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Formula One air racingdebuted in Europe last weekend as an international mix of 14 pilots topped off three days of airshow events and air racing with Sundays Gold and Silver Class F1 finals in Lleida, Spain. French pilot Christian Guille took first place in the Gold Class, a short distance ahead of U.S. pilot Jay […]

U.S. Navy Capt. Gregory McWherter, who served as commanding officer of the Blue Angels for two terms between 2008 and 2012, has been found guilty of failing to follow orders and of “conduct unbecoming of an officer” for fostering a hostile command climate, failing to stop obvious and repeated instances of sexual harassment, condoning widespread […]

Diamond’s still-in-development DA52 got a name change on Wednesday. It will now be known as the DA62, a move the company said is supposed to provide it some addition product identity. We are renaming the DA52 to improve differentiation from our DA42 series that continues indefinitely in parallel production, said Christian Dries, CEO of Diamond […]

After a successful trial program aimed at deterring people from pointing lasers at aircraft, the FBI announced on Tuesday it is expanding the campaign nationwide. “Aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft is a serious matter and a violation of federal law,” said Joe Campbell, assistant director of the FBI Criminal Investigative Division. “The public […]

Pilot Juergen Drucker, 52, was approaching to land his Piper Archer at a seaside runway on an island off the German coast, when he got a little too low and was caught on video with his gear apparently skimming just inches above a man lying in the sand. “It was me that was flying and […]

Pilot Bill Cowden, 47, died on Sunday while performing in an airshow at Steven’s Point, Wisc. It was the second fatal accident involving an airshow performer in North America this year, according to the International Council of Air Shows. Cowden was flying a 1993 Yakovlev YAK-55M, which he owned. After executing several maneuvers, the airplane […]

Diamond Aircraft has slowly been recovering from some tough economic times, and last week the company took another step forward, announcing a new collaboration with Northrop Grumman. The two companies will work together to build new intelligence-gathering aircraft in Ottawa, Ontario, starting with manned models by the end of this year, and then collaborating on […]

The aviation world may have adapted to the FAA’s glacial pace of rulemaking, but commercial operators who see profit potential in drones are looking for ways to move things along. This week, seven aerial photo and video production companies asked the FAA to grant exemptions that would let them get to work. The Motion Picture […]

Airbus called it a “once-in-a-lifetime flight” on Friday, when the Patrouille de France teamed up for a flyby with a Beluga at an airshow above Toulouse. The Beluga, officially known as the A300-600ST Super Transporter, is one of the world’s largest cargo-carrying aircraft. It was developed in the 1990s to transport bulky airplane parts between […]

Solar Impulse 2, the solar-electric aircraft designed to fly around the world, flew more than two hours on Monday, for a successful maiden flight. The single-seat aircraft launched from the Payerne aerodrome in Switzerland, with test pilot Marcus Scherdel in command. “Si2 incorporates a vast amount of new technology to render it more efficient, reliable […]