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Charlotte, NC – FAA Part 135 Air Carrier Jet Logistics Inc., a key operator in the fixed-wing air medical transportation industry for the past decade, continues expanding its reputation as a leader in the global air medical transport sector. The company announced its “AeroMedOPS™” worldwide air medical transport program for client partners spanning numerous regions of […]

Boeing completed the first end-to-end test of the CST-100 Starliner crew capsule abort system as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program on Monday. Although the spacecraft experienced a “deployment anomaly” that caused only two of the three main parachutes to open, NASA and Boeing reported that the vehicle’s performance fell within the range of acceptable […]

Aircraft manufacturer Daher announced the three winning concepts from its first general aviation hackathon this week. According to the company, the “General Aviathon” challenged participants to develop flight safety-related solutions for Daher’s TBM turboprop family on two themes: “advanced features and capabilities to make the aircraft more connected, intelligent and autonomous; and innovative solutions to […]

ADS-B solutions company uAvionix announced that it has resolved a patent lawsuit brought by Garmin that has been ongoing since June 2018. According to the company, the agreement will allow uAvionix to “continue offering and supporting” its skyBeacon, tailBeacon and echoUAT products. The exact terms of the resolution have been kept confidential. The original lawsuit […]

I knew we were too high and too fast coming into Atlanta, Idaho (55H), the type of backcountry airstrip that offers no go-around potential. I had blown it, but CFI Paul Leadabrand, in the right seat, had forced me to select an abort point and departure route before we started into the pattern. It was […]

Airbus-owned Voom launched its on-demand helicopter “air taxi” booking platform in the U.S. on Thursday. The company is beginning its U.S. service in California’s San Francisco Bay area, offering flights between airports in Napa, Oakland, Palo Alto, San Francisco and San Jose. Voom, which is also headquartered in San Francisco, has been operating in São […]

Time waits for no man, nor any airplane. So explains American Airlines’ retirement of last week of the long-running McDonnell Douglas MD-80-series aircraft, known to pilots and fans of the design as Mad Dog. (Passengers relegated to the last two rows between the mighty Pratts might say “Maybe Deaf.”) The very last was American Flight […]

Stung by the trade war with China that’s dried up investment capital, light sport manufacturer Icon said Friday that it’s reducing its workforce by 40 percent and cutting production to fewer than five airplanes a month. COO Thomas Wieners said in a conference call Friday afternoon that the workforce will decline from 650 workers to […]

Coconut Creek, FL. July 30, 2019. DAES Distribution, a premier aerospace global provider, announced today a new strategic partnership with First National Capital, a commercial equipment and aviation finance provider. The partnership leverages the lender advantages of First National Capital and combines it with DAES’s industry experience, and support capabilities in a true end-to-end solution. […]

A persistent fantasy among those of us in aviation—or vintage cars, or motorcycles, or boats—is to find the pristine, never-used object of our passion stored away in a barn somewhere, just awaiting discovery and sale at a cheap price. It does happen from time to time, although the pristine part is a stretch. Tom Reilly […]