News

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association President Craig Fuller announced Saturday name and format changes for his organization’s annual meeting, formerly AOPA Expo, to be held in Tampa this November. “We want to help you connect to the reasons that you fly,” he said, “so you can maximize the value you get from your personal aviation […]

Cirrus’ new CEO Brent Wouters took the case of aviation, specifically Cirrus aviation, to the public in a Fox business news segment Thursday. Treated with kid gloves (one interviewer even described his question as “Mr. Softball being lobbed at you” and asked the CEO to run with it), Wouters’ interview and outing to the public […]

NASA thought enough of the dangers of tailplane icing to flight test it and produce this video, which has eerie content relative to the discussion around Flight 3407. Online speculation swarming around the Feb. 12 crash of Continental Connection (Colgan Air) Flight 3407 in Buffalo that killed all 49 aboard plus one on the ground […]

Eclipse was holding steady last week that the furlough of 800 employees was temporary and necessary because of an unexpected slowdown in negotiations regarding the company’s sale. EclipseJet Aviation International Inc., owned mostly by ETIRC Aviation, is awaiting court approval to buy Eclipse Aviation. Money for the buyout has reportedly already been approved, but the […]

Carriers have long requested that passengers turn off their cell phones and electronic devices for certain phases of flight to avoid causing interference with flight deck instrumentation, but a recent incident shows that not all carriers have made the same request of their pilots. A Safety Alert for Operations (PDF) issued early this month by […]

Cessna has created a Web site to maintain momentum on the ad campaign aimed at convincing corporate aircraft owners to keep using their planes. The campaign, now dubbed Cessna Rise, continues the theme that real CEOs aren’t afraid to use jets to make their businesses more competitive.” In the face of empty rhetoric, business aviation […]

Eclipse Aviation sent home 800 of its remaining workforce of 850 in Albuquerque on Wednesday, but a company official said he hopes to recall them soon. “It’s a furlough, not a layoff,” Eclipse President and General Manager Mike McConnell told reporters in a conference call on Wednesday afternoon. He said the global financial crisis has […]

Click for larger image Investigators studying last week’s fatal crash of a Continental Connection Dash 8 Q400 in Buffalo, N.Y., now have found evidence that pilot inputs to the controls may have contributed to the airplane’s stall, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing sources close to the investigation. The flight data recorders show […]

A consortium of 20 of general aviation’s major alphabet groups, from EAA to AOPA to NBAA and GAMA to groups representing agricultural flyers, helicopter interests, state aviation officials, regional airlines and more, this week released a statement (PDF) summarizing their thoughts about aviation and climate change. “[This paper] offers a constructive set of principles to […]

“Please stand down for now,” EAA says, regarding its call to action on a Nevada proposal that would have allowed local authorities to control who uses the airspace at their local airports. Amid “vocal protest” from the state’s aviation community, EAA says, the two Nevada state legislators who submitted the resolution aimed at banning homebuilt […]