The sixth annual “Fly It Forward Challenge” is underway this week, calling on pilots around the world to take a non-pilot woman or girl on a short flight to introduce her to general aviation. “Salute the girls and women in your life that inspired you and/or supported you,” say the event organizers at the Institute […]
The FAA’s air traffic control system is at “increased and unnecessary risk” from cyber-attacks and other threats, according to a government report released this week. The analysis by the Government Accountability Office found weaknesses in controlling access to computer systems, encrypting sensitive data, and implementing security programs. For example, the auditors found the agency’s information […]
It was almost a year ago, on March 8, 2014, that flight MH370 vanished from radar en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. As the anniversary approaches, Australia, Indonesia, and Malaysia are preparing to try out a new way to track airplanes that would use current technology but would enable the system to track a […]
Diamond Aircraft has certified the Continental Diesel CD-155 engine for retrofit in its DA42 fleet, the company said on Monday. The new option is now available in Europe and Canada, with FAA approval still pending. “Including the CD-155 to the type certificate adds a nice upgrade option for current DA42 TDI owners and operators,” said […]
An Australian skydiver was likely saved by a fellow jumper who pulled his ripcord for him after he suffered an apparent seizure during freefall. In dramatic (really) video from the helmet cam of his instructor Sheldon McFarlane, a student skydiver identified only as Christopher at first seemed fine as he fell from 12,000 feet over […]
A California jury has awarded $13,360,000 to the family of a Napa doctor who died in the crash of his Cessna 182 in 2009, citing negligence and false representation on the part of the mechanic who had signed out the aircraft’s annual inspection days before the crash. The jury found that mechanic Faride Khalaf had […]
Bombardier’s new CS300 airliner completed its first test flight Friday, a success that the company hopes is part of a larger recovery from its struggles to develop the CSeries line of passenger jets. The jet departed Mirabel Airport near Montreal Friday morning and reached an altitude of 41,000 feet and a speed of 255 knots […]
Investigators are focusing on whether the wrong type of fuel led to a Piper Malibu Mirage crash Sunday in Spokane, Washington, killing the pilot. The airplane had engine trouble shortly after departing Felts Field and crashed on a street in East Spokane. KREM2 reported that the state Department of Ecology and an FAA inspector raised […]
The world’s first 3D-printed jet engine — a breakthrough for aerospace manufacturing and beyond — took the spotlight Thursday at the Avalon Airshow in Australia. Monash University in Melbourne and Amaero Engineering partnered to develop the engine to show how the technology can make a complex machine in a fraction of the time taken in […]
The Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2, which would broaden third-class medical exemptions and expand legal rights, began its journey through the legislative assembly line this week as GA Caucus members in the U.S. Senate and House introduced companion bills. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., introduced S. 571 as an expansion of his legislation that was signed […]
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