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CNN reported earlier this week that Operation Helo, a group of about 100 helicopter pilots and operators, has flown some 400 sorties in North Carolina supporting victims of Hurricane Helene. Formed just last week, Operation Helo’s mission is to deliver essential supplies, such as diapers, food and medicine, to hard-hit remote areas of the state, […]

Textron Aviation executives will meet with members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers tomorrow (Oct. 10). Union members met today to lay out their plans for the negotiations. Some 5,000 Textron workers voted to strike on Sept. 24 after rejecting an offer including a 26% pay increase over four years and a […]

In an incident that is bound to elicit a response to calls for enabling single-pilot operations, a Turkish Airlines captain died in midair after becoming ill on a flight from Seattle, Washington, to Istanbul, Turkey. The second in command and a relief pilot took over and Flight TK204 diverted to John F. Kennedy International Airport, […]

Boeing is facing new scrutiny over its handling of the 737 MAX MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System) situation. The New York Times (NYT) reported today (Oct. 9) it has uncovered emails supporting claims that Ethiopian Airlines’ chief pilot reached out to the manufacturer in late 2018  with an “urgent” request for information a month after […]

A total of 285 pilots, owners and companions attended the 2024 conference of the Daher TBM Owners and Pilots Association (TBMOPA). Eighty-one TBM turboprop singles lined the ramp at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Palm Springs, California, near the location of the meeting in Indian Wells, California. The aircraft included the full lineage of turboprop […]

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has responded to numerous requests from members for advice on how best to prepare an aircraft for surviving extreme weather, such as the hurricanes that are savaging the U.S. Southeast. The association recently reposted some of its regular hurricane season tips for securing aircraft in extreme circumstances. If […]

General aviation operators sprang into action to provide much needed relief for victims of Hurricane Helene. But the initiative needs to be organized, and the Air Care Alliance (ACA) has coordinated volunteer pilots from Operation AirDrop, AeroBridge, Angel Flight Soars, Pilots N Paws and others to make deliveries of essential supplies and resources more efficient. […]

One of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) two “hurricane hunter” Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft flew into the eye of Hurricane Milton as it approached the Florida coast. Video from on board the four-engine turboprop has been making the internet rounds. Members of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corp struggled with severe turbulence aboard the […]

Applications will be taken starting Oct. 11 for the FAA’s new direct entry air traffic control training program at two Oklahoma schools. Tulsa Community College and the University of Oklahoma are the first two institutions to offer the new Enhanced Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative. Under the initiative, graduates will go directly to air traffic control […]

Italian prosecutors say two subcontractors based in that country saved a lot of money but threatened the safety of Boeing 787s by using the wrong metals for parts that hold the airliner together. According to Reuters, the two companies, both of which have gone bankrupt and emerged as new entities, allegedly pumped out the substandard […]