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Flytenow, an online business that connected private pilots with cost-sharing passengers, is facing permanent closure after a court ruling Friday.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia decided to let stand the FAA’s position that pilots who use Flytenow’s website are advertising commercial flights. Flytenow sued the FAA after the agency said in […]

Flight data and cockpit recorders on European airliners will have enhanced capabilities under new rules announced this week by the European Commission. Starting in 2018, locator beacons must be able to operate for 90 days instead of 30 and carriers must conduct over-ocean tracking of their jets, according to a Bloomberg report. In addition, cockpit […]

A medical helicopter with three men on board crashed Tuesday night in rugged terrain in Arizona, killing the pilot and a nurse. One other crew member, a paramedic, survived. There were no patients on board, The Associated Press reported. The Airbus AS350 helicopter, operated by Native Air, was reported missing about 6 p.m., and local […]

Tecnam’s P2010 four-seat high-wing airplane now is FAA certified, the company announced this week. The P2010 is a clean-sheet design from the Italian company, featuring an all-carbon-fiber fuselage with a metal wing and stabilator. The cockpit has Garmin G1000 avionics, and the engine is a Lycoming IO-360, paired with an MT constant-speed prop. Tecnam says […]

When a wild coyote that researchers had tagged with a radio collar mysteriously went missing in Rhode Island recently, scientist Numi Mitchell called on a friend with a Cessna 172 to help track him down. “The radio signals are normally tracked on the ground, from cars, using antennas,” pilot Ross McCurdy, a high-school science teacher, […]

The Senate has passed the Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2 (PBR2) and the next step is for the House to consider it. The Senate version passed unanimously less than a week after it was sent to the full Senate by the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The bill had strong support in the Senate, […]

Avidyne says it’s the first avionics company to provide interfaces to both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for its FMS systems. The company announced last week that it has received STC approval for the wireless access to its IFD540/440 flight management systems. The approval makes Avidyne’s MK10 Bluetooth keyboard available. “The MK10 Keyboard makes flying even easier […]

For about a decade, the CAFE Foundation has been promoting the development of electric aircraft and hosting an annual symposium in Santa Rosa, California, and now Brien Seeley, a co-founder of the group and its longtime president, has left to create a new nonprofit, the Sustainable Aviation Foundation. The SAF has launched its own website, […]

The small-airplane industry has been eagerly awaiting changes in the FAA certification rules for several years, but GAMA President Pete Bunce said today the FAA has failed to meet today’s deadline, set by Congress, for issuing a proposed rule. “It is very disappointing that [FAA officials] have not found ways to comply with the law […]

Leaders in Congress are working on legislative changes that would cut flight-training benefits for veterans, the Helicopter Association International said this week in a news release. HAI President Matt Zuccaro issued a “call to action,” saying the proposed changes would especially affect helicopter flight training. In addition, HAI said, under a new interpretation issued earlier […]