Aviation News

After four engine changes, the Philippine Mars made the 800-mile flight from Vancouver Island to San Francisco on the first leg of its journey to a museum in Arizona on Sunday. Coulson Flying Tanker head Wayne Coulson told Nanaimo News Now that after months of maintenance and the engine swaps he was waiting for weather […]

All ten people aboard a Bering Air Cessna Grand Caravan died when the plane crashed on sea ice about 30 miles southeast of Nome, Alaska, on Thursday. The Coast Guard found the wreckage on Friday afternoon. It was about 12 miles offshore. The plane had “some kind of event which caused them to experience a […]

Cirrus says it doesn’t approve of the use of G100UL or any other unleaded fuel in its SR series aircraft, but G100UL’s developer says that position flies in the face of the airframer’s own FAA-supervised testing. Cirrus issued a statement on Thursday saying it now believes that G100UL that leaked from an SR22 in California “resulted […]

The two remaining flying Boeing B-29 Superfortresses will make their highly anticipated return to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) announced on Feb. 5. According to EAA, the two B-29s have made only about six joint public appearances since they first flew together at Oshkosh in 2017. Three of these appearances have […]

In the wake of recent deadly aviation accidents, the nation’s top aviation leaders are reaffirming their commitment to safety vowing “to ensure accidents like these never happen again.” In a joint statement issued Wednesday, a coalition of 30 aviation groups, including AOPA, ALPA, the Air Traffic Control Association, NBAA, EAA, GAMA and others, called on […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to reduce air traffic at Reagan Washington National Airport to address safety concerns following last week’s deadly midair collision between a regional jet and a Black Hawk helicopter, which claimed 67 lives. In an email obtained by Reuters, the FAA notified airlines it would be reducing the maximum arrival […]

On Thursday, President Donald Trump called for a new computerized air traffic control system—shifting blame on last week’s midair crash to what he described as an “obsolete” system, according to a report from AP News. In the aftermath of the deadly collision between a CRJ and Black Hawk helicopter, which killed 67, Trump initially attributed […]

California A&P Michael Luvara says he’s been told by the owner of a Cirrus SR22 that its composite structure has been damaged by exposure to GAMI’s G100UL unleaded fuel to the point where it will have to be ferried to an authorized repair center to be fixed. But GAMI founder George Braly says he’s personally […]

Continuing its long-term “Take Off 2027” strategic plan, Orly, France-based Daher, manufacturer of the TBM-series turboprop singles and the Kodiak line of utility aircraft, has established challenges and priorities for this year. Priority number one is safety, and integrating a growing workforce into the company safety culture is at the top of the list of […]

Textron Aviation announced earlier this week it has delivered the first SkyCourier utility twin-engine aircraft in Canada to Air Bravo Corporation, a passenger, cargo and air-ambulance flight service provider with bases in Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Barrie, and Meaford, Ontario. The SkyCourier received Transport Canada Civil Aviation certification late last year. More than 30 have been […]