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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 […]

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl tells JP Hampstead the story of the XB-1’s historic supersonic flight. Blake explains how the XB-1 broke the sound barrier without creating an audible sonic boom and why that matters for the future of supersonic aviation.

Garmin announced today (March 4) the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has approved retrofit installations of the company’s Autoland and Autothrottle technology in “select” Garmin G1000 NXi-equipped Beechcraft King Air 200 turboprop twins. Introduced more than 50 years ago, the King Air 200 is a staple in the charter and corporate aviation market. Garmin anticipates […]

At this year’s Redbird Migration Flight Training Conference, Redbird released its fifth annual State of Flight Training Survey. The report includes findings and analysis of the flight training industry based on input from some 1,400 flight training organization owners and managers, flight instructors, designated pilot examiners, active and prospective students, and certificated pilots. In addition, […]

Sources have told AVweb that a controversial FAA policy to turn incompletely documented medical deferrals into denials has been indefinitely deferred. The policy was supposed to have come into effect on Jan.1, but opposition from a broad base of GA groups prompted a deferral until March 1. The indefinite delay was communicated to AMEs on […]

A California court will consider whether to compel 17 FBOs and four fuel distributors to sell GAMI G100UL unleaded fuel instead of 100LL on Wednesday, and an enormous effort has been mounted to block that. As we’ve reported, the Center for Environmental Health is going to court to enforce a consent agreement signed by the […]

SpaceX scrubbed the launch of its Starship system on Monday after anomalies started piling up in the final few minutes. An undisclosed issue with the booster that seemed to be resolved as the countdown continued was compounded by some other problems that cropped up soon after, and company founder Elon Musk said it was “best […]

Some Air Force pilots will leave the service with a tailwheel endorsement. The Air Force expects to get its first (of 75) OA-1K Skyraider II light attack fighters in the next couple of months, and its nickname pays homage to what was likely the last taildragger to actively serve. The original A-1 Skyraider was a […]