Aviation News

Textron has sold a couple of its SkyCourier twins in passenger configuration to Mexican startup Aerus. The new airline also ordered four 14-passenger Caravan EXes to serve domestic and international routes with a hub in Monterrey in northeastern Mexico. The airline has already taken delivery of three Caravan EXes. Aerus plans to start scheduled service […]

Congress has approved an amendment to a 2020 law that will allow the FAA to certify Boeing’s 737 MAX 10 and 7 models without updating the crew alerting systems. Those systems will have to be updated eventually, but the exemption allows certification to continue in the face of a 2020 rule that gave manufacturers to […]

The FAA has told anyone who got a checkride for an instrument or instrument instructor from a well-known Alaska bush pilot that they may need to redo it to keep their ratings. According to the Anchorage Daily News, the checkrides were conducted by Don Lee between July of 2018 and June of 2022. The FAA […]

Just a day after 36 were injured by severe turbulence on a flight to Hawaii, United Flight 128 encountered unexpected turbulence on its 10.5-hour flight from Rio de Janeiro to Houston. After landing, two passengers and three flight crew members were taken to the hospital with what United described as “minor injuries.” The flight departed […]

The National Business Aviation Association has added a new safety-centric module to its Small Operators Learning Series. The module, “Continuing the Road to Safer Flight Operation,” builds on the first such safety module in the series, “Speaking with Your Principal—Expectations of Safety.” In the new module, panelists discuss three keystones of a safe flight department: […]

Just in time for last-minute holiday shopping, EAA announced today (Dec. 20) that tickets are now on sale for the 70th anniversary edition of the AirVenture Oshkosh (Wisconsin) fly-in convention. AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 opens its turnstiles on July 24 at Wittman Regional Airport and closes out on July 30. The mammoth fly-in typically hosts more […]

The FAA has posted a notice alerting operators that Garmin has issued Service Alert 22109 Revision A regarding its very popular GFC 500 digital autopilots. The notice only affects those autopilots with the optional GSA 28 pitch trim system installed, associated with Garmin’s Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) SA01866W. That configuration, approved for certified, experimental and […]

The U.S. Air Force has grounded its fleet of B-2 Spirit nuclear bombers following an incident that resulted in a B-2 making an emergency landing on Dec. 10. The aircraft was damaged on the runway at Missouri’s Whiteman Air Force Base and caught fire after landing. No injuries were reported and the accident investigation is […]

Aerospace and defense technology company L3Harris Technologies has signed an agreement to purchase defense and space propulsion systems manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne. L3Harris is set to acquire the company at $58 per share for an all-cash transaction valued at $4.7 billion. Pending regulatory approval, the deal is expected to close next year. “This agreement will accelerate […]

Rolls-Royce announced on Monday that it has finished assembling its UltraFan technology demonstrator engine. According to the company, the engine has been moved its Testbed 80 facility in Derby, U.K., in preparation for testing, which is slated to begin early next year. The UltraFan demonstrator has a fan diameter of 140 inches and is expected […]