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The annual NBAA convention will take place Tuesday through Thursday next week in Las Vegas, and 1,100 exhibitors from the business-jet industry and about 26,000 visitors have signed up to be there. About 80 aircraft are expected to fill the static display at Henderson Executive Airport. Cessna will show off its Citation Longitude large-cabin jet, […]

Jet packs are back in the news this week, with Jet Pack Aviation buzzing the Statue of Liberty, “Jetman” Yves Rossy flying in formation with an A380, and the Martin Jetpack headed to China for its first flight there. Jet Pack Aviation, based in Australia, calls its hardware “the only true jetpack,” because it’s powered […]

When the FAA reveals its new drone regulations, which are expected to be finalized as soon as next month, they will be easy to comply with and free, sources told The Wall Street Journal. The task force that met for three days last week is expected to recommend that registration will be required for all […]

The Scalaria Air Challenge began as a gathering of seaplane pilots on Lake Wolfgang in Austria but it’s become a major airshow event with all sorts of other aircraft displays. However, the seaplane roots are clearly in evidence and anyone who comes in on floats or in a flying boat gets special consideration. It’s also […]

The FBI will help investigate the cause of the downing of a Metrojet A321 airliner last week that killed 224 people in Egypt. Russian investigators have asked the bureau for forensic help in pinpointing what caused the aircraft to disintegrate in midair. The call comes a day after analysts say they think they heard the […]

NASA, which posts want ads when it needs more astronauts, will accept applications in a few weeks for new candidates. The agency will open up the submission process on the federal job-application website between Dec. 14 through mid-February. Among the base qualifications are a degree in engineering, math, biology or physical science, and at least […]

New GA airplane shipments so far this year are down 6.5 percent over 2014, according to third-quarter numbers reported by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association. Piston airplanes led the decline with a 10.8 percent drop for the first nine months of the year, followed by turboprop airplanes, which were down 9.4 percent. Meanwhile, business jet […]

A Russian aviation panel this week said it’s suspending certification of Boeing 737s operated by the country’s airlines due to safety concerns.In a vaguely wordeddeclaration to the FAA and Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, the Interstate Aviation Committee said it wants official notice “supporting their safe operation” related to “urgent improvements of Boeing-737 aircraft rudder […]

A loss of oil pressure and what appears to be a high-speed descent prompted the pilot of a Cirrus SR22T to deploy the BRS airframe parachute over Fayetteville, Arkansas, Tuesday, where it struck a pickup truck as it landed alongside a busy street. Much of the descent under canopy was caught on cellphone and dashcam […]

The U.S. and the U.K. now appear to agree that a bomb brought down Metrojet 9268. Numerous reports quoting unnamed sources say the bomb theory is now front and center. The U.K. banned flights to the Sinai area on Wednesday. There has been no official judgment on the theory by any of the many bodies […]