Aviation News

A pilot suspected of reporting for duty drunk was removed from the cockpit of a JetBlue Airbus A320 by airport police at Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) on Wednesday. According to authorities, the 52-year-old pilot registered a blood alcohol concentration of 0.17, more than four times the legal limit for a required crew member, on […]

Russia may reconsider its involvement in the international partnership that keeps the International Space Station (ISS) aloft, according to a statement from Dmitry Rogozin, who is the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos. Rogozin said that the agency is taking the position due to economic sanctions enacted by the U.S. in response to Russia’s invasion […]

Senator and general aviation advocate James Inhofe, R-Okla., has announced that he plans to retire from the U.S. Senate effective Jan. 3, 2023. A pilot with over 11,000 flight hours logged, his aviation-related efforts have included the support and introduction of legislation to reform the medical certification process for recreational pilots, raise the mandatory retirement […]

The U.S. Department of Transportation and the FAA have issued orders blocking Russian aircraft and airlines from entering and using U.S. domestic airspace. The ban has been issued via a Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) (PDF) and regulatory orders (PDF) which will suspend operations of “all aircraft owned, certified, operated, registered, chartered, leased, or controlled […]

Finding a drop-in unleaded replacement for leaded avgas is currently one of the biggest issues facing general aviation, according to experts convened for an Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)-hosted webinar on unleaded fuel for aviation on Wednesday. Hosted by AOPA’s Tom Haines and featuring panelists including General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) President Pete Bunce, […]

There’s nothing like an accident to seriously challenge the development program of any new aircraft. Piled on top of severe skepticism for all manner of electronically powered unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the crash of California-based Joby Aviation’s prototype adds exponential attention to the cause of the mishap. Is that fair? Or is this the equivalent […]

Aircraft homebuilders have traditionally faced a choice—either they studied and researched fast-moving avionics technology and became proficient in locating and connecting complex components; outsourced that expertise; or deferred on the wonders of modern computer-based avionics systems and settled for old-school, hand-me-down VFR panels. With its roots firmly planted in the experimental aircraft movement, Woodinville, Washington-based […]

Jack Sweeney, the 19-year-old college freshman who made recent headlines for tweeting the real-time whereabouts of Elon Musk’s Gulfstream, has taken his pastime a big, perhaps more dangerous, step forward. With the ongoing economic and airspace sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, the University of Central Florida information technology major has now established […]

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 […]