Aviation News

With the COVID-19-related downturn showing few signs of recovery, Boeing announced this week that it will consider a second round of layoffs, couched as “voluntary,” this summer and fall. Some 19,000 positions are at risk overall. The planemaker originally indicated it would try to reduce its workforce by 10 percent back in April, but the […]

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have issued a joint advisory designed to clarify federal laws and regulations potentially applicable to “the use of capabilities to detect and mitigate threats posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operations.” The “Advisory on the Application […]

Wheels Up, which started as an alternative to aircraft ownership, has come full circle and added an aircraft sales division to its rapidly expanding business. The company started as a membership company using strictly King Airs and now offers a full range of flight options and equipment. The addition of a whole aircraft sales division […]

A startup aviation company is proposing an optionally manned surveillance and light attack platform that it says can replace such complicated aircraft as the P-3 and P-8. Icarus Aerospace’s TAV (tactical air vehicle) is a clean-sheet design that looks a lot like a cleaned-up OV-10. Although it comes with two seats, it can also be […]

The FAA has opened up the Piper Cherokee spar corrosion AD for comments again after AOPA pressed for less expensive ways to address the potential problem. The AD, which was initially proposed in November of 2017, will continue to affect more than 11,000 Cherokees and Cherokee Sixes but some alternative methods of compliance suggested by […]

NORAD fighters fired flares to get the attention of an RV-7 pilot who blundered into the presidential TFR surrounding President Donald Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey, golf resort on Saturday. The jets were scrambled and intercepted the homebuilt in the restricted airspace but weren’t able to raise the pilot on the radio. Shortly after the flares […]

A Canadian aviation company that owns the country’s largest regional airline contractor is reporting a profit for the second quarter even though 91 percent of its airline’s schedule evaporated with the COVID-19 travel restrictions. Chorus Aviation, which provides most of Air Canada’s regional feeder schedule, told investors it had an adjusted net income of $21.6 […]

The town of Buena Vista, Colorado, unanimously approved a concept for an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/drone) flying park on Tuesday. The drone park will be divided into four zones based on activity with areas for basic training, qualification operations, obstacle navigation and racing events. The proposal was put forward by the Central Colorado UAS Club. […]

This week, AVweb’s news roundup uncovered reports on an aviation career symposium, an STC for a glass cockpit update and an FBO offering free COVID-19 testing. Nonprofit organization Pathways to Aviation plans to hold a virtual symposium on Oct. 5-9 focusing on careers in the aerospace industry. The free event, which is geared toward active […]

An Aviat A-1C-200 Husky registered to the manufacturer went down near Grover, Wyoming, on Monday. The pilot reportedly sustained minor injuries after successfully bailing out and deploying his emergency parachute. According to Aviat, which is based in Afton, Wyoming, the aircraft was involved in experimental flight testing. “Aviat Aircraft Inc., is fully cooperating with the […]