Aviation News

AVweb’s search of aviation news around the world found a new aviation conference for the younger crowd, an executive director announced for LightHawk, a high-profile partner announced for the Purdue Research Park, and the latest recipients of the AOPA Foundation’s GA grants. The first MODAERO Fly-In & Conference is specifically scheduled to coincide with collegiate […]

Flytenow, which sued the FAA after being forced to shut down its ride-sharing website, will be in federal court Friday morning to make oral arguments, lawyers for the business announced this week. Flytenow suspended operations in August 2014 when the FAA declared it illegal for private pilots to communicate on the Internet about sharing seats […]

AVweb’s search of aviation news turned up several items in the world of e-cockpits: A new digital standby instrument from L-3, an upgraded simulation station from one-G, a milestone at PilotAptitudeTest.com, and a new service launched by Fltplan. L-3 Aviation Products introduced its next-generation Electronic Standby Instrument (ESI), the Genesis ESI-500. The standby unit is […]

AVweb’s search of aviation news around the world found an online ground school for gliders, an app for learning aerobatics, a new EVS unit for experimental aircraft, and a new broker business launched by Jet Trader Group.White Oak Communications LLC and Gliderbooks.com are excited to introduce the latest innovation in glider pilot training, Gliderbooks Academy […]

I’ve been watching Diamond’s autonomous and fly-by-wire research for more than three years now, but I was mildly surprised to learn this week how far they’ve come with it. I wasn’t quite expecting the full autonomous flight tests so soon for light GA aircraft. But we’re there. It makes me wonder who else is doing […]

Diamond Aircraft, flying a DA42 twin, has completed a series of fully autonomous flight tests culminating in several landings without any input from human pilots. The tests used a new fly-by-wire system Diamond has been developing for light aircraft and were completed at Diamond’s Wiener Neustadt headquarters in Austria. The trials may lead to fielding […]

During the six hours that elapsed between the time I decided to write this blog and my actually pushing the button to publish it, 16 people were killed in fatal auto accidents in the U.S. None were killed by drones, nor probably even nicked. How do I know about the car wrecks? I don’t. I […]

A teacher in New York City was arrested Friday on charges of flying a drone in Louis Armstrong Stadium the evening before during a U.S. Open tennis match. The drone crashed into empty seats, and no one was injured, The Associated Press reported. Daniel Verley, 26, faces charges of reckless endangerment and operating a drone […]

Although it hasn’t been officially confirmed, last week’s reported collision between a drone and a Piper PA-23 was, in fact, a bird strike. Residue on the aircraft’s de-icing boot was analyzed by the Smithsonian Institution and found to contain the remains of a small, non-predatory bird, sources familiar with the investigation told AVweb on Friday. […]

AVweb’s search of aviation news this week found award announcements from the Aero Club of Northern California and the National Aviation Hall of Fame, a new mobile job-search app from AviationCV.com, and a milestone for Van’s Aircraft RV kits. Alan Eustace, who set the world record for the highest-altitude free fall jump in October 2014, […]