Aviation News

NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker in a speech on Monday pressed the FAA to do more to prevent runway incursions … The second Spirit of St. Louis, the Columbia 300 that Erik Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic along the same route as his grandfather has been donated by Columbia to the St. Louis Science Center. It […]

Embraer’s Legacy 600 has been certified to operate at Cannes-Mandelieu, in Cannes, France. The aircraft is one of the largest business jets to operate from either Cannes-Mandelieu or London City airports … The Middle East Business Aviation Association is backing a summit to be held in Dubai April 23-24 promoting very light jets … A […]

Comp Air owner and president Ron Lueck is wearing a giant smile this week at Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Fla. That’s because the Comp Air 12 made it to the airshow as promised, just days after making its maiden flight. In a media briefing on Tuesday morning, Lueck said the airplane flew gear down […]

Xerion Avionix recently received technical standard order (TSO) authorization for its AuRACLE I & II engine management system. The system replaces old-style engine instrumentation with digital tapes, and STCs are being sought for most types of light aircraft… AVweb freelance contributor Tim Kern has earned the Certified Aviation Manager certificate. The program was set up […]

EAA AirVenture has confirmed that the Beach Boys will return to Oshkosh on July 23… A Swiss team has flown their model of a small lifting-body aircraft powered by a fuel cell… NOAA is taking its Hurricane Hunter aircraft on tour in the Caribbean this month, where it will be open for public tours… The […]

Charles Simonyi became the fifth space tourist Saturday after a successful launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Simonyi will spend 13 days on the International Space Station, courtesy of Space Adventures… AOPA has assembled a Web page with information on flying to Sun n’ Fun. The annual kickoff to the air show season begins […]

Fuel selectors on Diamond DA40 aircraft must be modified under a new Airworthiness Directive proposed by the FAA… A new lightweight four-stroke engine for sport aircraft has been successfully tested and will go into production this year, says AirScooter Corp.… Some Columbia airplanes must be inspected to prevent jamming of the ailerons and elevator, according […]

Eclipse Aviation on Saturday delivered three Eclipse 500s to start-up air-limo operator DayJet. For now, the aircraft will be used to train DayJet pilots at Eclipses facilities in Albuquerque. DayJet expects to put its fleet of Eclipse 500s into “per-seat, on-demand” commercial service by the end of June. Eclipse says DayJet is its largest customer, […]

The fireballs that a Chilean airline crew reported over the South Pacific likely didn’t come from a Russian supply spacecraft re-entering the atmosphere as initially reported. Russian authorities reportedly said the space junk came down 12 hours after the incident, in which the crew said fireballs narrowly missed their A340… Cirrus will issue a mandatory […]

The prototype of the new Comp Air 10-place turboprop will be ready to fly into the Sun ‘n Fun air show next month, the company said this week… A report on runway incursions at Los Angeles International Airport found there is not too much traffic, but the runway and taxiway configurations need improvement… Light Sport […]