Iris Cummings Critchell, an aviation pioneer and the last known surviving U.S. Olympic swimmer from the 1936 Berlin Games, passed away at age 104 last week. According to the New York Times, after competing in the games where she finished fourth in her 100m breaststroke heat in Berlin, Critchell turned her attention to another passion—aviation. […]
In a White House press briefing Thursday morning, President Trump announced the appointment of Chris Rocheleau as acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Rocheleau’s appointment comes hours after an American Airlines regional passenger jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport— the first fatal commercial plane crash […]
There were 60 passengers and four crew aboard a PSA CRJ700 regional jet, American Airlines Flight 5342, that collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter, with three service members on board, on short final for Reagan National Airport. The PSA flight was operated on behalf of American Airlines and originated in Wichita. The plane ended […]
The U.S. Air Force continues to investigate what caused the crash of an F-35A fighter on a training mission at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska yesterday. The pilot ejected safely, but the aircraft was completely destroyed in a fiery impact, described as “significant aircraft damage” in a statement from the 354th Fighter Wing public […]
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) reported today that the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA), which controls Orlando International Airport and Orlando Executive Airport, has delayed a proposal to impose automated ADS-B-monitored landing fees. The AOPA credits a flurry of input from local pilots just two days before the Jan. 15 vote for the […]
A terse announcement from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has apparently put the mystery of some 5,000 drone “sightings” to rest. She began a White House press conference with “news directly from the President of the United States that was just shared with me in the Oval Office.” She continued, “After research and study, […]
Veteran Air Force pilot Steve Parker, CEO of Somerset Air Service and third-generation operator of Somerset Airport (KSMQ) in Bedminster, New Jersey, alerted his customers on Jan. 16 that they are likely in for a reprise of the Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) experienced during the previous Trump presidential administration. SMQ rests just a few miles […]
The War Zone (TWZ) website is reporting that the U.S. Air Force has “dramatically plussed-up” the budgets of contracts with engine manufacturers that are working on next-gen fighter engines. Both General Electric and Pratt & Whitney now have $3.5 billion budgets to work on their Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) programs. The information was released […]
Sean Duffy, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Wisconsin, was overwhelmingly approved as the next Secretary of Transportation. The Senate vote confirming Duffy was 77 to 22. The 53-year-old served in the House between 2011 and 2019 and has since served as a commentator for Fox News and cohost of a […]
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 has broken the sound barrier, the first civil-designed non-rocket-powered aircraft to do so since Concorde. The 12th test flight of the XB-1 took off from the Mojave Air & Space Port in California at 11: 21 a.m. EST, climbed to 34,000 feet and recorded true airspeed exceeding Mach 1.0 just 10 minutes […]
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