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Tecnam has achieved EASA type certification for its 11-seat commuter airliner, the P2012 Traveller. The aircraft was developed essentially with the sponsorship of Cape Air, which needed a replacement for its long-serving fleet of Cessna 402s. It ordered 100 planes and will take delivery of its first early in the New Year, assuming routine issuance […]

Operations at Gatwick Airport (LGW), which is located about 30 miles south of London, have been suspended since Wednesday evening following repeated sightings of drones operating over the airfield. According to airport authorities, two drones were first sighted over the airport at 9:03 p.m. local time. The airport briefly resumed operations at 3:01 a.m. but […]

SkyWest announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell ExpressJet to United Airlines joint venture ManaAir on Tuesday. According to the company, the price tag on the deal is approximately $70 million. Although SkyWest will retain ownership of the aircraft currently in service at ExpressJet, the transaction includes an agreement for ExpressJet to […]

Purdue University’s Research Foundation is helping two Purdue alumni develop and market a new aviation communications simulator aimed at helping new pilots (or rusty old pilots) master radios skills and phraseology. PlaneEnglish has been developed by Muharrem Mane, a graduate of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Eren Hadimioglu, from the School of Aviation […]

Cirrus Aircraft Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Dale Klapmeier is planning to step down from his position as CEO during the first half of 2019, according to an announcement by Cirrus on Wednesday. The company says a search is currently underway for a new CEO and that it will be considering both internal and external […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a rule prohibiting the certification, manufacture, importation and sale of Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) that operate only on 121.5 MHz last week. Similar rulemaking was issued in 2010, but at the request of the FAA and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the Commission stayed the amendment prohibiting […]

Bell Helicopter’s V-280 tilt-rotor has completed its first year of flight testing, the company said this week, and moved from its base in Amarillo, Texas, to the flight research center in Arlington, Texas. “We are now taking the V-280 to its next step,” said James Mercereau, the flight operations supervisor at Arlington, “to demonstrate it […]

NASA has released a new app that can create 3-D models of its current research aircraft using your phone. Download the app, point the phone at a flat surface and you can access models of the X-59 QueSST quiet-supersonic research jet;the X-57 Maxwell, a modified Tecnam P2006T used for testing electric powerplants; andNASA’s G-III Gulfstream […]

Starting with 2019 production, Textron says it will upgrade the flight deck on its Cessna Caravan and Grand Caravan EX turboprops. The features aim to provide pilots with greater control and connectivity, Textron says. New standard equipment includes dual audio panels with 3D audio capabilities. Textron says the 3D system spatially distributes the audio and […]

Lift Aircraft, based in Austin, Texas, has introduced a design for an electric-powered VTOL that it aims to operate as an ultralight. The company’s plans include establishing flying zones in scenic, rural areas where customers with no flight experience can take a short training course and then go for a flight on their own. The […]