Aviation News

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 […]

Flight Options has named Jay Heublein as vice president of sales and marketing. He started his aviation career with Flight Options as a regional sales director and went to a competitor in a similar role before being attracted back.

Tom Neufelder has been named Avidyne’s new VP of Engineering. Neufelder came to Avidyne from General Electric where he was VP and General Manager for Independent Practice Engineering developing electronic medical record and practice systems for doctors.

The Air Transport Association has gone to court to challenge the FAA’s action to auction off airport slots… The German Bankruptcy Court has added the Thielert Engine Owners Group to the creditors’ committee overseeing the Thielert insolvency… The FAA has posted details of the Temporary Flight Restrictions that will be in place for the Democratic […]

Mark Sindone Mark Sindone has been named Director of Customer Service for Avidyne. He was most recently at AGL Resources where he was Director of Customer Logistics.

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 […]