Aviation News

Avidyne introduced Helios, the newest addition to its multifunction flight management system (FMS) product line, on Tuesday. Designed for rotorcraft, the dzus-mounted Helios features a Satellite-based Augmentation System (SBAS) GPS navigator, full QWERTY-style keyboard and high-resolution, full-color moving map. Available options include 16-watt VHF navcomm with ILS, Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System (HTAWS), Avidyne’s […]

Boeing has pushed its estimate for the when regulators will begin to unground of the 737 MAX to mid-2020, according to a statement issued by the company on Tuesday. Boeing had previously announced that it might be able to resume deliveries of the MAX as early as December 2019 with a return to service in […]

Although electric airplanes haven’t gained traction in the U.S., Slovenia-based Pipistrel is doing a brisk business selling them to the rest of the world. It has recently increased production from four to about six airplanes per month and the company’s factory in Italy will soon double its manufacturing space, with most of that given over […]

Originally scheduled for fall 2022 in Turkey, the next edition of the FAI World Air Games has been canceled and a replacement venue or date has not been reported. According to the FAI, “The Turkish Aeronautical Association (THK), which had been awarded the organisation of the event, asked the FAI to postpone the Games until […]

Announcing the possible first flight of the 777X this week, Boeing proves that even while it breaks in a new CEO, continues to churn through the 737 MAX issues and gets chewed out by its military customers, the show nevertheless goes on. The announcement, on Twitter, says that the date, as near as Jan. 23, […]

The Air Force’s chief of staff warned new CEO David Calhoun that the 737 MAX isn’t the only item on Boeing’s to-do list. The U.S. Air Force is far less than happy with the KC-46, a 767-based tanker that, almost a decade in development, still isn’t mission ready. “We require your attention and improved focus […]

PS Engineering unveiled a new dual control head for its PAC45 Special Mission Digital Audio Control System on Tuesday. The PAC45D offers features including five comm radio interfaces, configurable pilot right or left seat, plug and play with legacy audio controllers, configurable bezel labels and preprogrammed aural alerts. It also comes with MutliTalker, an audio […]

The CMV-22B, a variant of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor built by Boeing and Bell Textron, successfully completed its first flight in Amarillo, Texas, this week. The aircraft is intended to replace the U.S. Navy’s C-2A Greyhound fleet, providing personnel and cargo transport from shore bases to aircraft carriers at sea. The CMV-22B is powered by […]

A consultant working for Chicago Executive Airport told a meeting last week that closing the busy facility’s crosswind runway will improve safety. Craig Louden, a project manager with infrastructure consultant Crawford, Murphy and Tilly Inc., told a room full of pilots at a meeting of the airport’s board of directors last week that closing Runway […]

The government of Mexico is considering raffling off the presidential 787 Boeing Business Jet, with tickets selling at 500 pesos ($27) each. The aircraft, purchased by the previous government of Enrique Pena Nieto for $218 million, has an 80-seat executive configuration, including a presidential suite with bedroom and bathroom. It hasn’t left the ground on […]