Aviation News

Ballistic Recovery Systems announced Monday it plans to acquire Free Flight Enterprises. Both companies manufacture safety parachutes for aircraft… The FAA proposed an Airworthiness Directive to deal with rough-running TCM engines found on some Cessna twins and Aero Commanders… Tall airline pax could be at worse risk for deep-vein thrombosis… Cessna’s Citation CJ2+ took its […]

Bombardier is withholding $130 million (CAD) in dividend payments this year to cope with red ink and to help fund development of a new airliner. It’s the first time in 32 years that the company has not issued dividends… We’ll probably never know what happened to aerobatic pilot Ian Groom last April 30. The NTSB […]

It should be harder to book airline reservations as airlines start chopping seats to save money. Most major airlines are retiring old, inefficient planes and replacing them with smaller aircraft or simply chopping flights. The exception is Southwest, which expects to add 10 percent more capacity this year… A New Mexico flight instructor has developed […]

The FAA and the U.S. Air Force will hold a briefing this week on their draft regulations for commercial rocket launches… The Transportation Security Administration made “inaccurate statements” about its handling of personal information about 12 million airline passengers, according to an Office of Inspector General report released Friday… Six people from Rhode Island died […]

AOPA is studying aging pilots to see if hikes in insurance premiums are justified… The New York Times this week reported on the dispute between the FAA and controllers at the New York TRACON… Paraglider Magazine now online… China’s first female private pilot is planning a 6,000-mile flight across China to promote the 2008 Paralympic […]

There’s a “new” cub flying. And it could be that all you need is a driver’s license and a dream… In case you needed another reason to avoid flying near nuclear power plants, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has signed a memorandum of understanding with the North American Aerospace Defense Command laying out the protocols for […]

Adam Aircraft announced it will open a manufacturing plant in Ogden, Utah. The company will lease 22,000 square feet of space to build A500 push/pull piston aircraft and A700 jets. Adam says more facilities will be added as demand warrants… Indonesian authorities are interviewing employees of Garuda Airlines in the poisoning of a passenger. Munir, […]

Cessna says its Citation Mustang program is ahead of schedule, and the light jet will make its first flight before July… USMC Harrier jump-jet will fly at AirVenture in Oshkosh this July, EAA said last week… Recent eruptions of smoke and ash at Mount St. Helens have spewed up to 40,000 feet high, causing disruptions […]

A new GPS arrival procedure should make it easier for pilots flying into AirVenture at Oshkosh this summer… Boeing CEO Harry Stonecipher resigned after violating the company’s code of conduct by pursuing a romantic liaison with a female executive at the company… Boeing’s Worldliner, a long-range version of the 777, flew for the first time […]

Porsche is now formally out of the airplane engine business. The carmaker made a big splash 20 years ago when it offered its legendary designs for aircraft, but they never took off. There are only 20 Porsche-powered planes still flying and the company is offering to replace them with other engines or buy the planes […]