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The British military is testing a system that would, essentially, allow a pilot to command his own pilotless wingmates. The system, developed by QinetiQ with funding from the British Ministry of Defense, enables the pilot of a fighter jet to simultaneously control up to four unmanned companion aerial vehicles. According to Technology News, it was […]

If the images portrayed by Chinas Xinhua news agency are accurate, Chinas jetliner for the 21st century looks suspiciously like a Russian military transport from the 1970s. The high-wing, high-tailed creation, with its multiple banks of landing gear trucks clustered under the fuselage, looks like the big Antonovs that still toil as chartered military cargo […]

Cessna says it hopes to resume deliveries of its Mustang entry-level jet soon after the schedule was stalled by a software glitch in the airplane’s Garmin G1000 avionics suite. Cessna spokeswoman Pia Bergqvist told The Wichita Eagle the problem was discovered shortly after the first delivery of a Mustang (a company demo plane) last November […]

Crash investigators in Indonesia say the Garuda Airlines Boeing 737-400 that overran a runway, resulting in 21 deaths on March 7, was going about 230 knots when it touched down, close to double the normal landing speed. The airliner caught fire after running off the end of Yogyakarta Airport’s runway, but 119 people, including the […]

As if we didnt have enough weather to worry about here on Earth, scientists have confirmed what has long been anecdotally acknowledged — that solar flares play havoc with GPS signals. And with the FAA moving steadily toward satellite-based technologies for the future of airspace management, the warnings from last weeks Space Weather Enterprise Forum […]

Flying to Montreal gets more expensive on June 1 but its not just pilots in La Belle Province who should be concerned, according to a Quebec aviation leader. Michel Charette, former vice president of Aviateurs et pilotes de brousse du Qubec (Quebec Aviators and Bush Pilots Association), told AVweb that despite lobbying by his group […]

Vietnams (future) flying farmers, Tran Quoc Hai and Le Van Danh, passed a critical step in their bid to become the countrys first homegrown aviators last week when government inspectors appear to have given their backyard-built helicopter a passing grade. Specifically, within 30 minutes, the engine operated in a stable manner, the propeller ran at […]

Flight-training icon Martha King might have learned a thing or two about ultralights Wednesday when the aircraft she was aboard flipped over into Shasta Lake in northern California. King, 61, and pilot Dennis Chitwood, 54, were wet but virtually uninjured in the mishap, which occurred near Lakehead, Calif. According to the Redding Record Searchlight, King […]

Diamond Aircraft celebrated the first flight of its DA50 Super Star on Wednesday from the manufacturer’s headquarters in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, but the jaunt was only 15 minutes due to poor weather conditions, according to company CEO and owner Christian Dries. The five-place single-engine airplane took off at an mtow of 3,670 pounds with Dries […]

A diary that was kept by a journalist who was covering Amelia Earhart’s round-the-world flight when she disappeared has recently resurfaced and is fueling new speculation about her fate. Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished over the South Pacific 70 years ago in July 1937. The diary raises questions about the early hours of […]