Aviation News

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 […]

While the BasicMed semi-self-certification for airmen has been a boon for stateside pilots, it’s largely a domestic policy. Now, says AOPA, Mexico is set to allow pilots flying on BasicMed to visit. The Bahamas had already recognized BasicMed. “I would like to thank Director General Rodrigo Vásquez-Colmenares Guzmán of Mexico’s Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil […]

A new air racing series has been green lighted by the FAA and it may be coming to an airshow near you in 2021. The Air Show Racing Series will feature head-to-head racing by two aircraft in 4,000-foot parallel slalom lanes marked by inflatable pylons at airshow center. At the end of each run, the […]

A member of the Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds ejected safely from his aircraft when something went wrong just before the team was scheduled to perform at the Atlanta Air Show early Sunday afternoon. Capt. Kevin Domon-Grenier, Snowbird 5, landed safely and the aircraft crashed in an unpopulated area and there were no injuries. His […]

Orville Wright is missing and the National Parks Service (NPS) wants him back. A copper reproduction of a bust of one of the founding fathers of aviation as we know it was stolen from the Wright Brothers Monument on Big Kill Devil Hill overnight Saturday or Sunday morning. The heavy granite base was toppled and […]