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Until 2001, air traffic controllers were welcome to ride jump-seat in airline cockpits under a program that aimed to familiarize them with flight-crew procedures. This week, the FAA said it is reviving that program. “This [Flight Deck Training] gives our new generation of air traffic controllers a chance to see and hear what the pilot […]

AOPA, GAMA, and Garmin added their comments to a roster of more than 2,700 on Monday to protest FCC plans that would allow LightSquared to broadcast over frequencies that would interfere with GPS signals. Garmin said the “laws of physics prevent the results LightSquared desires,” adding that “no workable filters currently exist” that would eliminate […]

Reports are trickling in that visitors to EAA AirVenture last week were in a buying mood. Piper Aircraft spokesman Jackie Carlon told EAA the show was “fantastic.” Leads were up 90 percent over the year before, according to Carlon, and the company sold two twin-engine Seminole trainers, two Meridian turboprops, and took two orders for […]

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined together on Monday to “demand that Congress pass an FAA funding bill before getting on airplanes to fly away for vacation,” according to an FAA news release. The two officials joined with local contractors and construction workers at LaGuardia Airport to make their announcement. […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. The naval versions of the F-35 demonstrated their capabilities in a pretty public way in the past week. Last Thursday an F-35C was launched from the ground-based steam catapult at the U.S. Navy’s […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. Scientists in the UK have produced a flying UAV in a process called sintering. The group designed the Southampton University Laser Sintered Aircraft (Sulsa) on a computer (with elliptical wings like a Spitfire […]

AirVenture Oshkosh President Rod Hightower said Sunday preliminary attendance figures show about a 4 percent increase this year over the 2010 tally. Hightower also announced that more than 800 exhibitors, 2,500 show planes and more than 10,000 aircraft in total attended the event, which wrapped up Sunday. He proclaimed the show a “great success” and […]

EAA will expand the Young Eagles program to include a version for adults. Rod Hightower, CEO and, as of today, Chairman of EAA, told about 25 members attending the organization’s annual general meeting on Saturday that the as-yet unnamed program will be directed toward the parents of kids in Young Eagles and at giving adults […]

The last few days have produced some GA accidents that are gaining national attention. July 30, a float-equipped Cessna 206 was able to fly 100 miles to Anchorage and land safely after colliding with a Cessna 180. The 180 crashed and both occupants died. A few hours before that, a replica of a Wright Model […]

Google has thrown its considerable weight behind the Green Flight Challenge, a competition aimed at spurring the development of energy-efficient personal aircraft. NASA has already put up $1.65 million in prize money for the competition and the minimum qualification is a top speed of at least 100 mph and overall energy efficiency of at least […]