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A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives is asking FAA Administrator Michael Huerta for full disclosure relating to the alleged cheating by some candidates for air traffic controller positions. As AVweb reported last week, Fox Business News says it’s in possession of a voicemail from a senior FAA official offering select controller candidates the answers to […]

Evidence suggests the FBI operates a sizeable fleet of single-engine Cessnas that it doesn’t want the rest of us to know about and it’s not talking about the purpose of the aircraft. In an investigative report in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, the paper was able to identify a Cessna 182T that spent hours circling […]

Google has just confirmed that one of its prototype solar-powered Internet UAS crashed a month ago near Albuquerque. The aircraft, which looks like a giant glider, is designed to fly above the weather at 60,000 feet and send wireless Internet connectivity from the sky. The UAS was first built by Titan Aerospace (under CEO Vern […]

Solar Impulse 2 was in a solar-powered holding pattern over the western Pacific late Sunday as a weather front blocked its path to Hawaii. Officials tweeted that the aircraft will continue to hold its position while forecasters determine if the one-of-a-kind solar-powered airplane can complete its journey from Nanjing, China, to Hawaii, 4,412 nm away. […]

Authorities are looking for whoever pointed green lasers at five airliners Thursday night in the airspace near JFK Airport, the New York Post reported. The crews of two Delta airliners, an American Airlines jet and a Shuttle America flight reported laser light in the cockpits at 8,000 feet between 9:30 and 10 p.m. Thursday after […]

The catastrophic floods in Texas have not only scrubbed weekend GA events at airports in the state, they’ve changed the landscape from summer recreation to disaster relief. Redbird Skyport in San Marcos, Texas, said Saturday’s Bluebonnet Fly-Inhas been postponed until June 6, and it will now be a fundraiser for area flood victims.Proceeds from fuel […]

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) has added its voice to a growing chorus calling for an investigation into allegations that some prospective air traffic controller trainees were helped to cheat during the selection process by one or more FAA employees. A three-part series on Fox Business News broke the staggering accusations that a […]

Airbus Group will have a big presence – literally – at this year’s EAA AirVenture show in July. EAA announced an Airbus A350 XWB wide-body test aircraft will give demonstrations and tours on the grounds at Oshkosh. In addition, the newly completed Airbus-sponsored Perlan Projectglider will be on display. The A350 will arrive on the […]

The S-97 Raider, a helicopter prototype based on Sikorsky’s Collier-Prize-winning X2 technology, flew for the first time last Friday, the company has announced. The S-97 is designed to demonstrate “a game-changing combination of maneuverability, hover ability, range, speed, endurance and survivability,” the company said. The coaxial counter-rotating main rotors and pusher propeller are expected to […]

An apparent power surge at Belgium’s air traffic control facilitiesclosed some of the nation’s airspaceWednesday morning, forcing flights to divert to nearby countries, The Independent reported. A Belgocontrol spokesman told UK news agencies the cause of the power surge is yet unclear. “The surge also took out our emergency generators, which is why we had […]