In Brief

A student pilot got a very graphic demonstration of the dangers of wake turbulence at Seattles Boeing Field a couple of weeks ago. According to the NTSB, the student was on final for Runway 13L in a Cessna 172 when Boeings modified 747 Large Cargo Freighter passed it on final to Runway 13R. A nine-knot […]

Diamond’s Twin Star DA42 got its type certificate from Transport Canada this week… Avantair, the exclusive provider of fractional aircraft shares in the Avanti P.180 aircraft, has acquired five Avanti IIs since September. Next year, the fleet will grow to 40, and the company will merge with Ardent Acquisition Corp… Keep up with the latest […]

The U.S. government is expected to release a confiscated video on Dec. 21 that may contain images of the final moments of the crash of an airliner into the Pentagon on 9/11. The Web site Flight77.info claims its freedom of information request resulted in the decision to release the video… Piper is providing financial incentives […]

Piaggio promises both style and performance in its new jet design, but is revealing no details. The new jet is expected to launch sometime next year, Flight Global reports… Bell/Agusta flew the second prototype of its BA609 tilt-rotor aircraft for the first time last week in Cameri, Italy. The aircraft flew for 52 minutes and […]

On Thursday, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico denied Aviace’s request for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit against Eclipse Aviation. In denying Aviace’s request, the court found that “Aviace has not shown a substantial likelihood of prevailing on the merits of any of its claims.” The finding concluded, “Therefore, Aviace’s […]

Popular Science lists the HondaJet and Diamond D-Jet as best new innovations in aviation… FedEx canceled its order for 10 Airbus A380 double-deckers to go with Boeing’s 777 instead… Skydivers have agreed to continue jumping at Florida’s Deland airport despite construction of a new control tower… Precise Flight has received STC approval for its fixed […]

Raytheons new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been certified by the FAA, and that means it can be used in the restricted airspace over the border between Arizona and Mexico. Raytheon says the Cobra is more technologically advanced than other UAVs and is only nine feet long… Alan Conklin, who co-founded Conklin & de Decker, […]

The pilot of a single-engine Piper landed on a Tulsa racetrack instead of the nearby airport on Saturday afternoon…A Continental 757 mistakenly landed on a taxiway at Newark on Saturday night… An Alaska Airlines 737 took off from the wrong runway at Seattle-Tacoma on Monday…Tuesday night, two airliners clipped wings while taxiing at Newark… Mooney […]

About 100 people, including Sultan Ibrahim Muhammadu Maccido, the head of all Nigerian Muslims died when an ADC Airlines aircraft (type unknown) crashed shortly after takeoff from Nigeria’s capital of Abuja on Sunday… Seattle-area officials are pondering a deal to trade Boeing Field for a railway right of way that would open up 47 miles […]

Searchers have found the cockpit voice recorder from the B737 that crashed in Brazil last month after a midair with a Legacy jet. The two American pilots are still not allowed to leave the country, pending further investigation… PartsBase, an online e-commerce Web site for aviation, aerospace and defense, said Tuesday it will run live […]