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70 years after their groundbreaking service, a Rose Parade float carrying eight former Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) and accompanied by numerous active women pilots honored the accomplishments of the women who flew for their country in World War II. Dominated by a floral replica of the AT-6 advanced trainer flown by all WASPs […]

An incentive to use technology to reduce overflight noise for Grand Canyon National Park air tour operators kicked in on the first day of the new year. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the eight flightseeing operators have to pay a $25 fee per flight over the Grand Canyon; however, the fee is reduced to […]

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has received an order for 15 Hurkus advanced trainer aircraft from the Turkish Air Force and will enter serial production of the turboprop single in 2017. In the meantime TAI will also get to work on the armed light attack version of the aircraft, and the combined portfolio will be direct […]

“We are concerned that there is a sort of perfect storm approaching us in terms of flying retention,” acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning told Foreign Policy magazine in a recent interview. “If Im looking at my jet parked on the ramp instead of flying it, and I can get a job somewhere […]

Despite efforts, Kermit Weeks won’t be re-creating the historic first commercial airline flight on New Year’s Day in an authentic version of the Benoist Airboat, but the city of St. Petersburg, Fla., will nonetheless celebrate the centennial of the event. “We’ve been crossing our fingers for the last several days, just hoping that this will […]

The NTSB has issued its five newest Safety Alerts aimed to help pilots develop mitigating strategies to prevent accidents. These follow five issued in March that focused on the most frequent type of general aviation accidents. Knowing these accidents can be prevented is why General Aviation Safety is on our Most Wanted List of transportation […]

Kenneth Schechter, who died earlier this month in Fairfield, Calif., at age 83, had been just 22 years old when he survived an unusual blind landing in Korea. Schechter was flying an A-1 Skyraider above the Korean coastline on his 27th combat mission, in 1952, when an enemy shell blew the canopy off his airplane […]

Citing an ongoing effort “to ensure long-term sustainability,” the board of the Reno Air Races Association said on Monday it has eliminated the job of CEO Mike Houghton, and he won’t be replaced. “This is an extremely difficult decision but, in light of current circumstances and financial restraints, we felt that it was in the […]

Six test sites have been selected by the FAA for working toward the integration of unmanned aerial systems into the national airspace. The six sites “achieve cross-country geographic and climatic diversity and help the FAA meet its UAS research needs,” the agency said on Monday. The sites, in Alaska, Nevada, North Dakota, Texas, New York, […]

Textron expects to gain $65 million to $85 million annually with the “synergy” of combining Cessna and Beechcraft into its new airplane company but it’s not yet saying exactly where those savings might be realized. As we reported Thursday, Textron is buying Beech for $1.4 billion. In a conference call with analysts on Friday (recording […]