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The SpaceX Crew Dragon’s first test mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has come to a successful conclusion with a trouble-free, on-schedule splashdown at 8:45 a.m. EST on Friday. The mission netted the Crew Dragon several “firsts” for a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft, including becoming the first to launch from American […]

Austria-based Austro engines will soon be relying on its own manufacturing for aircraft diesel engine cores rather than repurposing cores from automotive giant Mercedes Benz. The company announced this week that it will fully transition to licensed production of the Mercedes-designed OMB 640 block for its two aerodiesel engines, the AE300 and AE330. Austro launched […]

Daher introduced the TBM 940, a new version of its single-engine turboprop aircraft, at the Safety Seminar meeting of the TBM Owners and Pilots Association on Thursday. As shown in the video below, features new to the 940 model include auto-throttle, increased automation for the deicing system and a redesigned interior. According to Daher, the […]

Goodyear presented a concept for a tilt-rotor-type device that would work as a tire on the road and a propeller in the air at the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland on Tuesday. The Goodyear AERO concept involves a non-pneumatic structure with the flexibility to dampen shocks when driving and the strength to rotate at high […]

Levil Aviation has announced that it is ceasing development of its Beacon ADS-B Out module effective immediately. The company says that “irregularities and installation diversity have caused us to have FAA report compliance issues that we could not have foreseen.Because of this, we will no longer be moving forward with the Beacon project.” Announced at […]

A simpler, more robust five-bladed main rotor will give the Airbus H145 increased useful load, improved ride comfort and reduced maintenance considerations. Debuting at Heli-Expo in Atlanta this week, the H145 gains a main rotor blade that in turn allows for a smaller rotor diameter while also providing a 331-pound increase in useful load, according […]

Military aviation forums are buzzing with reaction to a Facebook posting by the Dutch-based Scramble Magazine that four F-117 Nighthawks were pulled out of retirement and snuck into Syria to fly clandestine missions on behalf of the U.S. in 2017. Giving some credence to the report, which is classified as a rumor by most military […]

This week, AVweb’s blog space will feature a two-part story from James Belton, a Gen X pilot who has done what the previous generation of pilots could not: Evolved from pistons, to jets, to drones. Here’s part one. When I was a young man, I desperately wanted to fly. I wanted to fly fighter jets […]

That telltale trail of smoke from the Air Force’s longest serving airframe will soon be a thing of the past but that’s not because the B-52 is going anywhere. A request for proposal will be issued in March to re-engine 76 of the venerable bombers as part of the Air Force’s long-range bombing strategy through […]