Aviation News

A Montana pilot is in jail after he allegedly stole a Cessna 172M and made an emergency landing on a highway near Hamilton, Montana. The Ravalli Republic is reporting Kacey Shane Gessner was charged with grand larceny in a Ravalli County court and bail was set at $50,000. Gessner was also wanted on five outstanding […]

All three people aboard a Challenger 605 were killed when the aircraft crashed near Truckee-Tahoe Airport on Monday. The flight originated in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Identities of the victims were not immediately released. The aircraft was registered to Tarco Aviation Funding LLC in Fort Lauderdale but its flight history suggests it was based in the […]

During EAA AirVenture, flight-tracking specialist FlightAware announced Aviator, a new subscription-based service. FlightAware’s free service is popular among pilots and others with an interest in keeping tabs on airline flights and other aircraft activity. Aviator ramps up the sophistication of the data available, and FlightAware believes pilots, aircraft owners, renters, their family and friends, FBOs […]

KITPLANES editor-at-Large Paul Dye will be selling a limited supply of his book, Shuttle, Houston: My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control, at the Belvoir Publications/KITPLANES booth on the north wall of Hangar A at AirVenture all week. Dye plans to be at booth 11 – 12 each day and books can be purchased […]

Aspen Avionics introduced a new online learning course for its Evolution Pro MAX flight display series at AirVenture 2021 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. “Evolution Pro MAX 101” is designed to cover basic functionality of the Pro MAX series with an eye toward helping users “streamline their flight operations.” The course is hosted by Aspen Avionics director […]

AirVenture always has up and down years with regard to new developments in the industry. Five years ago, 2016, was kind of a middling year, according to our staff roaming the field. Apps and gadgets are reliably a popular hunting ground and one igniting a buzz was Garmin’s G5 all-in-one electronic flight display. It had […]

At AirVenture 2021, Piper announcement that it has certified Garmin’s new GWX 8000 weather radar system in its M-series turboprop and piston models. The GWX 8000 StormOptix Doppler radar is Garmin’s flagship weather avoidance system and has a variety of high-end features not seen in any GA ship’s radar to date. This includes turbulence detection, […]

In an effort to boost international sales, Icon Aircraft said at AirVenture this week that it will certify its A5 in the primary category later this year and is offering new appearance and equipment packages. Although the company hasn’t yet achieved its ambitious initial sales goals, it has retrenched and reorganized for more efficient production […]

If it looks like there are a lot of airplanes on Wittman Field this week, that’s because there are a lot of airplanes on Wittman Field. EAA chairman Jack Pelton said on Monday that 7920 airplanes have flown into Wittman for AirVenture as of Monday, more than twice the weather-depressed volume of 2019 during the […]

Russia is reportedly working on a new airborne command and control aircraft that would be used in case of nuclear war or some other catastrophe. The so-called “Doomsday” plane will be based on an Il-96-400M airliner and will replace the current fleet of Il-80 aircraft modified for that purpose. The new aircraft will have a […]