Business & Military

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association kicked off its fifth annual Build A Plane Aviation Design Challenge Tuesday, inviting all U.S. high schools to enter.The 2017 contest registration is now open and will be limited to the first 100 teams to register four-student teams with one teacher. Each participating team will receive a free “Fly to […]

Mitsubishi’s new passenger jet could fare better with buyers in the Middle East and China compared to the U.S. market, industry watchers said this week. Not only are manufacturers predicting long-term growth in those international markets, Mitsubishi – which has struggled to move ahead on schedule for its new MRJ90 regional airliner – faces challenges […]

Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket is slated to launch on Friday for the first time in two years. The company said Monday the launch was rescheduled from Thursday to Friday to iron out minor glitches for the Cygnus cargo spacecraft. The launch date is Orbital ATK’s first Antares mission after the unmanned rocket exploded at a […]

China’s first general aviation “airpark” will open to the public soon and will feature a host of services and industries based on non-scheduled aviation activity. The Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) says it wants to build 50 facilities like the one it’s almost finished in Jingmen in Central China’s Hubei province. The services and […]

American skydiving showman Miles Daisher makes his living doing extreme sports but even he’ll admit a recent jump was out of the ordinary. Daisher and other members of his Miles Above television series were doing a wingsuit jump for the cameras when the boot on the suit snagged around the gear leg step of the […]

Textron Aviation flew its prototype Citation Longitude for the first time on Saturday, solidifying its presence in the super midsize market. The flight makes it likely the aircraft will be at NBAA in Orlando at the beginning of November. The Longitude was announced in 2012 and Textron had a proof-of-concept aircraft at NBAA 2015 in […]

There has been one light quietly continuing to burn despite the dark news of declining general aviation activity—that’s sport parachuting, you know, skydiving. While the number of pilots has dropped, airports are closing and new aircraft sales just struggle along, skydiving activity has been consistently growing. Canny airport managers looking at red ink in their […]

The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) has announced a major decision that may help ensure that Canadian airport operations are not hampered by wind farms. It had a little help from some bats, too. Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal has ruled that a proposed wind farm would potentially “harm human health” by creating obstacle hazards […]

The global aviation industry has come to an agreement this week to curb carbon emissions starting in 2021. About 191 members of the International Civil Aviation Organization, including the U.S., agreed to a voluntary program to cap emissions at 2020 levels for the initial five years of the program, with mandates beginning in 2027, The […]

AVweb‘s search of aviation news found announcements from Aspen Avionics,Wings Over Houston Airshow, WICKS andJet Logistics.Aspen Avionics announced that it has received certification to interface its Evolution 1000 Pro Primary Flight Display (PFD) with the System 55X autopilot by Genesys Aerosystems. The STC will cover hundreds of light single and twin piston aircraft platforms.Eight scholarships […]