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Textron Aviation has announced that it will be attending the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo this year with a hybrid virtual/in-person exhibit. The company plans to display a Cessna Caravan onsite along with setting up videos, graphic boards and mobile technology with company and product information. A virtual aircraft display featuring the Cessna 182 Skylane, […]

Piper Aircraft’s CEO, Simon Caldecott, is retiring after a decade helming the company. Caldecott will retire on April 2, leaving behind a company that has staked out firm footing in the trainer markets as well as with the successful M-class line of turboprops based on the pressurized Malibu airframe. The piston-powered version remains in the […]

The number of flight training schools in the Asia-Pacific region grew 4 percent between 2018 and 2020, according to a report published this month by Asian Sky Group (ASG). The group found that there were 356 aviation training schools operating 565 helicopters and 2,931 fixed-wing aircraft in the region at the end of 2020. Mainland […]

Video gamers who yearn for a shot at a real dogfight might want to be careful what they wish for. A YouTuber who’s also an airline pilot and former fighter pilot is raising cash to shoot a pilot episode of what he hopes will be a streaming series called Fight’s On. C.W. Lemoine wants to […]

The commander of the Air Force says he needs a new clean sheet fighter to replace some of the 1,000 F-16s that long ago reached their best before date. In a news conference last month, reported by Air Force Magazine, Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown said he wants a lighter, less sophisticated and […]

FAA Administrator Steve Dickson announced he’s extending the so-called “zero tolerance” policy for noncompliant passengers because the message clearly hasn’t been heard by some people. “The number of cases we’re seeing is still far too high, and it tells us urgent action continues to be required,” Dickson said in a statement. “The policy directs our […]

The end of the line for one of aviation’s most ambitious and ultimately costly programs came with a low pass and a wing wag from an A380 destined for Emirates on Thursday. The final double decker aircraft to come off the assembly line at Toulouse Blagnac Airport in southern France, MSN 272, took off for […]

The Tuskegee Airmen National Museum has a new permanent home inside Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. The collection will be formally opened in a virtual ceremony on March 22, the 80th anniversary of the squadron activation as the 99th Pursuit Squadron. The museum artifacts had previously been housed in Fort Wayne. […]

This week, AVweb’s news roundup has uncovered reports on a new instrument training device, plans to expand a training fleet, a university awarding credits for FAA licenses and the release of an aviation safety management system. We also found reports on a contract for online pilot training, a distance learning agreement for an airline, a […]

NASA successfully completed the second hot fire test of the core stage of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on Thursday at Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The rocket’s four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engines fired for 8 minutes and 19 seconds while running through a series of operational conditions designed to simulate […]