Aviation News

The latest addition to Dynon’s Certified product line, the D30 Touchscreen Electronic Flight Display “serves as a backup set of flight instruments in STC’d SkyView HDX systems,” which are now available for installation in more than 600 type-certified aircraft models, according to Dynon. With a 4-inch diagonal, sunlight-readable, high-resolution touchscreen display, the D30 also includes […]

Garmin announced today (July 19) that FAA retrofit certification of its Autoland and Autothrottle technology is “imminent” for Garmin G1000 NXi-equipped Beechcraft King Air twin turboprops. First in line for certification is the King Air 200 series, to be followed soon after by the larger 300-series aircraft. The upcoming certification calls to mind the 2009 […]

Fasten your seat belts. According to the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), changing weather patterns and shifting jet streams mean the next few decades are going to make flying bumpier. Already much more prevalent than it was in the 1970s, turbulence is on the increase, and research shows it is likely to continue to get […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) this morning (July 19) announced its support for a pre-publication version of an FAA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the MOSAIC package of aircraft-certification updates. MOSAIC is an acronym for the Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certificates, a long-standing initiative involving cooperation between EAA, AOPA, other GA advocates and the […]

For many pilots, landing at AirVenture is a bucket list item, but for Dan Moore it will just be icing on the cake. Assuming he’s aiming for one of the colored dots on July 24, it will hopefully be after he set a record for landing in 25 states in 24 hours. He’s already set […]

Garmin has introduced its take on the radar altimeter for small aircraft with the GHA 15 “height advisor.” The device, which is now available for experimental and light sport aircraft, starts measuring the aircraft’s AGL altitude at 500 feet and displays the information on G3X Touch displays in non-certified aircraft. It sends hundreds of radar […]

One of Canada’s busiest GA and business airports will soon be transformed into rows of featureless warehouse buildings. Buttonville Airport is a privately owned facility just north of Toronto and is a significant reliever airport for nearby Pearson International. It was sold to a developer about 10 years ago. It’s operated under a lease since […]

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. […]