Aviation News

This week, AVweb’s news roundup found reports on a new weather forecasting model at Baron, flight schools joining one-G’s pay-per-use simulator program and the opening of a new office for Alton Aviation Consultancy. Aviation weather data provider Baron has announced the availability of a new weather forecasting model in the company’s Baron Threat Net, Baron […]

Virgin Atlantic Flight 138 was forced to make an emergency landing at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) due to a fire in the cabin on Thursday night. The flight crew was able to extinguish the fire, which started at a passenger’s seat. No injuries were reported among the flight crew and 217 passengers on board […]

Bombardier unveiled its newest light business jet, the Learjet 75 Liberty, on Tuesday. According to the company, the Part 25-certified jet will offer an executive suite, flat floor throughout the cabin and Gogo ATG 4G connectivity solution. The model will be assembled at Bombardier’s facility in Wichita, Kansas, and is expected to enter service in […]

NASA completed a successful test of the launch abort system (LAS) on its Orion spacecraft at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Tuesday. The Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test involved launching a test version of the Orion crew module on a modified Peacekeeper missile to an altitude of approximately 31,000 feet, at which point the […]

The U.S. Navy has announced a $29.7 million contract with United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (U.K. MOD) for a C-130J Super Hercules to serve as the Blue Angels Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron’s next “Fat Albert” logistics cargo plane. According to the U.S. Navy, acquiring a used aircraft to fill the role was approximately $50 million […]

Sydney-based Alauda is positioning its Airspeeder series as an aerial equivalent of Formula 1 car racing, with 10 quad- or octo-copters among five teams competing for a single championship. A combination of single-vehicle time trails and head-to-head competition are said to ensure a thrilling spectacle. While it hasn’t said as much, the assumption is the […]

Boeing has announced that it will be providing $100 million in funds “to address family and community needs” of people impacted by the fatal crashes of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, both Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. According to the company, the money will go to support education, hardship and living expenses, […]

Gulfstream has announced that its G600 business jet received both its type and production certificates from the FAA last week. Gulfstream highlighted that the G600 is its third model to get its type and production certificates simultaneously after the G550 in 2003 and the G500 in 2018. G600 deliveries are expected to begin later this […]

It’s been more than four months since former Delta Air Lines executive Steve Dickson was nominated to take over for Dan Elwell at the FAA. But The New York Times is reporting that Senate Democrats on the Commerce Committee are “looking into claims that Mr. Dickson was involved in retaliating against a pilot who raised […]

Following the fatal crash of a 1976 Cessna T210M in Australia, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau determined the aircraft had suffered a separation of the spar carrythrough structure, which prompted Textron to issue a Mandatory Service Bulletin to inspect the area on both the 210 and Cessna Cardinal/177 models. While we previously reported on this […]