Aviation News

If you’re a little rusty on procedures for flying into Oshkosh for AirVenture—and who isn’t?—EAA has a deal for you. On Wednesday evening, June 23, the association will hold a focused webinar on this very topic. While it’s not known how many aircraft will fly in this year, we can all assume many pilots won’t […]

Former astronaut and retired U.S. Air Force officer Pam Melroy was sworn in as NASA Deputy Administrator during a ceremony at the agency’s Washington headquarters on Monday. Melroy was nominated for the position in April and confirmed by the Senate on June 17. Selected as an astronaut candidate in 1994, she served as pilot on […]

Garmin International has announced that its TXi engine indication system (EIS) is now available for select twin turboprop aircraft, including the Cessna 425, the Beechcraft King Air 90 series and some variants of the Pratt & Whitney PT6A-powered Piper Cheyenne. The TXi EIS has engine timers, exceedance recordings and dynamic engine indications, as well as wireless data logging. Dynamic markings […]

Appareo announced its new Airborne Image Recording System (AIRS) today (June 22) at the Aircraft Electronics Association convention in Dallas, Texas. The AIRS-400 model records video in 4K ultra-high-definition as well as capturing intercom audio, ambient audio and detailed flight data on both an internal crash-hardened memory and a removable SD card. The playback software […]

The Aircraft Electronics Association is hosting close to 1,500 manufacturers, repair stations, installers and other general aviation professionals for the 64th annual AEA International Convention & Trade Show in Dallas, Texas. The four-day event kicked off today (June 22) with the opening ceremony and the Gogo Business Aviation-sponsored New Product Introductions session. More than 30 […]

A combination of labor shortages, a surge in demand and challenging weather events has American Airlines canceling several hundred flights through at least mid-July. As the coronavirus pandemic slowly ebbs, passengers are flocking to airports to resume traveling over the summer months. Meanwhile, the airlines and their vendors are having trouble ramping up hiring and […]

Facing pressure in the wake of the two high-profile crashes of Boeing 737 MAX airliners in late 2018 and early 2019, the FAA announced Monday (June 21) it is launching a new Voluntary Safety Reporting Program. The initiative is “an additional way for its engineers, safety inspectors, systems safety specialists, and other aviation safety employees […]

Until recently considered “out of reach” for service in any airborne application, inflight internet connectivity continues to become available in ever-diminishing sizes of business aircraft. And in today’s ultra-connected society, such access is becoming increasingly nonnegotiable. To that end, Gogo Business Aviation has just announced its AVANCE L5 and L3 systems are now installed on […]

SpaceX has found a perhaps unexpected ally in its quest to democratize space—the FAA, according to CNBC. FAA associate administrator for commercial space operations Wayne Monteith launched a spirited defense of the company he had criticized a few months before in front of a congressional committee last week. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee had […]

The first crew-capable eVTOL racing aircraft has flown and its developer says things will move quickly from here toward an organized race series. The Alauda Aeronautics EXA Mk3 took off from an undisclosed location in the deserts of Southern Australia with reps from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. The EXA was flown autonomously but there’s […]