Aviation News

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 […]

Banyan’s Ft. Lauderdale Team Banyan Air Service at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport was named the best independent FBO in the U.S., the most improved FBO and the second best FBO in the U.S. in a Professional Pilots Magazine survey.

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 […]

Brian Pope Virgin Charter has announced that Brian Pope has been promoted to chief operating officer from chief marketing officer. Prior to joining Virgin Charter, Pope was with IMG Consulting and Universal Studios.

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 […]

Doug Turner Doug Turner has been named managing partner and chief of experimental sales for Flight Resource, a distributor of MT propellers. Turner was formerly U.S. sales manager for MT.

Dan Cronin Dan Cronin has been named director of sales to the U.S. Department of Defense market for SimAuthor, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc. The company specializes in software and service products for defense aerospace organizations.

The Red Bull Air Races now have a dedicated YouTube channel, showing clips and previews along with interviews and news from the “World Series.” EAA members are eligible to receive a free SPOT Satellite Messenger at AirVenture 2008. The $170 GPS/message device is useless without a service subscription, which costs roughly $150 per year and […]

Todd Simmons Todd Simmons recently joined Cirrus Design as Vice President of Marketing. Simmons was the former president and CEO of Cubcrafters and has worked in the airline industry. He’s an active pilot and will head up the marketing team.

A San Diego filmmaker is working on a documentary about the 1978 midair crash of a 727 and a Cessna 172 that killed 144 people… The Moffett Field dirigible hangar near San Francisco is named an endangered historic site… Operational deviations at Indianapolis Center are up, and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association blames fatigue […]