In Brief

AOPA will hold its annual expo November 6-8 this year, in San Jose, Calif. Online registration is open now… U.S. pilot Kirby Chambliss won last week’s Red Bull Air Race in London, moving to second place overall, as the series moves on to Budapest for August 19 and 20… FAA is moving forward with the […]

A Cessna 402B twin crashed into a municipal construction site in Ocean Ridge, Fla., on Tuesday. The pilot was hurt but there were no other injuries… The NTSB is investigating a near-midair between an Embraer ERJ-145 and a Learjet LR60 at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Monday… Training for pilots of Bombardier Challenger jets should […]

The crew survived the July 7 crash of a Kalitta Air Boeing 747-200 cargo jet that lost power shortly after takeoff in Bogota, but the aircraft was burned and two on the ground were killed. It was the second 747 crash for Kalitta in six weeks, the previous on took place in Brussels, May 25. […]

Officials in Miami say they are talking with a German aircraft manufacturer, which they would not name, about building a new facility at the Opa-Locka Airport that would create over 400 jobs and serve a “niche aviation market.” If the project materializes, it could launch by the end of this year… A brand-new, taller control […]

Pilots for two of Lufthansa’s regional carriers in Germany staged a one-day strike on Monday, canceling hundreds of flights… The Air Force is reopening the bidding for its $35 billion Air Force tanker contract. Northrop Grumman had won, but Boeing protested, now the competition starts over… Five aviation workers were charged with manslaughter in a […]

The FAA needs to be a better job overseeing airlines, according to a report issued this week by the Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General. The FAA says the report is “extremely helpful”… Cockpit traffic alerts occur up to 10 times more often around some U.S. airports than at European hubs, the Wall Street Journal […]

Eclipse Aviation’s E500 is now certified for flight into known icing by the FAA… The Air Race Classic launched Tuesday from Bozeman, Mont., headed for Mansfield, Mass., with 33 all-woman teams competing… Linear Air, based in Bedford, Mass., now has the first Eclipse 500 air taxi based in the New York City area, at the […]

A pilot’s nightmare — AOPA tells the story of the first U.S. pilot to serve jail time for an aircraft accident… A Diamond DA-42 stayed aloft for over 13 hours, and could have flown for two hours more, the company said this week… EAA offers fuel discounts, airfare discounts, and other help for pilots bound […]

The FAA needs to deal with pilot fatigue issues in airline operations, says the NTSB… Bye Engineering has teamed with Porous Power Technologies to develop electric and hybrid powerplants for general aviation. Both companies are in Colorado… Two FAA whistleblowers allege that safety issues in airline inspections continue. The FAA says it is investigating… A […]

The FAA is developing new trans-Atlantic routes that would reduce fuel burn… Forbes examines the aviation world in a special report that mainly looks at airlines but also some GA and business aviation issues… Cessna’s Citation XLS+ bizjet now FAA-certified… The NTSB wants the FAA to do a better job of ensuring that airport diagrams […]