Aviation News

Fargo (North Dakota) Jet Center (FJC) recently delivered a pair of customized Bombardier Learjet 75 air ambulance aircraft to Romania. Working in collaboration with the manufacturer and Spectrum Aeromed, FJC turned over the reconfigured twinjets to Romania’s General Aviation Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to support the country’s emergency rescue services. FJC transformed […]

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) reported today (Nov. 1) that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has revised its Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) guidance “to standardize and clarify departure clearance processes for outbound international travel, particularly for general aviation operations.” The primary role of APIS is to assist the CBP in identifying […]

Aviation catalog icon Sporty’s Pilot Shop announced today (Nov. 1) it has teamed up with Republic Airways-owned LIFT Academy to supply pilot-training courses for LIFT students. Sporty’s courses available to pilot candidates include the Learn To Fly curriculum as well as its Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot and Garmin G1000 Checkout courses. Every Sporty’s course consists […]

An as-yet-unidentified Florida pilot survived not only a nighttime crash landing in the Everglades but also about eight hours’ sitting on the wing of his mostly submerged Cessna 172 in dangerous, alligator-infested waters. Dramatic NBC News video recorded the rescue by the crew of a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue helicopter. According to FlightAware, the Cessna departed […]

A California airline pilot who is a member of the Federal Flight Deck Officer program has been indicted for allegedly threatening to shoot his captain for diverting a flight for a medical emergency. The Associated Press said the Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General confirmed Jonathan J. Dunn, who has received training to carry a […]

SpaceX says it’s ready to launch its Starship rocket for a second attempt as soon as an environmental review of its new launch system is complete. On Oct. 31, the FAA wrapped up a safety review of the first Starship launch in April. That attempt resulted in the destruction of the rocket and massive damage […]

The city council in Torrance, California, is trying to ban touch and goes at its airport despite warnings from aviation groups and the FAA that it’s blatantly illegal. Zamperini Field is home to 10 flight schools and the Robinson Helicopter factory. After decades of noise complaints and numerous attempts to whittle down access to the […]

An NTSB final report into the fatal crash at an impromptu STOL competition in Nebraska in May of 2022 suggests the FAA inspectors onsite could have prevented the tragedy by enforcing rules already established for the STOL drag race that was supposed to be going on. The accident occurred during an unofficial STOL competition that […]

The pilot whose in-flight medical crisis prompted a non-pilot passenger to land their Cessna Caravan now has his medical back. Kenneth Allen was flying two passengers from the Bahamas to Florida on May 10, 2022, when his aortic artery tore. One of the passengers, Darren Harrison, who had no flight experience, took the controls and, […]

The Canadian crew of a scheduled helicopter passenger flight is being hailed for a successful emergency landing after lightning almost blew off the tail rotor of the aircraft they were flying. The Helijet Sikorsky S-76 was on its way from downtown Vancouver to Victoria, on Vancouver Island, when it was struck. The lightning took off […]