Aviation News

Mokulele Airlines, a key inter-island carrier in Hawaii, grounded its fleet Wednesday amid maintenance concerns. The airline issued a statement writing, “Safety is our top priority, we are temporarily not operating some flights in our fleet for precautionary maintenance inspections. We continue to operate certain flights, and on impacted flights we’re rebooking or otherwise accommodating […]

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on its maiden flight Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Blue Origin has now become the first private space-launch company in the Western world to successfully reach orbit on its first attempt using a rocket of its own design, as reported by PCMag. Similar to […]

A new JobsOhio grant will boost GE Aerospace’s efforts to explore next-gen commercial aircraft propulsion systems. Designated for new test equipment for GE’s Peebles, Ohio test operations site, the grants are expected to spur the creation of 200 new engineering jobs by the end of 2028. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said, “Ohio has a storied […]

The U.S. Air Force announced today it entered into a December foreign military sales contract that will see U.S. drone manufacturer General Atomics provide MQ-9B aircraft to Canada for polar reconnaissance and maritime patrol duties. The contract is valued at $108 million for an undisclosed number of the Skyguardian remotely piloted vehicles. The MQ-9B is […]

The family of Thai billionaire Khun Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha is suing helicopter manufacturer Leonardo for $2.6 billion. The family alleges “multiple failures in Leonardo’s design process” led to the October 2018 crash of an AW169 shortly after takeoff from the soccer stadium in Leicester, England. All on board, including Srivaddhanaprabha, who was the chairman of the […]

China-based drone manufacturer DJI announced Monday that the latest firmware update to its “GEO” geofencing system reclassifies Restricted Zones (aka No Fly Zones) as Enhanced Warning Zones. The change means that drone operators are now responsible for monitoring their aircraft to ensure they do not encroach on FAA-designated flight restriction areas, as opposed to the […]

A California A&P who has been testing the effects of GAMI’s G100UL on aircraft paint says a second round of testing has confirmed early results. But GAMI founder George Braly says his company has been unable to replicate Michael Luvara’s results. Braly said immersion tests and allowing fuel to evaporate on painted surfaces haven’t caused […]

The FAA revealed today (Jan. 14) that a Delta Air Lines flight and a United Airlines flight busted separation requirements on approach to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (KPHX) in Arizona, midday on Jan. 11. The Delta Airbus A330-300 and the United Boeing 737-900ER were inbound from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (KDTW) and San Francisco […]

Reports are emerging from a Gulfstream G550 flight crew of an unidentified lighted object in the sky above them. On a Dec. 23 night flight to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, the business jet was cruising near the Bahamas at Flight Level 430 or FL 450 when air traffic control asked them to look for “a […]

The pilot of a Citabria survived its crash and entanglement with high tension power lines but later died when he fell 150 feet from the suspended aircraft. The mishap occurred Sunday afternoon about 2:30 p.m. local time near Batesville, Arkansas. Not many details were released by local authorities but White River Now reported the pilot […]