Air Shows & Events

Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 6X business jet is on schedule to fly for the first time in 2021, Dassault Executive Vice President of Civil Aircraft Carlos Brana said at the 2019 NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday. According to Brana, the company finished design review for the aircraft last summer […]

NBAA has its sights set firmly on the challenges and opportunities the business aviation industry is facing as it opens its 69th annual convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday. AVweb will provide coverage throughout the show. Certainly there will be lots of shiny airplanes to look at it and exhibit halls stuffed with everything from […]

A new air racing series has been green lighted by the FAA and it may be coming to an airshow near you in 2021. The Air Show Racing Series will feature head-to-head racing by two aircraft in 4,000-foot parallel slalom lanes marked by inflatable pylons at airshow center. At the end of each run, the […]

A member of the Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds ejected safely from his aircraft when something went wrong just before the team was scheduled to perform at the Atlanta Air Show early Sunday afternoon. Capt. Kevin Domon-Grenier, Snowbird 5, landed safely and the aircraft crashed in an unpopulated area and there were no injuries. His […]

Offering what it calls a “unique approach” to air racing, JLC AirShow Management will launch the so-called AirShow Racing Series in next October with plans to have a full calendar through 2021. As a move toward those goals, show management just announced that it has “received official notice of accreditation from the Federal Aviation [Administration] […]

Sun ‘n Fun, known for its annual fly-in at Florida’s Lakeland Linder International Airport (LAL), announced on Tuesday that it has restructured its organization under the leadership of the Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE). ACE, which was introduced by Sun ‘n Fun in 2014, is a nonprofit organization that provides aerospace-based science, technology, engineering and […]

Australia’s Matt Hall became the last ever Red Bull Air Race champion on Sunday with a third-place finish in the event’s final race in Chiba, Japan. The third-place finish earned him enough points in the points race to win the overall championship for the truncated final year of the iconic race series. Japan’s Yoshide Muroya […]

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has announced that it is forming a committee that will focus on rulemaking, standards setting and policy-related activities associated with “promising aviation technologies.” According to the organization, the Emerging Technologies Committee will provide NBAA with insights, conduct educational and training sessions, and liaise with industry organizations and regulators on […]

Brazil-based aircraft manufacturer Embraer held a ceremony to celebrate its 50th anniversary at the company’s headquarters, in São José dos Campos, Brazil, on Monday. Embraer was founded on Aug. 19, 1969, by the Brazilian government as the state-owned Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. The company was privatized in 1994 and employs approximately 18,000 people worldwide. […]

The show went on in Chicago this weekend after two Blue Angels F-18s touched during a close formation maneuver during practice last Wednesday at their home base in Pensacola, Florida. “The No. 3 canopy made momentary contact with the underside of No. 1’s outer wing during the Diamond 360 maneuver,” Navy spokeswoman Lt. Michelle Tucker said. […]