Aviation News

An amendment to the House’s FAA reauthorization package that would have guaranteed reasonably priced parking for transient aircraft at public use airports did not survive the markup process. The House Rules package was stripped of that and several other GA-related amendments before it heads to the House floor for a vote. AOPA has been lobbying […]

A United Airlines Boeing 767-300 lost an emergency evacuation slide shortly before landing at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) on Monday. No problems were experienced in flight and the missing equipment was discovered by a maintenance crew after the aircraft landed. The slide itself was found in a neighborhood approximately four miles east of ORD […]

The FAA has opened applications for a pair of grant programs designed to generate interest and prepare students to step into careers in aviation. Together, the Aircraft Pilots Workforce Development Grants and Aviation Maintenance Technical Workers Workforce Development Grants fund programs that educate pilots, aerospace engineers, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/drone) operators and aviation maintenance technicians. […]

Gulfstream Aerospace announced on Thursday that its second G800 flight test aircraft has flown for the first time. The flight, which lasted 3 hours and 26 minutes, took place last Saturday at the company’s headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. Gulfstream noted that the aircraft flew on a 30/70 blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and reached […]

Daher has delivered the first Kodiak 100 single-engine turboprop to be equipped with a five-blade composite propeller from Hartzell. The aircraft went to the North Carolina Forest Service’s Aviation Division, where it will be used to ferry equipment and supplies to support aerial tankers conducting wildfire suppression operations. The five-blade prop was announced as an […]

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is apparently on the long list of high achievers who’s decided the next challenge will be getting a pilot certificate. According to Insider, the social media magnate has successfully obtained his student pilot certificate. We couldn’t verify the Facebook founder is on the FAA registry because it’s closed for maintenance all […]

A female passenger in a Piper Meridian took the controls after the 79-year-old pilot was incapacitated, and she crash-landed the big single off the runway at Martha’s Vineyard Airport in Massachusetts on Saturday. Both were taken to a nearby hospital, but the woman was uninjured and was released. The pilot remains there with an unspecified […]

United pilots will get a raise in pay of up to 40.2 percent over the next four years under a tentative contract deal reached Saturday. United was the last of the majors to settle with its pilots and the major increase was inevitable after Delta and American inked similar deals with their pilots. The 14,000 […]

Less than two months after the FAA issued an AD that grounded the flyable B-17s in the U.S., at least one of them is back in the air and thrilling warbird fans in southern British Columbia. The Airbase Arizona Museum’s Sentimental Journey is taking paying customers for rides in Penticton, B.C., this week after a […]

Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Joby Aviation released its first Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) report on Thursday. The report (PDF) covers topics including the company’s approach to safety strategy, the environmental impact of Joby and its aircraft, team member demographics and corporate governance structure. Its development was headed by newly appointed Joby […]