The National Business Aviation Association warns that a continuation of the strong market for sales augurs that aircraft registration backlogs are likely to continue into 2023. The FAA Civil Aviation Registry in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is expected to experience delays of up to six months for registering a newly purchased aircraft, according to the trade […]
Textron Aviation announced today (February 7) it now offers an optional “gravel kit” for its utility Cessna SkyCourier turboprop twin. The kit enables operators to use unimproved runways around the world. First deliveries of aircraft equipped with the kits will begin later this month. Lannie O’Bannion, senior vice president of sales and flight operations, said, […]
A 40-year-old medevac helicopter pilot is charged in Colorado with driving under the influence (DUI) while on his way to work. As reported by CBS, an Elbert County Sheriff’s deputy described Aaron Fouquette, reportedly a 20-year veteran U.S. Army pilot, as “unsteady” and “wobbling” after he was stopped for speeding and erratic driving on the […]
Two pilots, believed to be Canadian nationals, escaped without serious injury from the fiery crash of a Boeing 737 that was conducting firefighting operations. The 737-300 “Fireliner,” operated by Coulson Aviation, had reportedly just completed one run on a 3,750-hectare brush fire and was circling for a second pass when it descended and crash-landed on […]
Flights involving large jets launching with just one pilot in the pointy end are not in the foreseeable future, but there may be some room for compromise. As reported today (Feb. 7) by Reuters, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will not accede to some industry pressure for launching an effort to reduce two-pilot […]
Former NASA astronauts Roy Bridges and Mark Kelly will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame as its class of 2023. A retired U.S. Air Force Major General, Bridges piloted the Space Shuttle Challenger for the STS-51F mission in July 1985 and served as director of NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center from […]
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has reached a new milestone with more than 300 young people having earned their pilot certificates with the help of the organization’s Ray Aviation Scholarship program. Administered through the EAA Chapter network, the program provides scholarship recipients with up to $11,000 toward flight training expenses. Ray Scholarships are available to […]
FBO company Sheltair Aviation has launched a fuel discount program for pilots flying missions for nonprofit endangered wildlife rescue operation Turtles Fly Too. The program will be offered throughout Sheltair’s network, which includes 15 FBOs across Florida, Texas, Georgia and Colorado. As part of the partnership, Sheltair says it has also committed to sharing related […]
The goal of the first test flight in any aircraft is that it be uneventful, but there’s a reason test pilots are among the best in the business. In the warbird community, Steve Hinton is one of the go-tos and while many of his test flights do go off with barely a hitch, they can […]
Washington State legislators have tabled a bill that would ban the sale of leaded aviation fuel in the state by 2030. The bill was introduced in the House and has been referred to committee. It has a long way to go before it’s law but if it survives the process, the phased-in ban would begin […]
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