Aviation News

Five young men died after driving a BMW, apparently at high speed, down a runway at an exclusive Florida fly-in resort. The car hit an embankment, became airborne, hit a tree and split in two … Aviation advocates in Arizona say the industry brings $40 billion into the state economy every year … Airport delays expected in […]

Researchers in Japan have developed an origami paper airplane they say would survive a launch from the International Space Station and return safely to Earth… At least 30 aircraft are expected this weekend for the annual Ski Plane Fly-In at EAA AirVenture Museum’s Pioneer Airport in Oshkosh, Wis.

Initial reports indicated four people died as a result of a midair collision between a Cessna 172 and a Cessna 150 over Corona, Calif. on Sunday evening. Both pilots, a passenger in one of the aircraft and a person in a car struck by wreckage were killed, according to the first reports from the scene … […]

A Virgin Atlantic 747 will burn burn biofuel during a demo flight from London to Amsterdam next month … Deliveries of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner are now delayed until 2009. The original delivery date was this May … A Citation jet and a 152 had a close call last week at Palm Beach airport, the FAA says … The […]

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association is holding a news conference today to announce it is declaring a “staffing emergency” in New York, Chicago, Atlanta and Southern California. The union claims that more senior controllers are retiring than the FAA had projected and those remaining are unable to safely manage peak traffic at those locations […]

A 20-year-old man bolted through security at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Saturday and got as far as the cockpit of an Air Canada aircraft getting ready to leave one of the gates. He was subdued by the crew and remains in jail for questioning … Four people survived and six died in the crash […]

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has been awarded a $2 million FAA grant to help develop the “Airport of the Future” at Daytona Beach International Airport … An Australian traveler had to destroy two valuable bottles of vintage wine that were not allowed past an airport security checkpoint … The pilot and two medical technicians died when […]

A man who was injured and his wife, who was killed, in a Michigan plane crash Thursday were the parents of a young woman killed in a plane crash in 2006. Yatish Joshi and his wife Louise Addicott were aboard a Cessna 310 that went down near East Bay Township. Their daughter Georgina Joshi, 24, […]

A 12-year-old girl from California was the sole survivor when a single-engine Cessna crashed in Panama, killing her friend, her friend’s father, and a pilot … FAA updates and clarifies Hartzell prop Airworthiness Directive … FAA’s Commercial Aviation Safety Team launched a new web site, Cast-Safety.org, about efforts to make commercial air travel safer.

EAA has confirmed several top acts for its 2008 AirVenture air show. Among those performing will be Sean D. Tucker, Patty Wagstaff, the AeroShell Aerobatic Team, the Warbird Spectaculars, Matt Younkin and Kyle Franklin … Rob Reider, the voice of numerous air shows as an announcer, has been named the 2007 recipient of the Sword […]