Business & Military

While I genuinely appreciate the job FAA inspectors do, I rarely feel much empathy for them. But imagining what the inspector had to go through to witness the Yellville turkey drop, I’m empathetic to the point of tears. I’m sure you read the story, but if you didn’t, here it is. The upshot is that […]

Gulfstream has sold its last G450, which will be delivered to a customer early in 2018, the company said recently. The G450 began as the GIV, and evolved into the GIV-SP. All together the company built more than 870 of the airplanes. The jet will be replaced in the company’s line by the all-new G500, […]

Rockwell Collins has significantly broadened its customer base with the $6.3 billion acquisition of B/E Aerospace. The iconic avionics and electronics maker is now in the cabin completion business but the two worlds are not that far apart. B/E is a Florida-based supplier of business jet cabin fittings from galleys to lavs. All those things […]

Sheriff’s officials in New Mexico have a man in custody on suspicion of drunk driving after he allegedly drove his car into a helicopter and a firetruck parked at an accident scene. The helicopter landed on HW 566 near Gallup as part of the accident response. The crew shut it down and left the aircraft […]

A helicopter crash in northern Russia has killed 19 of 22 people aboard. The Mi-8 was carrying oil workers when it crashed 28 miles northeast of Staryi Urengoi in the Yamalo-Nenets region on Friday afternoon. Photos from the crash scene show the aircraft largely intact with no indication of a post-crash fire but 16 passengers […]

Textron Inc. says it’s restructuring its Textron Aviation division in response to a “stubbornly soft” business jet market. Some layoffs have already occurred and the company is also offering early retirement incentives. In a conference call on the release of third quarter earnings, Textron CEO Scott Donnelly told financial reporters that while deliveries of business […]

AVweb’s search of news in aviation found announcements fromBanyan Air Service, the Recreational Aviation Foundation, the Unmanned Safety Institute and Sporty’s.Banyan Air Service at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport will host a free Seaplane Splash-In on Nov. 19, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Splash-In will include two workshops: Seaplanes 101 and The Seaplane […]

Boeing opened its new manufacturing facility this week in St. Louis, where it will manufacture components of the upcoming 777X jet. The site historically served as an assembly facility for McDonnell Douglas military jets. Boeing merged with the company in 1997. Now, a 424,000-square-foot composite manufacturing complex will produce wing edge and empennage parts for […]

A new advanced robotics system that functions as a copilot has been successfully tested in flight in a Diamond DA-42 and a Cessna Caravan, Aurora Flight Sciences announced this week. On Monday, Aurora demonstrated automated flight capabilities with the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) in a Caravan, flying basic maneuvers under the supervision of […]

Tier 1 Engineering has flown a battery-powered manned helicopter for a five-minute cruise flight, the company recently announced. The aircraft flew to 400 feet altitude and reached a peak speed of 80 knots during its first flight, which took place in late September in Costa Mesa, California. “I’m very pleased to achieve this historic breakthrough […]