Aviation News

Given current affairs, St. Louis must be an island of calm in a troubled world, a place where things are so peaceful that the slightest deviation from whatever the norm is there, an emergency response is warranted. So, I think it was with a sense of amusement shared by many of our readers that we […]

Aerion Corporation and Spirit AeroSystems have announced that they will be collaborating on the preliminary design of the forward, pressurized fuselage for Aerion’s AS2 supersonic business jet. Spirit joins a growing list of Aerion partners including Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin and GE Aviation. The company says it expects to begin preliminary development immediately. “Joining a […]

NASA has selected the hosts for the final phase of its four-year series of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS/drones) technical demonstrations. According to NASA, the demonstrations are designed to confirm that NASA’s UAS Traffic Management (UTM) system can safely and effectively manage drone traffic in urban areas and “aim to help the commercial drone industry […]

After 18 months of development, BRS Aerospace says it’s ready to accept orders for the Van’s RV-10 ballistic parachute. BRS already offers a kit for the Van’s RV-7 and RV-9 aircraft as well as other experimentals. Priced at $25,990, the system can be retrofitted to flying aircraft or built into airplanes currently under construction. To […]

Two high-school students have been awarded $10,000 each under the EAA’s Ray Aviation Scholarships. Nicole Blount of Lake Placid, Florida, and Max Davidson of Jurupa Valley, California, will receive this important head start toward their flight training. “Through the generous gift of the Ray Foundation, aviation is a pathway to impart important life skills and […]

Financial relief is on the way for airport businesses affected by presidential TFRs near President Donald Trump’s two favorite vacation getaways. AOPA reports that tucked into the appropriations bill signed by Trump on Friday to avert another government shutdown was $3.5 million for New Jersey’s Solberg and Somerset airports and Florida’s Palm Beach County Park […]

A long-shot candidate for the Chicago mayoralty is proposing reopening Meigs Field, in part to accommodate eVTOL point-to-point transportation. Willie Wilson, who is among 14 candidates trying to replace the outgoing Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, announced as part of his platform a plan to restore the runway and other aviation infrastructure on Northerly Island, which hosted […]

A Dallas television station is the latest mainstream media outletraising the alarm about a common, some say necessary, tool used to register aircraft in the U.S., invoking the specter of criminals and terrorists using non-citizen trusts to hide ownership of aircraft. WFAA conducted an investigation last week and quoted sources like former FAA special agent […]

The corner newsboy was hawking the morning edition with Dead End Kids enthusiasm, “Extra: Chicago To Reopen Meigs Field! War Against General Aviation To End!” Scooped, but willing to follow someone else’s possibly phony story, I tossed a Buffalo nickel with, “Keep the change!” And, adjusting my fedora, flagged down a cab and ordered the […]