Aviation News

Ross Aimer Retired United Airlines Capt. Ross “Rusty” Aimer has been named CEO of Aviation Experts LLC. He’s also a flight training captain for Boeing on the 787 and 777.

Cirrus Design laid off 100 workers last week in response to a sales slump. COO Brent Wouters told Associated Press the reduction was due to “not selling as many airplanes as we’d hoped to this year.” There were 79 layoffs at the main plant in Duluth and 29 at the composite facility in Grand Fork, […]

A Convair 580 carrying cargo crashed shortly after takeoff in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday; all three crew members were killed… A P2V air tanker that was fighting wildfires in Nevada crashed on Monday, killing all three crew members. Early reports said the aircraft may have broken apart shortly after takeoff… A jury trial has been […]

Scott Shiells Scott Shiells is StandardAero’s new Airframe Program Director. Shiells came from Duncan Aviation where he was project manager on maintenance and modification projects.

Dennis Constantine Dennis Constantine has been named Director of Technical Services for Cutter Aviation FBO Network. He’s been with Cutter since 2002 and was most recently its Corporate Director of Finance.

John Grassby John Grassby has joined Toronto-based UYJ Aviation as its new Sales Director. He formerly held positions with Bombardier Business Aircraft and Learjet Canada.

A woman escaped serious injury when she fled from her parked car just before a Cessna 172 crashed into it. The aircraft was apparently trying to go around at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank when it hit power lines and crashed into the car, injuring all three on the plane. The woman saw it coming […]

The NTSB has released its preliminary report on the fatal crash of a charity flight in Massachusetts on Aug. 12… An Air France 747 ran off the runway while landing in Montreal; nobody was hurt… A pilot on his first solo flight was killed in a midair collision in Melbourne, Australia… A passenger who was […]

CubCrafters CC18-180 Top Cub has earned an Australian Type Certificate. The 180 horsepower Piper Cub-alike weights 1200 pounds empty and has an 1100 pound useful load. More info at CubCrafters.com. Two hypersonic experiments were destroyed by NASA August 22 after an anomaly caused a failure shortly after liftoff from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Friday. […]

Two helicopter pilots set a new around-the-world speed record… Local officials backed off on a plan to close Reid-Hillview Airport in California… Some pilot testing centers have lost their certification under new FAA rules… A pilot who took off in a 172 in Roanoke, Va., and avoided talking to ATC reportedly planned to commit suicide […]