Aviation News

A blimp landed in trees near Boston after a rudder failed. The pilot tried to land on a nearby beach but the wind was too strong… Scottsdale, Ariz., has banned helicopters from taking off or landing in residential areas… The first private rocket to launch at New Mexico’s spaceport took off Monday but failed to […]

The now-former pilot of an Onur Air A321 resigned by telling his passengers not to fly on the plane because it wasn’t safe. He then walked off the plane. Most of the 180 passengers flew back to England from Turkey aboard another Onur plane but some made other arrangements. Airline officials said there was no […]

A man who allegedly led police on a high-speed chase on a runway at South Florida International Airport could face up to 20 years in jail. Jack Brems has been indicted on charges of Using A Device To Disrupt Service after an Aug. 8 incident in which a vehicle was chased by police around the […]

Comair crash investigation update: memos show controllers had complained about inadequate staffing, and Comair pilots now are being told their charts for Lexington airport are incorrect… Flight students in New York will have to undergo security background checks, under a new law… Boeing’s 747 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF) flew for the first time on Saturday, […]

A Swedish pilot died after a midair collision during the Aero GP race in Malta on Sunday. Gabor Vargas, the Swedish aerobatic champion, died after his Yak-55 was struck behind the canopy by an Extra flown by Eddy Goggins, who parachuted to safety. The race around Malta’s harbor included “a combination of racing, air-to-air combat […]

The sole survivor of Comair Flight 5191, first officer James Polehinke, 44, remains in serious condition but has improved. Polehinke suffered “facial fractures, a complex fracture of the pelvis, two fractures of the spine, and broken bones in his left leg, right foot and right hand,” according to The Courier-Journal. He no longer requires life […]

If you’re in the Dallas area and have a fondness for DC-3s, the Commemorative Air Force has a deal for you. For $250 a seat ($1,650 for all seven seats) the CAF will take you on a tour of the Dallas area in the plane, more accurately known as an R4D (ask about the difference) […]

The first female space tourist will head to the International Space Station Sept. 14. Anouseh Ansari, the name sponsor for the Ansari X Prize competition, will join NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin on the launch of a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan… The FAA has written new rules […]

AOPA gives Lockheed-Martin a B+ for its operation so far of the Flight Service Station system… The FAA on Monday OK’d a new airport site for St. George, Utah… Kaiser Aluminum will provide aluminum to Eclipse Aviation for production of its jets, Kaiser said on Tuesday… A final FAA Airworthiness Directive aims to correct heading […]

Customs-related charges have been dropped against a Florida pilot whose fiery, but fatality-free, crash landing of a DC-3 on a Ft. Lauderdale street made headlines last year. Charles Riggs had been facing 19 charges of operating illegally but they were dropped after the FAA’s case against him was thrown out by an administrative judge. The […]