was the only person on board, according to Jacob Schmitt, a supervisor at Luzerne County 911. No injuries were reported on the ground. Travnicek’s T-6 Texan plane was part of […]

On Saturday, NASA and SpaceX will launch SpaceX’s Dragon capsule on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. The launch will lift off from Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA will live stream the launch on NASA Television, the NASA app, and their website starting at about 3:15 a.m. ET. […]

The National Air and Space Museum is undergoing a massive multi-year renovation project that will see all 23 exhibitions being completely reimagined and the addition of new presentation spaces and attractions. The magnitude of the NASM project, started in 2018, is revealed in this detailed Flickr photo gallery. The NASM said the transformation of the […]