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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 […]

Until there’s a more detailed analysis of the voice and flight data recorders from Metrojet Flight 9268, conflicting media reports of possible causes of the jet’s crashin Egypt on Saturday are bound to continue. Meanwhile,U.K. authorities have halted flights from a popular resort area in the region, fueling fears it was a terrorist attack.A government […]

A researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has flight-tested a drone that can detect obstacles and avoid them in fight without any input from an operator, MIT said this week. Andrew Barry, a graduate student in the school’s artificial-intelligence lab, has tested the system in a tree-filled field at speeds of about 30 mph. […]

The industry task force convened to advise the FAA on its plan to require registration of most small drones got together today in Washington to figure out which of the millions of little aircraft to keep tabs on and how to do it without driving everyone crazy. And they need to do it by Nov. […]