Aviation News

June M. Morris, a quiet but significant innovator and leader in the travel and airline industries, passed away on July 23 at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was 90 years old. In the early 70s, Mrs. Morris started travel agency Morris Travel in a corner of her husband’s photo finishing shop. At […]

Aviation Safety Resources (ASR) is quietly building a family of related business units centered on making aircraft safer. With a focus on making aircraft recovery parachutes “lighter, and with lower-altitude opening capabilities,” CEO Larry Williams noted that ASR’s system has been selected for the Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2 two-place electric aircraft. And at a press […]

The Airbus A380 landed with a bang at AirVenture 2011, a fledgling company called Beyond Aviation said it had an electric Cessna 172 in the works as a test bed for a new electric trainer and the LSA industry was abuzz with predictions that changes to the rules would allow “basic IMC operation.” The world’s […]

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has pledged her support to prevent Ligado Networks from occupying radio spectrum that more than a dozen government departments say could jam delicate GPS and other space-based signals. As we reported, the FCC last April approved Ligado’s bid to use a narrow slice of spectrum adjacent to the space bands for […]

Avidyne Corporation is teaming up with artificial intelligence (AI) software company Daedalean to develop, manufacture and certify AI-based airborne systems for aviation. The initial offering, to be called the Avidyne PilotEye Vision System, is designed to serve as a “never-tired, never-distracted second set of eyes” that will scan for and identify everything from traffic and […]

Post-pandemic travel trends have led to airline pilots sleeping in airports and even on the floor of their empty aircraft. Travel-starved Americans are flocking to wilderness destinations in the absence of international options and airlines have increased service to the secondary airports that serve those areas. Because of the limited services, both aeronautical and accommodation, […]

Add becoming a drone pilot to the long list of accomplishments Boy Scouts can claim through the program. Boy Scouts of America is an FAA-approved test administrator and can facilitate the process for members who are old enough. “Flying drones is a fun way Scouts can start learning about robotics, science, technology and engineering,” said […]

EAA officially launched AeroEducate at AirVenture. An ambitious program aimed at steering young people toward aviation careers, AeroEducate is meant as a follow-on to the association’s Young Eagle program, which has helped provide some 2.5 million student-age children with their first airplane ride. Supported by industry partners, the program targets 5- to 18-year-olds, parents, EAA […]

Legends Airways and Tecnam announced the signing of a purchase agreement for five Tecnam aircraft at AirVenture 2021. The initial deal includes two P2008 LSAs, two four-seat, single-engine P2010s and one P2006T twin. The aircraft will be used for Legends’ Part 141/Part 61 flight school at Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL) in Lakeland, Florida. “Tecnam […]

Electric aircraft developer VoltAero is launching a fractional ownership program for its Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft, according to a company announcement at AirVenture 2021. The “Pioneer” fractional program will be part of a partnership with on-demand flight services company KinectAir. Washington-based KinectAir also plans to add Cassio aircraft to its fleet, which is currently made up […]