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The Huntsville International Airport (KHSV), in Huntsville, Alabama, has been proposed to serve as a re-entry site for horizontally landed commercial aircraft. The Huntsville-Madison Airport Authority must gain a Reentry Site Operator License first, issued by the FAA. Sierra Space Corporation is seeking a vehicle operator license to land its Dream Chaser space plane at […]

FLYING CEO Craig Fuller says general aviation is gaining momentum and new pilots—and that this trend should continue.

Congress needs to step up its funding in support of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) to keep pace with recent industry developments, a group of general aviation organizations told lawmakers. In a letter to House and Senate leaders of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, GA stakeholders pressed the lawmakers to double funding of […]

Teaching people to fly should incorporate risk management, yet currently the test standards for CFIs do not contain a mechanism for evaluating the applicant’s judgement toward risk. This will change with the release of the airman certification standards for CFIs, a document currently in development. The date for the release has not been set; however, […]

For-hire hot air balloon pilots could soon need to hold the same medical certificate as a commercial pilot to do their job.

As the Federal Communications Commission nears a planned expansion of radio frequencies available to 5G cellular networks, U.S. aviation industry leaders are expressing concerns about potential safety issues linked to radio (radar) altimeter performance. Beginning December 5, cellular carriers in 46 U.S. markets are expected to repurpose portions of the C-band frequency spectrum near the […]

Three military airports have been selected by the FAA to become eligible for grants to add civilian air operations. The airports selected are either former or current military airfields. They are: Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas (KSKF), a joint-use general aviation airport, will participate in the program for five years. Mobile Downtown Airport in […]

The FAA is soliciting designs for control towers at regional and municipal airports that will answer the need for sustainable aviation solutions. “For communities large and small, the air traffic control tower is an icon. We want architects and engineers from every corner of the country to help build the safe and sustainable towers of […]

The administration reports that more incidents have been reported already in 2021 than in all of 2020, most since 2016.