Aviation News

Air France has relaunched its cadet pilot program and it’s a pretty straightforward deal for those who make the cut and the subsequent cuts. After what the airline calls a “rigorous selection process,” prospective candidates are offered an intense two-year training program that will end with them in the right seat of an Air France […]

Vertical Aerospace broke the usual mold for first flights of eVTOLs by putting a pilot on board for the first hop of its VX4. The first flight was, indeed, a hop. Chief Test Pilot Justin Paines was in the left seat for the “flight,” which involved the tethered aircraft rising for a few seconds before […]

Aircraft parts manufacturers say a labor shortage is stretching delivery deadlines and disrupting the recovery of the airline industry. According to the Financial Post, companies that laid off workers when the pandemic abruptly canceled demand are having a hard time hiring enough workers to meet demand now that things are returning to normal. And some […]

Hurricane Ian hadn’t even officially hit Florida when its fringe effects caused millions of dollars in damage to aircraft at North Perry Airport north of Miami.  Late Tuesday afternoon a tornado, possibly two, spawned by a line of thunderstorms created by Ian tossed dozens of airplanes at the tie-downs into a pile of bent aluminum […]

Southwest Airlines announced on Monday that its president and chief operating officer (COO) Mike Van de Ven will be stepping down. Van de Ven, who has been with the airline since 1993, will be leaving his role as COO at the end of the month and will step down as president at the end of […]

NASA wrapped up its first-ever planetary defense technology demonstration on Monday evening, crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid with the goal of altering its orbit. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) targeted the asteroid Dimorphos, which measures 530 feet (160 meters) in diameter and orbits a larger asteroid named Didymos. The 1,260-pound (570-kilogram) spacecraft hit […]

Boeing announced on Tuesday that it has delivered its 100th contracted 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF). The aircraft, which was converted at Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Co. Ltd. (BSAS), went to AerCap Cargo who will lease it to Brazil-based GOL Linhas Aéreas. AerCap was the launch customer for Boeing’s 737-800BCF program in 2016 and currently […]

Eviation’s all-electric Alice aircraft successfully completed its first flight on Tuesday at Washington’s Grant County International Airport (MWH). The Alice “technology demonstrator” flew for eight minutes, reaching an altitude of 3,500 feet. The company reported that the flight, which tested propulsion system and fly-by-wire system functions, went according to plan. “We have successfully electrified the […]

NASA has waved off its third attempt at launching the Artemis I uncrewed flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion spacecraft. Scheduled for Sept. 27, the launch was postponed due to weather conditions related to the approach of Hurricane Ian, which is currently forecast to make landfall in Florida on Thursday. […]

Gulfstream announced on Monday that it has delivered its 500th G650-family business jet since the G650 received its FAA type certificate in 2012. The aircraft was handed over to an undisclosed customer at the company’s completions facility in Appleton, Wisconsin. The G650 family, which includes the G650 and longer-range G650ER, is powered by Rolls-Royce BR725 […]