Aviation News

I was looking through the archives the other day to see when we did our first serious coverage of electric aircraft. It was 2009; five years ago this summer. We imagined then that production versions would be trickling to market in a few years. They arent. But thats not to say theres not interesting progress […]

Alaska Airlines is making a $2.5 million gift to theMuseum of Flight to create the Alaska Airlines Aerospace Education Center. Funds will be used to renovate existing facilities, support and sustain educational programs, increase staff, expand outreach to underrepresented communities, and enhance financial assistance. The Alaska Airlines Aerospace Education Center, to be located in the […]

Epic hopes to begin deliveries of its E1000, the certified version of the LT owner-built aircraft, in 2015. AVweb and Aviation Consumer’s Rick Durden toured the plant in Bend, Oregon and flew an LT. view on YouTube

Cessna has announced that it will complete certification of its new, higher-speed Citation X in the second quarter and deliver several production aircraft. The latest version of the Citation X – featuring a record Mach 0.935 top speed for a transport category aircraft in production – has wrapped up flight testing, so all that is […]

AOPA launched their first new regional fly-in last weekend in San Marcos, Texas. AVweb’s Mary Grady talks with Katie Pribyl, AOPA’s vice president in charge of events, to find out more about how the new format worked out and whether it’s meeting the association’s goals. Duration: 7:40 File Size: 7.0 MB download here

Our weekly review of the news revealed that piston engine aircraft sales were up in the first quarter, the new Got Weather? campaign is kicking off, a company has been formed to produce a solar-electric light sport airplane and Kansas State Universitys aviation program has been the recipient of donated Frasca simulator. The General Aviation […]

In an unusual move, the National Transportation Safety Board today identified a single owner, HoTH Inc., of a number of Alaska air carriers operating under FAR Parts 135 and 121 and issued an urgent safety recommendation to the Federal Aviation Administration regarding the oversight of HoTH Inc.s operations. The urgent recommendation was issued as a […]

Although I try to remain detached and aloof from the vulgarity of international politics, I couldnt resist just this one time. Did you see this news itemin which Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin, torqued at U.S. sanctions against Russia for stealing Crimea, suggested that we use a trampoline to deliver our astronauts to the […]

As a result of the bankruptcy of Evergreen International Airlines, its McMinnville, Ore., six-building, on-airport campus is up for sale (PDF). The buildings on sale do not include those on the across-the-street campus that contains the Evergreen Museum and the gigantic Hughes Hercules flying boat. According to brokers Ted Nicholson and Katrin Gist, the six […]

Airbus announced this week that it has successfully test flown a prototype electric aircraft called the E-Fan and the company says it’s bullish on building an electric-powered airliner for the regional market, possibly with a hybrid drive. The E-Fan is a composite, tandem two-seater with a pair of ducted fans on the tail driven by […]