Aviation News

The Chinese government is trying to influence U.S. aviation policy but it’s not hiding behind fake websites or social media pseudonyms to do so. The People’s Republic of China is one of 66 individuals and organizations commenting on an FAA Federal Register Notice on the certification of some drones. As we reported earlier, the agency […]

Two people were taken to a hospital and a third was able to walk away from the crash landing of a B-25 in Stockton, California, on Saturday. Local authorities said the aircraft, which is known as Old Glory, experienced some kind of mechanical failure and the pilot was attempting a forced landing when the mishap […]

Diamond Aircraft announced the relaunch of its DA20-C1 single-engine trainer on Friday. The updated model features a new panel layout based around Garmin’s G500 TXi touchscreen avionics display. The two-seat DA20-C1 is powered by the 125-HP Continental IO-240-B32B engine and has a top cruise speed of 130 knots, 525-NM range and useful load of 606 […]

Universal Avionics (UA) has launched a new online learning center designed to provide on-demand course access for its customers and dealers. According to the company, UA Academy courses are geared toward pilots, technicians and UA authorized dealers/integrators. Courses will offer a mix of instructional videos and interactive content along with optional desktop training software and […]

Urban air mobility (UAM) company Volocopter announced on Wednesday that it is now selling tickets for piloted air taxi flights in its VoloCity electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL). Angling to become “the first electric air taxi company to acquire paying end-customers,” Germany-based Volocopter is limiting its initial offering to 1,000 slots. The €300 […]

Seattle Avionics, a player in the aviation data and apps market with the FlyQ EFB app, has been bought by AFV partners. The sale was announced this week and co-founder Steve Podradchik told AVweb the acquisition should give the company an injection of capital to ramp up marketing and expand the company’s reach into the […]

The U.S. Air Force is testing a new fighter jet prototype designed and built under its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. The mystery aircraft has already been flown, although it has not been made public how many prototypes have been built or how much flight time the design has accrued. Details about the fighter’s […]

The fatal crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft were the result of “repeated and serious failures” by Boeing and the FAA, according to a report published by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on Wednesday. Finding the accidents to be “a horrific culmination of a series of faulty technical assumptions […]

The recently certified Pipistrel Velis Electro has completed flights intended to set records for electric aircraft. Between the end of August and Sept. 2, Pipistrel says that “five world records tumbled the combustion aircraft: your aircraft used less than a quarter of the energy for the route than conventional planes.” Due to the lack of […]

After last weekend’s successful Midwest LSA Expo, aviation events appear to be returning slowly. This weekend—actually Friday Sept. 18 and Saturday the 19th—it’ll be Zenith Aircraft’s annual homecoming at the Mexico, Missouri, airport. A fixture event for the kit manufacturer, the 2020 Homecoming will include the usual selection of seminars and workshops, including a new […]