Aviation News

Sling Pilot Academy has expanded its operations to Long Beach, California, unveiling the “Whisper Sling”—a new, noise-reducing pilot training aircraft. The announcement was made during a ceremony on March 5 at the academy’s newly established campus at Long Beach Airport. With this expansion, Sling now operates five training schools across Southern California. The Long Beach […]

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) scrambled aircraft after three separate violations of Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) over Mar-a-Lago on Saturday. According to NORAD, the airspace breaches occurred at 11:05 a.m., 12:10 p.m. and 12:50 p.m., prompting F-16 fighter jets to escort the offending aircraft out of the restricted zone. USA Today reported that during […]

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary report on the fatal medical jet crash in Northeast Philadelphia on Jan. 31, revealing that the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) was not operational at the time of the crash and likely hadn’t captured audio for several years. Investigators noted that while the Learjet 55 crew were […]

ATP Flight School announced it is expanding its training fleet with the addition of 61 new aircraft in 2025, according to a press release on Tuesday. ATP said the new deliveries will include 54 Cessna 172 Skyhawks—each equipped with advanced Garmin G1000 NXi avionics—and seven Piper Seminoles featuring Garmin G1000 flight decks. With these additions, […]

A judge will issue a final ruling no earlier than two weeks from now on a California environmental group’s bid to force the replacement of 100LL with GAMI’s G100UL at 17 FBOs. Superior Court Judge Somnath Raj Chatterjee said he wants to review the transcript of arguments heard in Alameda on Wednesday before making a […]

According to a Honeywell survey, the overwhelming majority of U.S. frequent fliers would take an electric air taxi. The survey, reported in the Robb Report online news service, is seen as a significant boost to the electric vertical takeoff and land (eVTOL) industry. The survey projects that 65% of millennials are comfortable with the idea […]

Avfuel announced winners of its 26th AVTRIP and Avfuel Pilot-in-Training scholarship awards today (March 5). In total, the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based global fuel supplier gave out $4,500 in aviation scholarships as part of the 2024 application year. Holly Cron, Spring, Texas, received the $2,000 AVTRIP award. Cron has returned to flying after a 15-year stint […]

Pete Bunce, outgoing president and CEO of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), has accepted an elected position on the board of directors for Redbird Flight Simulations. Bunce said, “My experience through military aviation—with the multiplying value of realistic simulator training for accelerated initial skills enhancement, proficiency, and, most importantly, overall flight crew safety—made me […]

In a press conference today (March 5), Dassault Aviation Chairman and CEO Eric Trappier described impending U.S. tariffs on the European Union (EU) as a “most concerning” geopolitical development. President Donald Trump has said he intends to impose 25% tariffs on EU imports, which would include French-made Falcon business jets. The tariffs could cut deeply […]

At a House hearing yesterday (March 4), the chairman of the body’s subcommittee on aviation said, “For a country that considers itself the gold standard in aviation safety…we must do better.” Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas referred to 105 of the FAA’s 138 systems that were reported as “unsustainable or potentially unsustainable”—a condition he described […]