Aviation News

In evacuation tests this weekend, Airbus successfully evacuated 853 filled seats, two cockpit crew with the aid of 18 cabin crew (a total of 873 humans) from 8 of 16 exits, ATWonline reported today. Only one leg was broken in the process… British Airways to raise crew retirement age to 60 in an effort to […]

Aerobatic pilot Nick Nilmeyer, 23, died during a practice Monday near Greenfield, Calif., in his Extra 300-S. Nilmeyer was the youngest member of the first Stars of Tomorrow team in 2003 and graduated to team captain in 2005…Custom Chelton EFIS for Vans RV-10 released by Direct-To Avionics… New data will provide better warning of solar […]

Steve Fossett says he broke Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager’s record for the greatest distance flown taking and landing off in the same spot on Friday. Fossett landed GlobalFlyer back at Salina, Kan., after a 74-hour spin around the world that he says covered more than 25,000 miles and outdistanced the old record by about […]

The former host of a game show called Press Your Luck died Monday when the Bonanza he was flying on an Angel Flight mission in California went down in Santa Monica Bay. Peter Tomarken, 63, and his wife Kathleen were killed on their way to pick up a patient in San Diego who needed treatment […]

The FAA has proposed an Airworthiness Directive (AD) on Sandel ST3400 terrain awareness warning systems/radio magnetic indicator (TAWS/RMI) units. A combination software and input signal glitch caused a bearing error. New software is on the way… Sport Pilot TV has been picked up by Time Warner and will soon be available to 40 million viewers. […]

EAA’s B-17 Aluminum Overcast flew on Tuesday afternoon, the first flight after 19 months of work to repair damage from a landing accident in 2004… Gulfstream Aerospace will expand its manufacturing and service facilities in Savannah, Ga., investing $300 million over seven years and adding 1,100 jobs, the company said on Monday… The Highland Lakes […]

Don’t blame lax security on the theft of a Cessna 182 from Marana Airport in Arizona last week. To get the plane airborne and headed for Mexico, the thief had to defeat keypad access, a padlock on the hangar and the plane’s own locks… The FAA is looking at new routes over New Jersey to […]

An international aircraft registry went live today allowing airlines, individuals and governments to register their interests in airframes, helicopters and engines in a one-size-fits-all database. Proponents say the registry will save governments and industry billions of dollars… Retired Brig. Gen. Robert L. Scott, a former Flying Tiger and author of God Is My Co-Pilot, died […]

The FAA has published a new “plain-language” version of the Washington, D.C., restricted airspace NOTAM… NATCA has asked for a mediator to help with FAA contract talks… The FAA proposes some tweaks to ECi cylinder-assembly Airworthiness Directive… Two 737s collided at Newark on Monday while taxiing, no injuries but long delays ensued… FAA noise rules […]

A controller at LAX last week mistakenly cleared three aircraft at once for the same runway… Plans for a new GA airport in Virginia have stalled due to landowner opposition… FAA and ICAO agreed this week to new international standards for aviation English proficiency, including a Standard Aviation English Test, to be in place by […]