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In case there were any doubts that the pilot shortage is real, the South China Morning Post is reporting that China’s People’s Liberation Army has joined the rest of the aviation world and launched a pilot recruitment drive. The army has created a flashy promotional video aimed at 17- to 20-year-olds and 2019 high school […]

As the government shutdown grinds on with no end in sight, calls from the aviation industry to restore funding are getting more strident and the system is starting to show some strain. Possibly the biggest concern is the furloughing of 3,000 “safety specialists,” who support air traffic control functions. Another concern is that virtually all […]

Rolls-Royce is heading up the development of an aircraft that it says will set speed records for electric aircraft and further advance emission-free flight. The “Accelerating the Electrification of Flight” project (ACCEL) is taking shape in southern England and that shape looks a lot like the Nemesis NXT Relentless racing plane. Rolls-Royce is planning to […]

Co-founder of Southwest Airlines Herbert Kelleher passed away on Thursday at the age of 87. Kelleher incorporated the Air Southwest Company with businessman Rollin King in 1967 with the goal of creating an affordable airline service in Texas. The first Southwest flight took off in 1971 after several years of legal battles. Kelleher, who was […]

Chairman of Universal Weather and Aviation Greg Evans has been given the National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) Silk Scarf Award. The award was conferred for Evans’ contributions to the business aviation community throughout his career. In addition to being an active advocate for business aviation, he has worked with nonprofit organizations including the Juvenile Diabetes […]

Airbus has padded its order book for 2018 with last-minute signings for 120 of its newest airliner. The company announced Thursday it had formal agreements with Jet Blue and Moxy, a new discount carrier, for 60 A220-300s each. The A220 is the rebranded Bombardier CSeries, which Airbus acquired last July from the Canadian company. The […]

Saab’s second GlobalEye multi-role surveillance aircraft successfully completed its first test flight on Thursday. As seen in the video below, the aircraft departed from Saab’s facility in Linkping, Sweden, at 11 a.m. local time and remained in the air for 2 hours, 54 minutes. The GlobalEye, which is based on the Bombardier Global 6000, is […]

Garmin’s G500H TXi touchscreen flight display has now been certified, the company announced on Thursday. The display, which was designed for normal category VFR helicopters, is compatible with existing system sensors in rotorcraft equipped with the original G500H. It is available in 10.6-inch, 7-inch portrait and 7-inch landscape versions. Garmin also announced that a new […]

A Chinese probe has become the first spacecraft to land on the far side of the moon, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). CNSA says the probe, named Chang’e-4, touched down at 10:26 a.m. Beijing Time on Thursday. Chang’e-4 is an un-crewed vehicle that includes a lander and a rover. “The Chang’e-4 probe, […]

A meticulously rebuilt prototype of the P-82 Twin Mustang, designated the XP-82, became the only flying version of the type on New Year’s Eve but it wasn’t supposed to work out that way. Test pilot Ray Fowler was conducting the latest of a series of high-speed taxi tests at the XP-82 Prototype Project’s home base […]