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Investment savant Warren Buffett says the hammering Boeing’s stock value is taking in the wake of the 737 MAX 8 certification fiasco won’t have a long-term effect on the aviation industry. “Obviously there’s a problem with this 737 MAX, but Boeing, you can bet they’re staying up 24 hours a day to get it worked […]

Emma Hutchinson, a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman, has won the inaugural Richard L. Collins Writing Prize for Young Pilots, according to Sporty’s Pilot Shop. The company established the award last year under the banner of its Air Facts Journal, an online resurrection of the publication Richard L. Collins’ father, Leighton, launched in 1938. Midshipman Hutchinson […]

FlightSafety International and Textron subsidiary TRU Simulation + Training have jointly launched FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training, a new company that will offer training services for 48 Cessna, Cessna Citation, Beechcraft, Beechjet, King Air and Hawker aircraft models. FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training will operate out of 16 locations using 89 simulators. “Our main goal in establishing […]

It was a somber start to Sun ‘n Fun for Epic Aircraft officials with confirmation that Natalia Fileva, the wife of the Bend, Oregon, company’s owner, Vladislav Fileva, was killed in the crash of an Epic LT in Germany on Sunday. Fileva was co-owner of S7 Airlines with her husband. S7 owns Engineering LLC, the […]

A glitch in third-party software that provides airlines with critical operational data caused brief delays and some cancellations Monday, according to the FAA. Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines reported delayed flights Monday morning and a number of flights were canceled. The disruptions were caused by the […]

The co-owner of Russian Airline S7 (Siberian Airlines) and one of Russia’s wealthiest women, Natalia Fileva, 55, died in the crash of an Oregon-produced Epic LT turboprop single outside of Frankfurt on Sunday. Two other people on the plane were also killed. Epic, based in the resort town of Bend, Oregon, is owned by Russian […]

Everything from gliders to state-of-the-art business jets will be on display as the flying world flocks to Lakeland, Florida, for the official start of the airshow season at Sun ‘n Fun 2019. Exhibitors were already setting up on Sunday in preparation for opening day on Tuesday. Thousands of aircraft will be visiting Lakeland Linder International […]

The final price tag for two new almost-new VC-25B executive transport aircraft for the Air Force is now pegged at $5.3 billion. Defense One is reporting the Pentagon has asked for $4.68 billion for the conversion of two mothballed Boeing 747-8i airliners in its 2020 budget request and full implementation of the program will add […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has announced that a wide array of military aircraft ranging from historic World War II warbirds to currently active fighters will be on display for the “Year of the Fighter” at AirVenture 2019 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Special programs and activities highlighting military aircraft will take place throughout the week. Events […]

Continental Motors, a unit of the Chinese-based AVIC International, has rebranded itself with a new name and a new logo. Now the company will be called Continental Aerospace Technologies and while the change reflects what the company says is a modernized theme for its marketing, the firm’s business organization remains unchanged. AVIC International bought what […]