Aviation News

James Fallows, reporter for The Atlantic and a Cirrus pilot, offers comment and analysis into the recent fatal crash in New York. Also, The New York Times provides a detailed graphic of the flight path… The continuing investigation into last month’s midair over Brazil is raising questions about air traffic control procedures… A small Fort […]

Pilots of a Legacy business jet that collided with a Boeing 737 over Brazil two weeks ago say the aircraft’s transponder was working at the time of the crash. Brazilian authorities are claiming the transponder signal disappeared just before the crash… One of the Groen Brothers, Jay, has died of cancer. Groen, who with his […]

More than 70 TBM aircraft and 200 people attended the annual TBM Owners and Pilots Association convention in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, last week. Attendees included a French Army Aviation transport crew who made a 24-hour flight from France… The union representing Northwest pilots claims flights have been cancelled because the airline has furloughed too many […]

Eleven pilots have been chosen to represent the U.S. at the World Aerobatic Championships next year. Out of 97 competitors, the winners were: Debby Rihn-Harvey, from La Porte, Texas; Michael Racy, of Tucson, Ariz.; David Martin, from Graford, Texas; Melissa Andrzejewski, from Auburn, Calif.; Robert Armstrong, from Athens, Ga.; Chandy Clanton, from Lincoln, Neb.; Dan […]

A supervisor at the Denver Center had inappropriate relations with female subordinates, including having sex while at work, and has not been disciplined, according to local news reports… The FAA last week chose Lockheed Martin to help introduce unmanned aerial vehicles into the National Airspace System… UP Aerospace has recovered the rocket and payloads that […]

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 […]