Aviation News

Boeing unveiled its single-engine helicopter design for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) prototype competition on Tuesday. The unnamed thrust compounded single-main rotor helicopter features fly-by-wire controls, tandem seating, a six-bladed rotor system, a modular cockpit with a reconfigurable display and autonomous capabilities. Boeing has not announced expected performance numbers for the aircraft. […]

The FAA has trampled over the rights of the “traditional model aviation” community in its rush to create remote identification requirements as part of the exploding hobby and commercial drone market, believes the Experimental Aircraft Association. “The Federal Aviation Administration’s proposed rules for Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) integration is an overreaching answer and threatens traditional […]

The FAA has turned Textron’s previous service bulletin requiring inspections of Cessna 210 spar caps into an Airworthiness Directive that goes into effect on March 9, with compliance due within 60 days or 20 hours’ time in service. The mandatory service bulletin was released last November after the inflight breakup of a Cessna 210 in […]

Nashville’s John C. Tune Airport (JWN) sustained significant damage from a tornado associated with severe storms that killed at least 22 people and injured approximately 150 more in central Tennessee early Tuesday morning. While the extent of the damage is not yet known, airport personnel have said that JWN’s hangars, terminal, fuel trucks, power lines […]

Manned fighter aircraft will be supplanted by autonomous air vehicles and reusable space vehicles, said SpaceX and Tesla leader Elon Musk at the U.S. Air Force’s Air Warfare Symposium over the weekend. Musk was interviewed on the topic of innovation by Lt. General John Thompson. Musk is convinced that artificial intelligence and development of unmanned […]

Noting that Jeppesen will be decommissioning the underlying map structure, AOPA announced today that its desktop flight planner will go offline at the end of April this year. “We are working diligently to provide replacement options for those who wish to utilize a desktop Flight Planning application and will communicate all details as they become […]

Researchers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) are looking for instrument-rated private pilots and airline pilots who also fly general aviation aircraft to complete a survey on the amount and type of non-revenue flying each group engages in. The study’s purpose is to determine how safely airline pilots operate light aircraft under Part 91. Instrument-rated private […]

Canadian authorities will conduct their own test flights of the Boeing 737 MAX before allowing it to fly in Canada and may also write their own supplement to the type’s flight manual. Top officials of Transport Canada appeared before a parliamentary committee studying Canada’s certification of the aircraft last week and said they will not […]

SpaceX blew up another spacecraft on Friday and the company says it likely won’t be the last. The second prototype for the Starship interplanetary vehicle blew to pieces during a liquid nitrogen pressure test at the company’s Boca Chica, Texas, facilities. Friday’s spectacular failure was the second in six months and CEO Elon Musk has […]

A pilot shortage has suddenly become a surplus in some cases as the spread of COVID-19 prompts flight cancellations and travel bans. On Friday, United Airlines offered its long-haul pilots a month off at two-thirds pay as it chops service to most of Asia. Earlier in the week, United said the travel market to China […]