Aviation News

Two leading aviation organizations are fighting to keep free weather. The National Business Aviation Association and the National Air Transportation Association have fired off letters protesting a proposed Senate bill that would prohibit government agencies from providing weather information for free if there are private companies who want to do it for profit… Body parts […]

EAA’s Sport Pilot Tour launched at Golden West fly-in in California over the weekend… Two disabled pilots broke a speed record for a 600-mile flight across Britain in a Glasair RG… Aviation Technology Group ran first taxi tests of its Javelin Jet prototype last week in Englewood, Colo…. If you plan to fly to Oshkosh […]

CLICK FOR LARGE IMAGESEACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW Kids try out a flight simulator in a lobby at the AOPA building. The curious check out Garmin units in the exhibitor tent. This Czech-built motor glider was for sale, gathering lots of interest but no takers (last we checked). Another popular stop – […]

Airbus super-jumbo A380 first commercial flights will be delayed six months. Qantas previously expected its first aircraft in October of next year. Now an April 2007 delivery date seems a more accurate expectation. Expecting airlines may or may not elect to not seek apologies from the manufacturer in the form of cash… Do you know […]

Lancair has expanded Down Under. The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority has granted Type Acceptance Certificates to the Columbia 350 and 400 models… After battling bureaucracy, ground looping in Thailand and using cooking oil for brake fluid Watsonville, Calif., RV-8 pilot Bill Randolph has completed his round-the-world flight ,making him the oldest to do so […]

A three-day public hearing will start June 13 into the crash of a Pinnacle Airlines Regional Jet in Missouri last Oct. 14. The NTSB’s preliminary investigation indicated one or both of the plane’s engines ceased producing thrust while it cruised at its maximum altitude of 41,000 feet while on a repositioning flight… The show must […]

All four people on board died Saturday when a Cessna 172 crashed into a beach at Coney Island, N.Y. Nobody on the ground was hurt… If you want to check out using auto fuel in your airplane, check out Peterson Aviation’s Web site for info on STCs… and also some info about ethanol… Local officials […]

The NTSB blamed the crash landing of a FedEx MD-10 on poor technique by the first officer and inadequate oversight by the captain… Some United flight attendants are protesting pension cuts with the (semi) naked truth in a calendar called “Stewardesses Stripped (Of Their Pension?) “… The National Aeronautic Association has launched a redesigned and […]

One of Britain’s top aviation safety awards went to a glider pilot who landed his aircraft to give first aid to a fellow competitor in a gliding contest who had crashed. Neil Goudie first called for help then landed and gave first aid to the badly injured pilot, who was subsequently picked up by medevac… […]

The Eclipse 500 has taken another step up from that elusive $1 million sticker price. The company announced an across-the-board hike raising the price of the very light jet to $1.295 million in June 2000 dollars. (We don’t know how to do the math either.) When it was introduced in 1999, the price was below […]