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Relief for Boeing’s embattled management arrived as orders came in for more than 40 of the 737 MAX jets at the Dubai airshow this week, despite the airliner’s not having been returned to service. Kazakh carrier Air Astana ordered 30 MAX 8s after Turkish airline SunExpress placed an order for 10, and there are reports […]

Getting an aviation degree in three years instead of four could save students $20K to $30K under Purdue University’s new “Degree in 3” program. But it would also more quickly help fill the pilot and technician pipeline that Purdue, among others, feels is essential to countering an expected shortage of talent in the coming years. […]

Lockheed Martin’s LM-100J commercial freighter—the civilian variant of the C-130J Super Hercules—received its FAA type design update certification on Friday. The LM-100J is a modernized version of the company’s C-130-based L-100 freighter, of which more than 100 were produced between 1964 and 1992. Upgrades to the LM-100J include better fuel efficiency, improved payload and range, […]

Piston aircraft sales rose by 7 percent during the third quarter compared to last year, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association market report released last week. But turbine sales, says GAMA, were mixed, with bizjet volume up slightly compared to a softening in the turboprop segment. A total of 304 piston aircraft delivered in […]

A Marine Corps pilot who ejected from his F/A-18 Hornet off the coast of Japan in 2018 was alive on the surface of the ocean for about 10 hours before drowning according to military.com. Capt. Jahmar Resilard was wearing a smart watch when he abandoned his fighter after it collided with a KC-130 tanker during […]

Air Race E unveiled an electrified Cassutt Formula One race plane capable of 300 MPH at the Dubai Air Show on Sunday. The tiny aircraft, which is familiar to those who attend the National Championship Air Races in Reno, was modified with a 150-kilowatt motor and about 200 pounds of lithium batteries replacing the Continental […]

The circumstances of the crash of an Air Saguenay De Havilland Beaver last July will likely never be known but the family of one of the passengers is suing the airline by claiming the “probable inference” that it was either the pilot or the airplane’s fault or a combination of both. But even the language […]

FAA Administrator Steve Dickson has told staff to ignore pressure to return the Boeing 737 MAX to service and to take all the time they need to ensure the aircraft is safe. In a video address released on Friday, Dickson said he will personally support FAA staff in their thorough review of the aircraft and […]

When the light sport aircraft rule was being devised in the early 2000s, the gyrocopter somehow got cut out of the party. That’s about to be set right, but it will still be awhile, says Dan Johnson of the Light Sport Aircraft Manufacturers Association. In this podcast recorded this week at the Deland Sport Aviation […]

The FAA has issued an AD affecting more than 4100 Bonanzas and requires an inspection of the right aileron flight control cable end fittings. There have been 17 failures reported on E33A, S35, V35 and A36 models but the agency has included E33, E33C, F33, F33A, F33C, G33, 35-C33, 35-C33A, K35, M35, N35, P35, V35A, […]