Aviation News

At least 107 people, including 65 students, died when a Sosoliso Airlines plane crashed on landing at Nigerias Port Harcourt Airport. Bad weather was reported at the time of the crash … Canadian Armed Forces officials say all their planes are accounted for, despite reports last week that a C-130 went down off the coast […]

An item in the Dec. 5 edition of AVweb incorrectly stated that Pilot Journey was taking over sales and marketing for Liberty Aircraft. In fact, Pilot Journey is starting and managing the new Liberty Flight Schools program. We apologize for any confusion caused by the error.

The Associated Press is reporting that Iranian officials knew of problems with a C-130 that crashed into an apartment building, killing a total of more than 120 people. The plane’s pilot was attempting an emergency landing at Tehran’s airport when the accident occurred… Put another log on the fire and start planning your trip to […]

An FAA Airworthiness Directive for McCauley Propeller Systems targets 40 propeller hubs that the company says were incorrectly manufactured. The hubs could crack, causing blade separation and loss of control. The AD is effective Dec. 15 and requires that the hubs be removed from service within 10 flight hours or 10 days… An around-the-world “world […]

The Department of Defense will continue to produce its FLIP charts for aviators for two more years, AOPA said on Tuesday… SpaceX has scrubbed its rocket launch till at least mid-December, due to technical glitches… The 70th anniversary of the Douglas DC-3 gets celebrated at Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, Calif., on Dec. 17. Lectures, […]

The existing record of 27.6 seconds for the longest paper airplane flight was never threatened in a competition in England last week. Competitors said the Leeds University Grand Hall was too small and planes kept hitting the walls. Longest flight was 6.55 seconds… Flight 93 the movie is now Flight 93 the Web site. The […]

A Boeing 777 with wheel pants? NASA recently fitted an All Nippon Airways 777 with a “toboggan-shaped fairing” aimed at reducing wind noise when the plane is landing. Along with devices added to engine nacelles and nozzles, the researchers were able to measurably reduce the interior and “community” noise of the stock airliner… A pilot […]

An ELT that activated while being shipped sparked a search in Ohio last week. First a pilot reported hearing a radio distress call and then, coincidentally, in the same area, the ELT went off. Civil Air Patrol searchers found the squawking ELT in the back of a delivery truck… A news crew caught the belly […]

Over $100,000 was raised for Katrina victims during the recent National Business Aviation Association annual meeting in Orlando. The meeting was originally scheduled for New Orleans… The FAA issued an NPRM on Monday that would require more than 3,200 large passenger jets to reduce flammability levels of fuel tank vapors…. Investigators have posted an update […]

An Indiana inventor on Nov. 1 received a U.S. patent for his design of an antigravity space vehicle, which would theoretically be powered by a superconductor shield that changes the space-time continuum to defy gravity, Nature reported last week. Engineers and physicists have objected to the patent for what they say is an impossible design… […]