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We’ll find out this week how successful the FAA’s effort to register the thousands of mostly hobby unmanned aircraft that were received as gifts over the holidays was, but in the meantime the radio control model world continues to expand the limits of its technology. RC Media World has declared a German man’s 1/13th scale […]

Pakistani authorities have charged a Shaheen Airlines captain with flying while under the influence of alcohol following a landing accident on Nov. 3. Capt. Asmat Mehmood is accused of having a blood alcohol content of .083 percent when he landed a Boeing 737 hard, blew the tires and ended up on the grass with some […]

Mitsubishi has pushed back the certification and delivery schedule of its MRJ regional jet by at least a year, saying the aircraft might not be strong enough to meet certification requirements. In a surprise announcement on Christmas Eve, Mitsubishi Aircraft President Hiromichi Morimoto said the 90-seat aircraft meets so-called “normal use” requirements but the company […]

The Army’s longest-serving unmanned aerial system retired this month after a final flight at Fort Hood in Texas. Operators of the Hunter, a fixed-wing unit similar in size to a two-seat piston airplane, enjoyed a last demonstration flight during a ceremony Dec. 16 at Robert Gray Army Airfield. The UAS is among the early generations […]

“Doc,” the B-29 that has been lovingly restored by hundreds of volunteers over many years in Wichita, was taken outside this fall in hopes of a return to flight — but now winter is setting in, putting those flying dreams on hold, and there is no space available in the local hangars to bring the […]

A new aviation event in the works for spring break aims to attract “the next generation of aviators,” and this week AOPA said it has signed on as a supporter. AOPA says it was “an early adopter” of ModAero’s strategy, which organizers say will include live music every day, indoor drone races, “good food, good […]

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will perform on the final weekend of AirVenture 2016. EAA announced the world-renowned team is making its first appearance at the fly-in in decades. “It is truly thrilling to have the Snowbirds schedule an appearance at Oshkosh for the first time in more than 30 years, and we can now begin […]

Mooney International Corp.’s M10T proof-of-concept model has its first flight on Wednesday from Chino Airport in California. Test pilot Len Fox flew the fixed-gear airplane for about 15 minutes, taking it through basic maneuvers before landing as the aircraft’s engineering team looked on. The M10T, unveiled in 2014 at the Zhuhai Airshow in China, is […]

Epic Aircraft’s turboprop prototype completed a first flight on Saturday from the company’s Bend, Oregon, headquarters. The E1000 flew for 20 minutes and it“handled extremely well and performed just as expected,” said David Robinson, Epic’s chief pilot. Flight testing for certification will continue in two phases in the coming months to include handling, systems and […]

The FAA said on Tuesday 45,000 drones were registered in the first day of the online registry, and the site will be taken down overnight tonight for site maintenance, in anticipation of an expected rush of registrants on Christmas Day. “While an overwhelming number of people have successfully registered, we have received reports from a […]