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An 8,000-hour general aviation pilot with a diverse “fleet” of personal aircraft will be the next (and sixth, ever) president and CEO of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), as of on Jan. 1, 2025. Darren Pleasance also has a strong background in business, most recently as leader of Cisco Systems’ Acceleration Center, whose […]

A Japanese F-15 fired a flare in its intercept of a Russian spy plane that Japan claims violated its airspace three times in a sortie off the north coast. The appearance of the IL-38, a Cold War-era long-range patrol aircraft, was part of an escalation of such confrontations on Russia’s frontier in recent weeks. For […]

One of the most unusual entries in the flying car sweepstakes says it has 3200 pre-orders and is getting set up for full-scale manufacturing. Alef Aeronautics announced it will buy parts from a joint venture by PUCARA Aero and MYX. Alef’s aircraft has a self-centering gimballed flight deck suspended in a screened platform that houses […]

Amid rumblings of discontent among the members, the leader of Air Canada’s pilots’ union says she’ll quit if they reject the tentative contract offer for which she led the negotiations. Charlene Hudy, a Boeing 737 first officer, told fellow pilots in a virtual town hall hosted by the Air Canada unit of the Air Line […]

The FAA has issued an STC for Swift Fuels 100R unleaded avgas to be used in Cessna 172R/S Skyhawks with Lycoming IO-360-L2A engines. Those are the only aircraft configurations covered by the STC but Swift says that’s only the beginning. The breakthrough was first reported by Aviation News. Swift Fuels is managing a comprehensive program […]

About half of Textron’s Wichita employees were scheduled to go on strike just after midnight today after rejecting the company’s latest contract offer on Sunday. About 5,000 members of the Machinists Union turned down Textron’s offer of a 26% wage increase over four years and a $3,000 annual lump sum bonus. The strike vote required […]

One pilot died and another was uninjured after the midair collision of two warbirds in Lancaster, California, early Sunday afternoon. The FAA confirmed the Yak 52 and Nanchang CJ6 came together over the city and the planes both came down in developed areas. The CJ6 pilot died at the scene and the Yak pilot reportedly […]

Although the ick factor probably justified it, the surprise appearance of a mouse in a passenger meal on a Scandinavian Airlines flight last week forced an emergency landing for a more practical reason. The wire-chewing rodent posed a legitimate threat to the safety of the flight, so the passengers spent some time in Copenhagen before […]

The FAA’s long-awaited rules governing the operation of eVTOL (powered-lift) aircraft will be released in October, a couple of months ahead of the date mandated by Congress, according to a senior Department of Transportation official. Various outlets reported that Christopher Coes, acting undersecretary of transportation for policy for the U.S. Department of Transportation, told Honeywell’s […]

The family of a New Zealand pilot kidnapped 19 months ago has issued a statement thanking the Papuan rebels who snatched him for not killing him. Phillip Mehrtens was released by the West Papua National Liberation Army on Saturday. He told reporters there he was “very happy” to be going home, but his family went […]