Aviation News

Piper Aircraft’s apprentice program, first announced in 2018, is underway. Nine apprentices have begun to “shadow skilled aircraft assembly workers and learn all aspects of fabrication and assembly of aircraft,” according to Piper. The manufacturer announced the news today, though the apprentices have been working since August. “The Piper apprentices are part of a high-tech […]

The U.S. Air Force has “indefinitely barred” the Boeing 767-based KC-46 from carrying cargo or passengers. This move follows a recent incident where cargo locks came unsecured during flight, posing a threat from wayward equipment to the crewmen aboard. The KC-46 tanker has been a controversial program for some time, suffering implementation delays in 2018 […]

Former NASCAR Modifieds champ Mike Stefanik was killed on Sunday when his Aerolite 103 ultralight crashed in eastern Connecticut. Stefanik was returning to land at the private Riconn airport on the Connecticut/Rhode Island border when he crashed into trees adjacent to the airport. According to reports, Stefanik was found around 2 p.m. Sunday and taken […]

Billed as the “most badass bushplane,” Mike Patey’s modified Wilga called DRACO suffered a devastating and, unfortunately, tremendously public accident today trying to leave Reno, Nevada, after the air races. “It was definitely my fault,” he says in a confessional video published today. “So silly, so dumb … I hope you guys learn from this,” […]

Germany-based aircraft manufacturer Stemme AG announced the appointment of Bart Slager as the company’s new CEO last Friday. Slager is replacing Paul Masschelein, who announced last August that he would be stepping down after six and a half years in the position. Slager officially assumed the role on Aug. 28. “Mr. Slager brings with him […]

Gulfstream held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility last Friday. The facility, called the Gulfstream East Campus, is located at the company’s headquarters in Savannah, Georgia, on the east side of Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV). According to Gulfstream, it undertook the project in order […]

Although trying to entice more women into aviation seems like a fairly recent thing, the Ninety-Nines, founded by Amelia Earhart in 1929, have been doing it for 90 years and they’re not done yet. Ninety-Nines International President Jan McKenzie spoke with AVweb’s Russ Niles.

AOPA has written the FAA urging it to hold off on mandating an expensive fix for older Pipers that pilots say is a nonexistent problem. As we reported earlier, the FAA issued a notice a few weeks ago that it was considering issuing an airworthiness directive requiring operators of older Cherokees to replace the fuel […]

John Travolta’s Boeing 707 is the gift that keeps on taking and he likely won’t be making a farewell trip to Australia in the plane this November. Travolta, who has owned the aircraft since 1998, has donated it to Historical Aircraft Restoration Society in Albion Park, about 100 miles south of Sydney. The plan was […]

uAvionix has begun shipping tailBeacon ADS-B Out units after receiving STC approval for the device. The company announced the approval on Friday and said it has been building and stockpiling tailBeacons since receiving TSO approval on the four essential elements of the device just before AirVenture. The $2,000 units are available directly from uAvionix and […]