Aviation News

The City of Duluth’s economic development arm has essentially given Cirrus Aircraft a massive 189,000-square-foot aircraft maintenance hangar at the local airport in exchange for adding jobs at its expanding campus there. According to the Duluth News Tribune, the former Northwest Airlines/Delta Air Lines maintenance depot is owned by the Duluth Economic Development Authority and […]

As the B-52 closes in on 70 years of service, the Air Force has found yet another use for the airframe. Four B-52Hs were outfitted with cargo pods that fit in the bomb bays to carry stuff for an exercise. According to an Air Force news release, the exercise involved keeping the bomber force mobile […]

The Department of Justice has effectively trapped a Russian oil company’s Boeing 737 in Russia by obtaining a warrant for its seizure. The DOJ issued a press release on Wednesday saying the warrant was issued by a Texas court based on illegal flights the plane allegedly took between 2014 and 2019. The plane’s owner, Lukoil, […]

It would appear some good old U.S. (and Ukrainian) ingenuity has gone into the apparently successful integration of the digitally dependent Raytheon AGM-88 high-speed anti-radiation missile (HARM) into the completely analog MiG-29s of the Ukrainian air force. The potent weapon, which is designed to home in on and take out radar-guided surface-to-air missiles, is now […]

The U.S. Army temporarily grounded its fleet of CH-47 Chinook helicopters on Tuesday citing a small number of engine fires caused by fuel leaks. The Army stated that the cause of the leaks has been identified and corrective measures are being implemented. A statement from Honeywell, the company that manufactures the Chinook’s T-55 engine, attributed […]

Avionics manufacturer FreeFlight Systems has announced that its Terrain series of radar altimeters (“radalts”) has received FAA Technical Standard Order certification. The dual-install RA-6500 and single-install RA-5500 meet performance standards for airborne low-range radar altimeters free from interference by 5G cellular telephone networks. Anthony Rios, president of FreeFlight Systems, said, “In 2019, foreseeing the interference […]

Starting Sept. 13, Tailwind Air is adding a new destination to its current offerings. Flights on Tailwind Air’s amphibious float-equipped Cessna Grand Caravans will now connect Manhattan’s Skyport Marina at East 23rd Street to Washington, D.C., via the GA airport at College Park, Maryland (KCGS), just a short walk to subway service into Washington at […]

South Florida businessman Johnie Weems got a bonus experience with the purchase of his Daher TBM 960 turboprop single. Not only did he achieve notoriety for taking delivery the 20th example of the latest TBM iteration, but he also got to fly his new airplane across the Atlantic from Daher’s factory in Tarbes, France, accompanied […]

Registration is now open for the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) 2023 Aviation Design Challenge. Deadline for registration is Dec. 17, 2022 (the 119th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first flight). Schools will receive complimentary “Fly to Learn” curricula, which comes with flight simulation software powered by X-Plane. GAMA’s Aviation Design Challenge is limited to no […]

Boeing and Leonardo have delivered the first four MH-139A Grey Wolf twin-engine helicopters to the U.S. Air Force. The four test aircraft are part of a $2.4 billion contract awarded to Boeing in September 2018 for up to 80 helicopters, training systems and associated support equipment. The aircraft are intended to replace the Air Force’s […]