Aviation News

Bye eFlyer 800 Attracts European Order

A European air taxi operator has put a deposit down on future orders of Bye Aerospace’s eFlyer 800 to serve its short-hop scheduled service and on-demand flights. The King Air-sized twin is still on the drawing board and the FAA is still developing the regulatory structure for certification of electric aircraft, but both companies see […]

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GPS Jamming Tests Frustrate Pilots, Controllers

Just as civil aviation has become thoroughly addicted to GPS, the military is trying to wean itself off that dependence and that’s causing some fractious conflicts in the Southwest. The military uses the wide-open spaces to purposely jam GPS signals to see how its equipment and personnel cope with the “GPS denial.” But according to […]

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Entire Military Demo Team For Sale

If you’ve ever dreamed of flying in an airshow, now’s your chance to own a complete military air demonstration team, some assembly required. The Pickles auction house in Australia will be selling off the surplus Pilatus PC-9 aircraft from the Royal Australian Air Force’s Roulettes starting Nov. 4. The RAAF replaced the team’s 30-year-old PC-9s […]

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Nall Report Finds Rise In Fatal Accident Rate For 2019

Recently released by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Air Safety Institute (ASI), the 31st Joseph T. Nall Report found that fatal accident rates in non-commercial and commercial fixed-wing aircraft and commercial helicopters all rose in 2019 while rates fell for non-commercial helicopters. The report noted that while the total number of accidents for […]

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Global Medical Response Orders 21 Airbus Helicopters

Global Medical Response (GMR) has placed a firm order for 21 Airbus helicopters with options for 23 additional aircraft. The order, which is part of an ongoing fleet expansion for GMR, includes aircraft from Airbus’ H125, H130 and H135 families. GMR has taken delivery of 15 Airbus helicopters from previous orders over the past 18 […]

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Garmin Citation Excel/XLS G5000 Retrofit Program Reaches Milestone

Garmin announced on Wednesday that 10 percent of the Cessna Citation Excel and XLS business jet fleet has now been retrofitted with the company’s G5000 integrated flight deck upgrade. As previously reported by AVweb, the G5000 Citation Excel/XLS retrofit program was introduced in 2016 and received STC approval two years ago. According to Garmin, the […]

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FMA 2022 Solo Scholarship Program Nominations Open

The Flying Musicians Association (FMA) has announced that its 2022 Solo Scholarship Program is open for nominations. Now in its eighth year, the program offers scholarships to high school music students for flight training through their first solo as well as providing assistance with flight training materials and gear. In addition, all nominees will receive […]

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NASA Reassigns Starliner Crew

NASA has reassigned astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada from missions aboard Boeing’s Starliner to the SpaceX Crew-5 launch. Mann was previously assigned to NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test while Cassada was scheduled for the Starliner-1 mission. NASA noted that the change was made “to allow Boeing time to complete the development of Starliner while […]

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Honeywell Introduces Anthem Flight Deck

Honeywell Aerospace debuted its new Anthem avionics suite on Tuesday, showcasing the system’s “always-on” cloud connectivity and scalable, customizable design. With a flexible software platform and interface “modeled after everyday smart devices,” Anthem’s features include a 3D runway overrun alerting and awareness system (ROAAS), 3D airport moving maps, track-based synthetic vision system, integrated navigation map […]

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