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Singapore air force officials were red-faced last week after a ground test by the elite Black Knights air demonstration team left a lasting impression on its neighbors. According to air force officials quoted by the Straits Times, the Black Knights were trying out a new dye intended to create a red smoke trail from their […]

Nationwide Airlines, which hit the headlines three weeks ago when an engine on one of its aging Boeing 737-200s sheared from the wing on takeoff, has been grounded by South Africa’s Civil Aviation Authority on the suspicion that it’s using unapproved parts. The CAA says it found some bolts that don’t have the correct paper […]

The pilot of an Avid ultralight was killed Saturday when a Cessna 172 flown by a 15-year-old student collided with it from above as both were on final for the same runway at Latrobe Valley Regional Airport in the Gippsland town of Traralgon in Australia. “It appears the Cessna had hit the ultralight while both […]

An individual has been charged after $5,000 worth of headsets were stolen from an aircraft that he allegedly drove off a taxiway and into a soybean field at La Porte City (Indiana) Airport. The arrest is likely among the preferred results after the aircraft’s operator (presumably the alleged thief) failed to negotiate a turn from […]

After 43 years and 150,000 takeoffs and landings (!), 74-year-old crop-duster Don Taylor says it’s time to take on some milder pursuits-like skydiving, hang gliding, scuba diving and the little aerobatic aircraft he’s building. “If it was just up to me, I’d still be up there,” Taylor told the Idaho Statesman as he reflected on […]

U.S. ATPs who hit the age 60 wall at home can be flying for a living again in “a few days” in India thanks to a new certification process there. India is scrambling for qualified pilots as its industry grows and the deep well of experience from the U.S. is an obvious target (since Congress […]

Already noise-conscious, busy Santa Monica airport (SMO) just north of LAX is set to adopt a city council ordinance prohibiting category C and D aircraft (those aircraft with approach speeds of 121 knots or more, but less than 166 knots) from using its sole 4,973-by-150-foot runway in spite of a letter from the FAA that […]

Our sister publication, Aviation Consumer, will soon publish an in-depth report on aircraft batteries. As part of that report, the magazine would like to hear about your experiences with aircraft batteries — good, bad or otherwise. To take part in our online survey, click here.

It is expected that more popular matters might easily absorb the attention of senators through the end of the year and FAA reauthorization — the government’s decision on how the FAA is funded and whether or not you’ll be paying user fees — will await the attention of a new year. As it stands, the […]

The first study on the safety records of pilots taking anti-depressants suggests they’re no more likely to crash an aircraft than those who don’t need the drugs. The study was done in Australia, the only place it could be done since it’s the only country that allows pilots to take anti-depressants and keep their medicals. […]