Aviation News

Cessna says it’s taken more than 570 orders for its light sport aircraft, the SkyCatcher. Based on the projected $109,000 sticker price, that’s $60 million in orders … Software release 7.0 for Avidyne Entegra EXP5000 primary flight displays and EX5000 multifunction Displays will ship in the third quarter. The update will add support for WAAS […]

Thielert says it will double the size of its manufacturing plant in Altenburg, Germany, and add more staff to meet demand for its general-aviation diesel piston engines… Sun ‘n Fun’s board of directors on Wednesday voted unanimously to shorten the 2008 Fly-In by one day to April 8 to 13. This move eliminates the half-day […]

The FAA is investigating a runway incursion at Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Airport in which a Delta Airlines airplane had to go around to avoid a United airliner that had taken a wrong turn onto the active runway. The FAA credited sharp-eyed controllers with avoiding the accident… The FAA is proposing an airworthiness directive on Trimble […]

The Spaceship Co. has chosen a Pratt & Whitney Canada jet engines to power White Knight II, the carrier airplane that will launch Spaceship Two to carry tourists into space for Virgin Galactic… Orion Sport Aircraft, of Oshkosh, has been named a dealer for REMOS Aircraft, a German manufacturer of all-composite light sport aircraft… SportairUSA […]

Boeing turned on the hoopla for the rollout of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on Sunday, including a parade of all seven of its predecessors (including the adopted 717). Dozens of orders for the 787 were also announced, pushing the total to almost 700… Germanys DFS air traffic control system could be the next to privatize. […]

Former NBC news anchorman Tom Brokaw will emcee the rollout of Boeing’s 787 on Sunday in Everett, Wash…. Embry-Riddle grad student Brandon Walker is seeking volunteers for an ADS-B survey he’s conducting to complete his master’s of aeronautical science degree. Pilots interested in taking the survey can contact him via e-mail… If you want to […]

The National Air Transportation Association said its first Air Charter Summit exceeded expectations, drawing nearly 300 industry executives and leaders last week. It plans to hold the summit again next June… Long Beach Air Center is offering a two-week introductory jet-A price of $3.80 per gallon to entice customers to visit its new FBO located […]

Engine problems have postponed the completion of Glacier Girls historic trip to England, 65 years after the initial mission ended in an emergency landing in Greenland. The engine will be fixed in Goose Bay, Newfoundland, and Labrador, and its hoped the aircraft will be able to fly to EAA AirVenture in three weeks… Three University […]

A Washington Post story finds local pilots cutting back on flying due to high fuel costs… EAA has announced its lineup for evening programs at AirVenture… A man died in a 700-foot fall from a hot-air balloon over Colorado Tuesday morning; suicide is suspected… The Hood blimp that crashed last September has been repaired and […]

Glacier Girl is on her way to England. The famed P-38 entered Canada (track progress here) on Saturday on the way to completing its 1942 mission to bolster Allied forces in Europe. The airplane and seven others were forced down in Greenland due to weather, and Glacier Girl was recovered and restored in the late […]