Aviation News

The long-suffering lot of the regional airline pilot just got a lot better, as the ongoing pilot shortage has mandated another career upgrade for up-and-coming airline pilots. The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) today (March 1) announced a new long-term contract with Cleveland-based CommutAir, a regional carrier 40 percent owned by United Airlines. With a […]

Some satellite imagery sleuthing by an expert in the field suggests there might be something, maybe even quite a lot, left of the AN-225 Mriya cargo aircraft reportedly destroyed in Ukraine last week. Paul Byrne, an associate professor of Earth and Planetary Science at Washington University in St. Louis, tweeted some recent satellite pictures of the […]

The U.S. was under pressure Sunday to close its airspace to Russian aircraft operators now that most European nations and Canada have banned them. Despite its dim view of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. continued to welcome and dispatch Aeroflot flights as of late Sunday. But it also appears the airline suspended flights to […]

There are a few familiar names being bandied about for President Joe Biden’s nomination to replace FAA Administrator Steve Dickson, who is leaving the post this week. But according to the travel website Skift the leading contender may be a dark horse. Apparently former NTSB Chair Debra Hersman, current U.S. Ambassador to the International Civil […]

Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba confirmed on Feb. 27 the world’s largest cargo aircraft, the AN-225 Mriya, was destroyed during a Russian attack on Gostomel/Antonov Airport in northern Ukraine on Feb. 24. There was an earlier report that the plane was safe on the ground in Georgia but Kuleba’s statement appears to refute […]

Hot air balloon enthusiasts appear to be calling on the FAA to find a way for them to comply with ADS-B requirements beyond seeking waivers for special events. According to the Albuquerque Journal, industry leaders in the unofficial capital city of the sport say implementation of the ADS-B mandate threatens the annual Albuquerque International Balloon […]

In what is being condemned worldwide as a ghastly affront to humanity, Russia’s attack on Ukraine has created thousands of heroes but none have captured the collective hope for what was first thought to be a hopeless cause more than the “Ghost of Kyiv.” And the facts that no one has been able to confirm […]

Rosaviatsiya, Russia’s Federal Agency for Air Transport, banned all flights by aircraft registered in the U.K. or owned, leased or operated by any person associated with the U.K. from its airspace on Friday. The agency emphasized that the ban includes both flights to any point in Russian territory and any transit flights through Russian airspace. […]

The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) has unveiled the four aviation and space achievements that will be competing for the 2021 Robert J. Collier Trophy. Trophy finalists are the DARPA, U.S. Air Force, Raytheon Missiles & Defense, and Northrop Grumman Hypersonic Air Breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) Program; the Dynetics and DARPA X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle (GAV) […]

Arthur Hugo Wilder, of Penn Yan, New York, passed away Feb. 18, having spent three decades leading the restoration team at the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum in Curtiss’s native Hammondsport. Wilder’s engineering talents, masterful hands-on skills, and fierce determination led to the scratch-built construction of a remarkable string of flying Curtiss aircraft. The museum’s OX-5-powered […]