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Famed Berlin Airlift “Candy Bomber” pilot Col. Gail S. Halvorsen passed away on Wednesday at the age of 101. Halvorsen was known for dropping candy via handkerchief parachutes from his C-54 to the children of Berlin during the Soviet Union’s blockade of the city in 1948-1949. Although begun without official authorization, his actions opened the door […]

FAA Administrator Steve Dickson is expected to resign Thursday after sending a memo to staff thanking them for their support. “Over the past several years, my family has been a source of tremendous encouragement, strength and support,” Dickson wrote in a memo that was quoted by the Seattle Times. “Nevertheless, after sometimes long and unavoidable […]

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has launched a new coalition aimed at bringing leaders of business aircraft owner-pilot organizations together. According to the association, the NBAA Owner Pilot Association Coalition (NBAA OPAC) will “tackle top concerns for business aviators and explore opportunities to grow the owner-operator community.” The group initially plans to focus on […]

Tecnam Aircraft announced on Tuesday that it has successfully flown its P2010 H3PS hybrid demonstrator aircraft. According to the company, the flight, which took place on Dec. 21, 2021, is the first for a general aviation aircraft with a parallel hybrid configuration. A collaboration between Tecnam, Rotax and Rolls-Royce, the P2010 H3PS is powered by […]

Textron Aviation marked a new milestone on Tuesday with the delivery of the 8,000th Cessna Citation business jet. The aircraft, a Citation Longitude, was handed over to lawn and garden care company Scotts Miracle-Gro during a special delivery ceremony at Textron Aviation headquarters in Wichita, Kansas. The first Citation was delivered by Cessna in 1972. […]

Electric aircraft developer Eviation announced on Monday that company president Gregory Davis has assumed the role of interim CEO. Davis is replacing Eviation co-founder Omer Bar-Yohay, who will be joining the company’s board. In a LinkedIn post, Bar-Yohay cited a “long-standing disagreement with the company’s main shareholder” as the reason behind the leadership change. According […]

At least one person is dead and seven are missing following the crash of a Pilatus PC-12 off the coast of Beaufort, North Carolina, on Sunday. The aircraft went down at around 2 p.m. local time approximately 4 miles east of Drum Inlet. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the aircraft was “seen behaving erratically on […]

The Board of Directors for the Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) and Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo (SNF) has named Gene Conrad as the organization’s new president and CEO. Conrad has been the airport director at Lakeland Linder International Airport (LAL) since 2010. He is set to join the ACE/SNF team on March 7, 2022, […]

The Russian air force has flown its new A-100 airborne radar platform, its first upgrade of that capability in decades. The aircraft is built on an Il-76 airframe and features the circular top-mounted radar antenna used by Western early warning aircraft. It’s said to be a major technological leap for airborne command and control capabilities […]

The FAA has announced the next incremental step in putting drones into the National Airspace system with a field test of Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM.) The test will start in the next few months and will gather data on the integration of small drones operating at low altitude. “UTM includes a set of […]