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With its affordable line of simulators, Redbird’s sales grew more than 20 percent last year and much of that growth is due to schools buying desktop simulators for STEM education programs. Redbird’s Charlie Gregoire says schools have the money to invest in science-related equipment and desktop sims fit the bill. “The STEM market for us […]

Although Boeing is rightly thought of as an aerospace giant, it’s increasingly expanding into general aviation with a recently established discrete business unit called Boeing Global Services. At Redbird’s 9th annual Migration training conference in Denver, Boeing’s William Ampofo summarized how the $17 billion business unit is increasing its footprint in light aircraft and business […]

King Schools Co-Chairmen John and Martha King have been awarded the Jack J. Eggspuehler Service Award by the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI). The award, named for NAFI founder and Flight Instructor Hall of Fame member Jack J. Eggspuehler, is presented to “an individual or organization for making a significant contribution to flight instructors, […]

Gulfstream recently laid off approximately 446 employees from 11 locations, reducing its workforce by about 3.5 percent. The company is still hiring in areas such as manufacturing and maintenance, but reducing business support and administrative functions positions, Gulfstream Director of Corporate Communications and Media Relations Heidi Fedak told Fox News on Wednesday. “In order to […]

Swiss International Airlines temporarily grounded its fleet of Airbus A220 aircraft following an in-flight engine failure on Tuesday that caused a Geneva-bound Swiss Air flight to divert to Paris, France. According to France’s Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation Civile (BEA—Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety), this is the […]

To add to the never-ending discussion of ADS-B Out equipage in the U.S. and the looming Jan. 1, 2020, deadline, there’s this: The FAA has announced that the $500 rebate program, after being revived in late 2018, has closed for good. If you haven’t applied for this credit toward ADS-B Out equipage, the tab’s on […]

Space launch solutions company Stratolaunch has been sold, according to an announcement made last Friday. The future of Stratolaunch has been uncertain since the death of founder Paul Allen in 2018, with reports surfacing last June that the company might be closing after unsuccessful attempts to sell it. The identity of the new owner and […]

An experienced pilot is said to have requested then watched as a lineman filled his piston-powered Piper Aerostar with Jet A fuel. The pilot, Dr. Daniel Greenwald, a successful Tampa-area plastic surgeon, was killed when the Aerostar crashed shortly after takeoff from the Kokomo, Indiana, airport. Robert Losurdo, who owns the flight instruction company that Greenwald […]

SyberJet Aircraft has announced that its SJ30i business jet successfully completed its first flight earlier this month. The SJ30i is an upgraded version of the SJ30-2, adding the Honeywell Epic 2.0-based SyberVision avionics suite and features such as a synthetic vision system, moving map display, dual flight management systems and onboard weather radar. The aircraft’s […]

The NTSB has published its initial factual findings on the crash of the Collings Foundation B-17 Nine-O-Nine on Oct. 2. The Boeing B-17 crashed shortly after departure from Bradley International in Connecticut, killing seven of the 13 aboard, including pilot Ernest McCauley and copilot Michael Foster. According to the NTSB’s initial report: “On the morning […]