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The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) is challenging CFIs young and old to sharpen their own hand flying skills to pass that knowledge along to students. In an announcement at Sun ‘n Fun 2019 the national association of instructors said it’s launching the SAFE CFI-PRO workshop to reduce the number of inflight loss […]

Vashon Aircraft has delivered 12 of its Ranger Light Sport training aircraft and CEO and founder John Torode said the planes have gone to a mix of customers, many of whom will use it as a personal aircraft. Torode, who also founded Dynon Avionics, said that while the aircraft has had some traction as a […]

Boeing’s MCAS stall-protection system was at fault in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 on March 10, according to a preliminary report released early Thursday. An earlier report showed that the aircraft’s flight data recorder revealed that the crew initially followed procedures Boeing recommended to disable the system, but then inexplicably […]

A persistent dream of aviation buyers is for airplanes to be as innovative as modern cars, with quality to match. With electric airplanes on the horizon and eVTOL aircraft a thing, that’s exactly what’s happening, according to Aviation Week’s MRO network. Increasingly, aircraft companies are finding inspiration and product ideas in cutting-edge automotive technologies. Both […]

At Sun ‘n Fun this week, Levil Avionics debuted a new ADS-B In receiver to drive various tablet-based systems with no-cost weather and traffic. In addition to the dual-band receiver, the Astro Link has a built-in WAAS GPS receiver and full AHRS module for attitude information. This allows the Astro Link to provide valuable backup […]

Aviators Market Publishing announced the launch of AviatorsMarket.com at Sun ‘n Fun 2019. The new website, which has been under development for the last three years, will facilitate the buying and selling of all things aviation including aircraft, engines, avionics, aviation-related services and real estate. In addition to a variety of sorting and filtering features, […]

Ever since Orville bet Wilbur he could squeeze out ten more feet on those first precarious runs at Kitty Hawk, aviators have been setting—and beating—records in the air. Not content with highest, fastest, longest, today’s aviation records include such obscurities as distance goals for RC aircraft and numbers of skydivers attempting a vertical formation. The […]

A popular aviation event at storied Paine Field in Everett, Washington won’t be held this year, Snohomish County officials said this week. The officials offered no specifics other than to say holding Aviation Day wasn’t possible. The event has been a tradition at Paine Field for about two decades. Paine Field is best known as […]

CubCrafters has taken the unusual step of certifying its X-Cub in the primary category, even though it’s already certified under Part 23. The primary category is a more restrictive regime that requires most of the Part 23 testing and engineering but limits engine type, weight and performance. CubCrafters officials attending Sun ‘n Fun declined to […]

The pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX 8 that crashed on March 10 appear to have inconsistently applied Boeing recommendations to disable the MCAS stall-protection system. But they failed to recover the aircraft for reasons still unclear. The Wall Street Journal, relying on sources who have seen the flight data recorder readout, reported that […]