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A B-52H bomber made its first landing ever at Oshkosh this weekend, squeezing onto Wittman Field’s longest runway and using a parachute for its landing rollout. According to the Oshkosh Northwestern, crews had to remove 6000 feet of runway lights to accommodate the Stratofortress, which has a second set of outboard landing gear 148 feet […]

Boeing has advised operators of its passenger jets to no longer accept bulk shipments of lithium batteries, according to a report in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal. The shipments, which are legal under FAA rules, have long raised safety questions and many airlines already decline to carry them. Safety tests conducted by the FAA have shown […]

Both the good and bad potential of unmanned aircraft systems made the news over the weekend, as the first FAA-OK’d drone delivery of medicine took place in Virginia, and in California, five drones buzzing around a wildfire delayed air operations for 20 minutes while the fire spread. The California drones were presumably operated by hobbyists […]

The NTSB’s preliminary report into the July 7 collision between an Air Force F-16 and a Cessna 150 in South Carolina says an air traffic controller was in contact with the fighter right up to the moment of impact and advised the fighter pilot that he expected the Cessna to pass almost directly below the […]

The nation’s first FAA-approved package deliveries by unmanned aerial system – a sign of things to come – took place Friday as a series of short test flights that took medicine to a rural health clinic in Virginia. The event, conducted by NASA’s Langley Research Center and Flirtey Inc., an Australian company, demonstrated the potential […]

The restoration of a rare Windecker Eagle is taking longer than anticipated, but the project team is still working toward having a flying model later this year. When the restoration was announced in April, the team had hoped to complete the aircraft in time for the EAA AirVenture show next week, but the components were […]

Garmin on Thursday announced it will roll out a series of all-digital audio panels that feature voice command technology, wireless connections and other audio improvements. The 350c, 35c and 350Hc provide Bluetooth connections to smartphones and tablets. The panels also can be paired with Garmin’s Virb video camera to capture cockpit audio and the Pilot […]

Searchers have found the wreckage of the Beech Bonanza that crashed en route to Bellingham, Washington, over the weekend. Crews recovered two bodies believed to be the step-grandparents of Autumn Veatch, the 16-year-old who survived the crash and walked alone in the wilderness for two days before she was found near a hiking trail, according […]

Slow sales have Piper Aircraft planning a layoff this month that could affect up to 150 workers, the company announced Wednesday. Production will be scaled down for this year and next, resulting in the termination of 15 to 20 percent of its 750 employees, the company said. “Piper Aircraft has experienced steady recovery since 2009, […]

The annual pilgrimage of all things aviation to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, has begun, with official opening day of EAA AirVenture set for Monday. Show events will honor the end of World War II, 70 years ago, and the legacy of aircraft designer Burt Rutan (who may fly to the show in his newest creation, a seaplane). […]