Aviation News

The NTSB says there’s no conclusive evidence a young first officer intentionally jumped from a plane even though the captain reported it that way. Therefore, the board listed the cause of an emergency landing of the CASA C-212 skydiving plane at Raleigh Durham International Airport on July 29, 2022 as “the airplane’s encounter with windshear […]

NASA says a significant surge in anonymous safety reports for 2023 is actually “positive indication of a healthy safety culture” and marks a “banner year” for its Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) program.  In its year-end roundup featured in its CALLBACK newsletter, NASA highlighted the program’s success. “ASRS’s business of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating all kinds of aviation […]

Volatus Infrastructure & Energy (VI&E) Solutions and ResilienX have joined forces to build the first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) project in the Americas at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Volatus, known for building vertiports and charging stations for all electric mobility including eVTOLs, announced its partnership […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association reported today (Dec. 14) that multiple military aircraft demonstration teams and a “unique private jet group” are slated to perform at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, scheduled for July 22-28. The EAA has commitments from the F-22 demonstration team, the F-16 Viper demo team and the U.S. Marine Corps F-35B demonstration unit. […]

For the first time, a civilian-operated KDC-10 tanker supported U.S. Air Force fighters in aerial refueling operations early last month. Operated by San Antonio, Texas-based Omega Aerial Refueling Services, the KDC-10 was equipped with “mission-essential personnel and equipment” and refueled USAF F-16s on a mission from Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, to Singapore. Lt. […]

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced today it will discontinue its “Most Wanted” list of transportation safety improvements at year-end. Begun in 1990, the list has highlighted safety issues the board viewed as priorities for attention from related government agencies, such as the Federal Aviation Administration, as well as industry stakeholders. Aviation-specific items on […]

The city council of Livermore, California, has approved a resolution that would require the FBO at the city-owned airport to provide unleaded fuel within 24 months. According to a story in local online news outlet Pleasanton Weekly, the resolution amends the airport’s “minimum standards for commercial aeronautical activities” with the new requirement to make unleaded […]

The NTSB has concluded a JetBlue captain’s decision to take off prematurely to prevent a potential head-on collision with an opposing King Air led to a heavy tailstrike that forced an emergency diversion. As we reported at the time, the incident occurred at Yampa Valley Airport in January of 2022. The airport does not have […]

Southwest Airlines says its plus-size customers whose bodies encroach on neighboring seats’ armrests are entitled to an extra seat. According to a report on Fox News Business, Southwest is drawing praise from “passengers of size” on social media for its policy of offering complimentary extra seats—sometimes two—for their larger passengers. The policy involves passengers of […]

Chicago-based Partners In Aviation (PIA) announced yesterday (Dec. 12) it had completed two co-owner matches under its PIA Managed Co-Ownership program. The plan specializes in linking businesses or individuals who are looking for a co-ownership opportunity with an aircraft. In the arrangements announced this week, PIA had placed airplane-share partners in a 2023 Bombardier Challenger […]