The U.S. Air Force has declared that the Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II combat rescue helicopter has reached initial operational capability (IOC). According to the Air Force, the announcement means it now “possesses sufficient HH-60Ws, logistics requirements and trained Airmen to support a 30-day deployment to any independent location with a package of four aircraft.” […]
ATR has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) type certificates for its ATR 72 and 42 regional turboprop aircraft outfitted with Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PW127XT-M engine. Purpose-built for the ATR turboprops, the engine earned its Transport Canada type certification in August 2022 and was certified by EASA last September. The PW127XT-M is expected to […]
ATP Flight School has signed an agreement with Textron Aviation for the purchase of 55 new Cessna 172 Skyhawks. The aircraft will be used for ATP’s Airline Career Pilot Program, joining the school’s fleet of 490 aircraft including Cessna Skyhawks, Piper Archer TXs and Piper Seminoles. Deliveries are slated to begin in late 2023 and […]
The FAA is implementing a key component of its Alaska Aviation Safety Initiative with the addition of 54 GPS-guided Terminal Transition Routes (T-Routes), more than half of which will be available this winter. The routes allow direct routing at lower altitudes to allow aircraft to duck icing conditions. A total of 33 will be active […]
NBAA-BACE participants flying into Orlando Executive Airport for the annual convention next week will have the opportunity to leave a smaller carbon footprint on their way home. Avfuel is supplying two truckloads, or a total of 16,000 gallons, of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel to its branded FBO Sheltair at the airport. Avfuel also sent […]
A Boeing Large Cargo Freighter (Dreamlifter) carrying part of a Boeing 787 fuselage lost a wheel shortly after taking off from Taranto-Grottaglie Airport in Italy on Tuesday. The aircraft was on its way to Charleston, South Carolina, where Boeing has a Dreamliner assembly plant. The center section of the fuselage is built by Alenia in […]
Authorities in northern Manitoba say two moored floatplanes were riddled with bullet holes and have likely been written off earlier this month. The privately owned Cessna 185 and a De Havilland Beaver owned by the Tataskwayak Cree Nation were shot overnight Oct. 4 on Assean Lake on the Tataskwayak Nation lands. “Sometime overnight both planes […]
Private pilot Bruce McCollum, who has previously owned a TBM 850 and a TBM 900, met up with his new ride, a Daher TBM 960, at the Tarbes, France, headquarters of Daher’s Aircraft Division. “I had a great tour of the factory in Tarbes,” he said, “which was very impressive: you can feel the dedication […]
Delta Air Lines has pledged an “upfront equity investment” of $60 million to Joby Aviation as part of the airline’s commitment to “home-to-airport transportation service” for its customers. Starting with its New York and Los Angeles markets, Delta called the link-up with Joby a “first-of-its-kind arrangement” in which the companies will work together to offer […]
Reportedly part of a Russian response to Ukraine attacking a Crimean bridge this past weekend, denial-of-service cyberattacks targeted several U.S. airports early this week. The attacks, which swamped the sites with junk data, were linked to a pro-Russian hacker group known as Killnet. No flight data was compromised and no flights were affected by the […]
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