Aviation News

The FAA has cleared pilots and air traffic controllers to take the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as long as they take 48 hours away from the cockpit or console to clear any immediate side effects. The agency issued a news release on Saturday, the day after the FDA gave emergency use authorization for the vaccine, which […]

Garmin has announced that several new features are available on its GTN Xi series of navigators including a dynamic glide range ring and best glide airport indicator. According to the company, the glide range ring is designed to improve situational awareness in the event of an engine failure by “depicting the estimated area that the […]

AVweb’s weekly news roundup found reports on two new aircraft battery chargers, a cleanliness certification for an FBO and an aviation insurance company acquisition. True Blue Power has expanded its product line with two new aircraft battery chargers. The True Blue Charger PRO is designed to charge, discharge and test True Blue Power lithium-ion aircraft […]

Aviation Consumer magazine is running a market survey on avionics upgrades. If you’ve had major avionics work done within the past two years, the magazine wants to know about your experiences to include brand satisfaction, costs, downtime, installation support, ease of use and anything else you want others to know about the project. The results […]

A consortium of European companies and organizations rolled out a hydrogen-powered research aircraft Friday that they hope will provide the technical bedrock for commercial transport aircraft carrying up to 40 passengers. The airplane is called the HY4 and was displayed briefly at a hangar at the Stuttgart Airport. Although few details were offered in the […]

A Wisconsin Air National Guard pilot was killed in the crash of an F-16 during a routine training mission on Tuesday. The F-16, assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing at Madison’s Truax Field Air National Guard Base, went down in Delta County, Michigan, at approximately 8 p.m. local time. The identity of the pilot has […]

SpaceX’s latest Starship prototype exploded during landing following a successful high-altitude flight test on Wednesday. The uncrewed prototype, serial number 8 (SN8), flew for 6 minutes 42 seconds, completing a series of planned maneuvers and returning to the landing pad before the crash. The test took place at SpaceX’s facility in Cameron County, Texas. “Successful […]

NASA has chosen 18 astronauts who will train for missions on and around the Moon as part of the agency’s Artemis program. The Artemis Team was introduced by Vice President Mike Pence during the eighth National Space Council meeting at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday. The program aims to land the first woman and […]

In partnership with Hawaii-based Mokulele Airlines, Ampaire has completed the first demonstration flight using its hybrid-electric Electric EEL on an established airline route. For the demonstration, the aircraft made a round-trip flight from Hawaii’s Kahului Airport (OGG) to Hana (HNM) and back on a single charge. Ampaire intends to fly the route regularly as part […]

COVID-19 vaccine or not, aviation events for 2021 are by no means assured and EAA’s Jack Pelton says planning for AirVenture continues to be “a high wire act.” This week, organizers of the Paris airshow announced that the June event has been canceled and at least one show planned for January 2021, the Deland Sport […]