Aviation News

U.S. Navy and Air Force fighter pilots will begin joint training exercises this year under the Naval Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Joint Simulation Environment (JSE). NAWCAD Commander Rear Adm. John Dougherty said, “When America is engaged in conflict, the DOD will bring joint capability to bear from every service across all domains. We’ve replicated […]

The FAA reported yesterday (July 9) that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is initiating an audit of the U.S. civil aviation oversight system. According to a report by Reuters, the probe marks the first time ICAO has called for such a probe since 2007. The two-week audit will involve 12 auditors from 10 countries […]

Combine an entrepreneurial Phoenix-area teenager with an FAR Part 107 drone operator’s license and the result is a lot of happy—and relieved—pet owners. The story, as reported by a local television affiliate, goes back two years to when Maxence Pastore thought he could use his recreational drone to help find a missing cat he saw […]

This morning, NASA astronauts and Boeing Starliner test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams conducted a live video press conference from the International Space Station (ISS). They acknowledged the challenges the Starliner faced with disabled reaction control system (RCS) jets and degraded thrust from the propulsion engines. With no clear schedule for their return, they […]

Online posts of purportedly secret documents relating to the F-35, F-15 and some advanced weapons systems appear to be the real deal, according to a Chinese intelligence expert. The South China Morning Post, an independent newspaper in Hong Kong, said the expert, a man named Tang, an executive of Beijing-based antivirus and security company Rising […]

Read all the way through for an explanation of the site behavior that caused us to shut them down in the first place. Meanwhile, we’ll do a deep dive on the results of our thoroughly unscientific sampling of reader opinion in the next regular Monday blog but for now opinion is split down the middle. […]

Cameras are everywhere these days and hikers in the Devil’s Thumb area in Colorado on July 4 almost captured a plane crash. The hikers posted this video of an incredibly close shave as the pilot of the aircraft, possibly a 152, managed to recover from an incipient spin within feet of the ground near the […]

A sometimes controversial but always unwavering supporter of general aviation, former Sen. Jim Inhofe died early Tuesday at the age of 89. His family said in a statement that he became ill over the holiday weekend and died surrounded by family just before 5 a.m. They told the New York Times he’d died of a […]

German startup Væridion is teaming up with Bosch to develop an all-electric nine-seat regional aircraft. The company says it hopes to have it in the air in six years. “Situated within Bosch Campus, Væridion will focus on developing, integrating, and testing high-voltage batteries aimed at creating a 100% electric 9-seater regional aircraft by 2030,” the […]

United Airlines, already under increased scrutiny by the FAA for maintenance issues, says it’s investigating the loss of one of eight main gear wheels on one of its Boeing 757s on Monday. The 30-year-old plane was taking off from LAX when the wheel dropped. The flight continued to Denver and landed uneventfully. Although the plane […]