The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) has announced that Major General Charles Bolden, USMC (Ret.), has been selected to receive the 2020 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy. Chosen for “his impassioned commitment to public service in aviation and aerospace as an aviator, astronaut, and leader and his dedication to excellence for the advancement of all humanity,” he […]
NASA announced Wednesday that its Ingenuity Mars helicopter reached a total flight time of 30 minutes during its 17th flight on Dec. 5. The 117-second trip brought the total time in the air logged by the rotorcraft to 30 minutes and 48 seconds. As previously reported by AVweb, Ingenuity became the first aircraft to operate […]
All seven passengers and two crew members onboard a Gulfstream GIV-SP were killed when the aircraft crashed near Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Wednesday. The jet, which had taken off from Santo Domingo’s La Isabela International Airport approximately 15 minutes earlier, was reportedly attempting to make an emergency landing at […]
The San Diego Air & Space Museum has announced plans to run an exact replica of the engine that powered the Wright brothers’ first historic flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. In commemoration of the 118th anniversary of that flight, the event is scheduled to take place at the museum on Dec. 17, 2021, at 10 […]
The state of Kentucky was hit hard by tornadoes that cut a 220-mile-wide swath on Saturday, Dec. 11. The death toll stood at 74 as of Tuesday—the victims ranging in age from two months to 98 years old. One hundred twenty-two people are still unaccounted for. By comparison, Danville-Boyle County Airport–Stuart Powell Field (KDVK) was […]
Influence from the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA)—among others—is credited with convincing the FAA to keep its Oklahoma City Aircraft Registry staff on duty on New Year’s Eve—albeit with “limited personnel” (presumably meaning, prepare to spend some time on “hold” if you call). Due to the New Year’s […]
A consortium of five aviation advocacy groups has sent a letter to FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson urging the agency to “take action” on what the associations characterize as “Santa Clara [California] County’s rushed decision to ban the sale of 100LL as of January 1, 2022.” The letter states, in part, that the FAA should turn […]
A lot remains unclear about how—and even when—a 1953 Piper Tri-Pacer ended up on its back on the property of Tahlequah (Oklahoma) Municipal Airport (KTQH). The good news is that the two so-far-unidentified people on board, reportedly a 75-year-old man and his son, are uninjured and back home in Texas. But how and when they […]
On-demand drone delivery company Flytrex has received FAA approval to expand its delivery area to a 1-nautical-mile radius from all of its operating stations in North Carolina. According to Flytrex, which delivers food and retail items to private homes via drones, the approval will expand its reach to include approximately 10,000 households. Deliveries will be […]
What appears to be a practice or demonstration drop by a Brazilian Embraer EMB-202A Ipanema ended with the wings folding and the pilot surviving with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries. The Ipanema is an aerial application plane but this aircraft appears to dump its load rather than spray it. In the crash sequence, the airplane […]
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