Aviation News

Stand Down: That Space Force Uniform Isn’t Real

Social media, hanging out in that slack period between Christmas and New Year’s with nothing better to do, has decided to prank aviation enthusiasts and space watchers with a totally unofficial rendition of the U.S. Space Force uniform, widely distributed on Twitter. Variously compared to crossing guard uniforms as well as those from a range […]

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Boeing 737 MAX Resumes U.S. Service, Gets New Orders

American Airlines completed the first U.S. revenue flight of a Boeing 737 MAX in almost two years. Flight 718 departed Miami at 10:24 a.m. today and landed at LaGuardia at 1:12 p.m. The aircraft turned around for a return to Miami at 2:24 p.m. American was one of the first U.S. airlines to signal the […]

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FAA Announces New Drone Regs

Unmanned aerial vehicles operating in FAA airspace will soon be required to have Remote ID identification capabilities. Initially proposed one year ago, the Remote ID rule will go into effect 60 days after its publishing in the Federal Register, which is expected to happen in January. Remote ID transmits the location and identity of the […]

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Video Surfaces Of Possible ‘Guy In A Jetpack’ Over L.A.

The lively debate over the existence of an actual “jetpack man” frequenting the airspace around Los Angeles took a turn for the real last week and now skeptics and believers alike have video to pore over. What’s more, the video was shot from the air by a pilot who’s not saying which side of the […]

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Nashville Blast Prompts ‘National Defense’ TFR

A TFR remains in place over downtown Nashville until Dec. 30 even though authorities have determined the man who blew himself up in a motorhome on Christmas morning likely acted alone. Police confirmed Sunday that Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, was inside the RV that exploded about 6:30 a.m. Friday, damaging buildings and injuring three people. […]

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Wipaire Engineers 206 Cargo Door Solution

Wipaire is engineering a fix for a long-standing issue with Cessna 206 aircraft in which emergency escape from the rear seats is hampered by deployed flaps. Wipaire VP of Engineering Brad Kutz said they’ve moved the latch for the rear cargo door to the inside from the door frame to make it accessible during an […]

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Tribunal Rules Delta ‘Retaliated’ Against Pilot For Safety Report

A Labor Department tribunal has awarded a Delta pilot $500,000 in a whistleblower case after determining the airline “weaponized” a bogus psychological assessment that grounded her for two years. Speaking for the panel, Administrative Law Judge Scott Morris further determined that the trip to the psychiatrist was retaliation for Karlene Pettit’s drafting a 43-page report […]

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Asia-Pacific Region Adds Two FBOs In 2020

Just two FBOs were opened in the Asia-Pacific region last year, one at New Delhi, India’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) and the second at Changbei International Airport (KHN) in Nanchang, China. The new additions bring the total number of Asia-Pacific FBOs to 72. According to data from Asian Sky Group (ASG), the country with […]

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Bombardier Receives Order For Ten Challenger 350s

Bombardier announced that it has received a firm order for ten Challenger 350 business jets from an undisclosed customer. The sale, one of the largest business jet orders this year, is valued at $267 million. Since the model’s entry into service in 2014, the Challenger 350 fleet has logged over 648,000 flight hours with the […]

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