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Diamond Aircraft, as AVwebreported last week, has been working with the University of Stuttgart to develop an auto-land system for the DA42, and on Monday, they posted a video of one of the test landings. The system is highly redundant, and requires no ground support, the test engineers said. They also added that they plan […]

NASA is now testing a tablet-based “super-app” that it says will help airlines and other operators to save time and reduce fuel consumption by constantly working to help fine-tune the aircraft’s route and altitude. The Traffic Aware Planner application connects directly to the avionics information hub on the aircraft. “It reads the current position and […]

The FAA has created no-fly zones for drone operators during this week’s visit from Pope Francis. Washington, D.C., New York, Philadelphia and surrounding communities are off-limits Tuesday through Sunday. “Flying a drone anywhere during one of Pope Francis’ visits is against the law and may result in criminal or civil charges,” the FAA said on […]

Bill Moyle, a veteran aviation educator, will be the next executive director for the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators, the group announced on Monday, after a six-month search. Moyle, of Waxahachie, Texas, succeeds former director and co-founder Doug Stewart. “We’re fortunate to have found a leader with Bill’s aviation and education background,” said Donna […]

Officials at the French Museum of Air and Space at Le Bourget say their Concordes are not for sale, effectively quashing the recently unveiled plan to buy one of the airplanes and restore it to flying condition. “These two aircraft are part of the national heritage,” the Museum said in a news release on Monday. […]

The FAA is investigating and the NTSB is reportedly about to get involved after an incident in which a Qatar Airlines Boeing 777 hit approach lights while taking off from Miami International Airport last week. The aircraft apparently took off from an intersection with a midfield taxiway, leaving less than two-thirds the normal runway length […]

Retired astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson won the Unlimited Gold title at the National Championship Air Races in Reno on Sunday with a course speed of 488.983 mph. He flew the highly modified P-51 Strega and was substantially faster than Stewart Dawson in the also highly modified F8F Bearcat Rare Bear. He recorded a time of […]

A man is in the hospital in Waco, Texas, for a mental evaluation after he allegedly tried to steal a Learjet at the local airport. Police issued a statement saying the man drove his car through a security gate and parked beside the aircraft about noon on Thursday. He was approached by an off-duty police […]

A group of ex-Concorde pilots and other supporters says it has the financial backing to return one of the retired supersonic airliners to flight. Club Concorde says unidentified financial backers have committed almost $190 million U.S. to buy or lease an airframe and restore it to airworthy condition. In a separate arrangement, a single U.K. […]

AOPA released the first of a new series of weather videos Friday, offering pilots “real world” methods to gather and analyze weather with emphasis on preflight planning and en route decision making. The first video, “Weather Wise: Gathering Information,” is just over eight minutes long and reviews aspects of preflight planning while using Flight Service […]