The FAA has told airlines operating Boeing 737-900ER airliners to check the installation of door plugs as they are the same design as those on the 737 MAX 9. The agency issued a safety alert, which is a recommendation that carriers inspect the planes. It does not ground the type as an earlier order for […]
Van’s Aircraft says 65% of customers have agreed to pay more for their kits and more than 100 of those kits have now been shipped. The company, which went into bankruptcy a month ago, says it’s ramping up kit deliveries but is still buried under email inquiries. “Our shipping throughput will increase over the coming […]
A Boeing 747-8 cargo jet was forced to return to Miami International Airport (KMIA) after experiencing an engine failure shortly after takeoff Thursday night, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The aircraft, operated by Atlas Air, was en route to Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in Puerto Rico before encountering engine trouble. It reached an altitude […]
Hal Shevers, founder of world-renowned Sporty’s Pilot Shop, is retiring along with his wife, Sandy, after more than six decades in the business. “Throughout his tenure, Hal spearheaded Sporty’s evolution from a small pilot shop into a respected global aviation brand, offering a vast array of aviation products, online courses, and educational resources,” Sporty’s said […]
A Southern Airways Cessna Caravan on a scheduled flight with seven people onboard made an emergency landing on a busy freeway in Virginia. There were no injuries, and the plane is intact but l damaged from collision with a guard rail. It was snowing at the time of the mishap. The plane, identified in local […]
The Experimental Aircraft Association announced today (Jan. 18) its EAA Virtual Ultralight Days will return in 2024 for the third year. A total of 15 webinars over three days (Feb. 20-22) will focus on “the lighter side of aviation,” according to EAA. The webinars will be conducted online from 1 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. (CST), […]
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will host two Professional Development Program (PDP) courses in the coming months. The two courses will be conducted in cooperation with local and regional aviation groups at Western Michigan University in Battle Creek (March 15) and at the Business Jet Center FBO at Dallas Love Field, Texas (April 18). […]
FBO chain Atlantic Aviation has teamed with eVTOL developer Archer Aviation, signing a memorandum of understanding to establish infrastructure for electric aircraft at Atlantic’s locations. The MOU covers four launch markets in the Atlantic network of more than 100 FBOs. Archer hopes to replace 60- to 90-minute automobile trips with 10- to 20-minute flights in […]
The virtual explosion of applications for using artificial intelligence (AI) could soon include minimizing aircraft condensation trails, the cloud-like results of high-altitude moisture meeting the disruptive churning of jet engines and/or aircraft wake turbulence. “Contrails” (not to be confused with the controversial concept known as “chemtrails”) have been shown to contribute as much as 35% […]
Shortly after buying Hartzell Aviation, new owner Arcline Investment Management has increased prices for parts across the board, in some cases by more than double. Arcline, a Nashville-based private equity firm, took over Hartzell in mid-November and published a new price list on Dec. 8 with some dramatic price increases. For instance, a Sky-Tec starter that […]
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