Aviation News

The bodies of an instructor and student from the University of North Dakota have been found in the wreckage of the Piper Seminole that went missing late Wednesday. Instructor Annette Klosterman, of Seattle, and 20-year-old Adam Ostapenko, a junior aviation student from Duluth, Minnesota, died in the crash about 20 miles northwest of Little Falls, […]

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association will hold a news conference today to release figures on staffing levels, which it claims are at a dangerous low … . The Department of Transportation says it wants to reduce flights into New Yorks Kennedy Airport by 20 percent next summer to ease delays. About 100 flights an […]

Seventeen whooping cranes began their ultralight-escorted migration from Wisconsin to Florida last week. The journey will take about 23 flying days but weather can extend the actual length of time it takes … . Gen. David Lee “Tex” Hill, one of the famed Flying Tigers, died Thursday at 92. Hill was played by John Wayne […]

Last week, we managed to record a bumper crop of podcasts with the aviation industry’s leading figures – covering topics that ranged from inside the cockpit (synthetic vision) to new airplanes (from Diamond and Cessna) to Lockheed Martin’s embattled perspective on the newly-privatized AFSS system. In case you missed any, here’s a complete recap of […]

Aviation can be a difficult topic for those not involved directly to understand, let alone explain, and aviation groups frequently correct often-understandable errors that appear in the mainstream media. But there are also plenty of instances where regular reporters do the research and gain the understanding necessary to transmit accurate, compelling stories about aviation to […]

In the face of a determined campaign by well-funded airline lobbyists and an administration hell-bent on revamping the FAA’s funding structure, Rep. Jerry Costello’s resolve has been unshaken and it earned him one of AOPA’s highest honors on Saturday. Costello was named recipient of the “Doc” (Joseph B. Hartranft) Award as the public servant who’s […]

Stanley Butchart, a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base in the 1950s, died Monday in Lancaster, Calif., he was 85 … . Albuquerque’s annual International Balloon Fiesta opened Saturday morning with a mass ascenion of about 700 hot-air balloons. The America’s Challenge gas-balloon race launches on Monday.

AOPA appreciates all the help it can get from members in defending airports but Richard Beach’s dedication to eliminating part of an illegally built high-rise near Montgomery Field in San Diego was beyond the call of duty. “People told me my life was in danger,” Beach told the packed wind-up dinner at AOPA Expo Saturday […]

AOPA has taken a first look at the FAA’s complex new ADS-B proposal, and found plenty of technical and cost issues that will affect general aviation pilots. Randy Kenagy, AOPA senior director of strategic planning, said an initial review of the 100-page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking showed that “much more work needs to be done […]

More photos from the 2007 Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Expo, courtesy of AVweb editor Mary Grady. gallery ONE |gallery TWO CLICK FOR LARGE IMAGESEACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW gallery ONE |gallery TWO