Short Final Overheard one evening as a Fayetteville, North Carolina controller was working with a Cessna that was requesting flight following. The...
Researchers See Clear Air Turbulence German researchers have developed a system that uses lasers mounted on aircraft to "see" clear air turbulence ahead of the plane. At the...
Apps: Tilting Toward Simplicity? That's where Jeppesen's Mobile FliteDeck VFR seems to be going. We welcome the trend.
Running Out of Gas: It Takes Focus Nothing is quite so distracting as two needles on E and flashing bingo lights.
Podcast: OpenAirplane Grows OpenAirplane, a network of aircraft rental outlets with a common database of renting pilots, has more than doubled in size in a month....
Input Sought For New CFI Standards The FAA has released a draft revision of the airman certification standards for flight instructors, and the public has until August 23 to...
Overload Study Tracks Pilots Eyes Australian researchers have created a study that aims to answer questions regarding pilots' reliance on automated systems and information...
Podcast: 5,300 Young Eagles Flown Larry and Maxine Durst of Roseburg, Oregon have combined efforts to allow Larry to fly more than 5,300 Young Eagles since 1994 to earn...
Balloonist Killed In Festival Accident Canadian police aren't saying exactly how a young hot air balloon pilot died at a major balloon festival south of Montreal on Sunday but...
Seaplane Pilots Rescue Ditched Pilot Sometimes it's better to be lucky than it is to be good but the pilot of an aircraft that ditched off Key Largo, Fla., on Thursday seemed...
Running Out of Gas: It Takes Focus Nothing is quite so distracting as two needles on E and flashing bingo lights.
Podcast: GA Safety Rate Fails to Improve The NTSB this week released its latest safety statistics, and the rate for general aviation aircraft showed little improvement. Earl...
FAA Proposes Checks For Thousands Of GA Engines Up to 6,000 Continental engines with aftermarket PMA cylinders from Engine Components International could be affected by a new...
Deer Trail's Drone Hunt Vote The town of Deer Trail, Colo., Tuesday held a vote on a local ordinance that could financially encourage residents to shoot down UAVs...
Podcast: Continental's Rhett Ross on Thilert TBOs, Diesels, Mogas, and More Following their acquisition of Thielert Engines' assets, Continental Motors is working to extend TBOs on the Thielert IO-series. And...
Berringer Patents Ground-Loop Resistant Tailwheel Berringer, which produces wheels and brakes, including an anti-lock system for Cirrus aircraft, is currently acquiring worldwide patents...
Aviat Husky Runs On Natural Gas "The U.S. has plenty of natural gas," said Aviat CEO Stu Horn on Wednesday morning at EAA AirVenture, as he showed off a blue-and-white...
Video: Aerocross's Wearable HUD -- Aviation's Google Glass At AirVenture, we talked to Aerocross Systems' Tam Pho about a new product the company is introducing. It's essentially a wearable HUD,...
Da Vinci Codex On Flight At Smithsonian A notebook dating back to roughly 1505, filled by Leonardo da Vinci, with his ideas and sketches regarding bird and mechanical flight,...
Pelton Upbeat On AirVenture Results At the traditional wrap-up news conference at Oshkosh on Sunday afternoon, EAA Chairman Jack Pelton said this year's show succeeded in...
AirVenture 2013: A Welcome Course Correction It will never be 2006 again, but the show was friendlier, more energetic and just plain interesting.
Video: Aerocross's Wearable HUD -- Aviation's Google Glass At AirVenture, we talked to Aerocross Systems' Tam Pho about a new product the company is introducing. It's essentially a wearable HUD,...
Sikorsky At Work On Smart UAV Sikorsky hopes its newly unveiled Matrix technology suite can bring higher autonomy to unmanned aviation missions, actively guiding...
Pilatus Launches Chinese Partnership Pilatus has chosen a Chinese company, Beijing Tian Xing Jian Yu Science Co., as a partner for expanding into the Chinese market, the...
Behind the Scenes: NASA's Flying IR Observatory How do you cut a hole the size of a two-car garage in the side of a 747 and fly it at Mach 0.8? Very carefully.
Podcast: The Man Behind HondaJet Mishimasa Fujino created the HondaJet from a drawing on the back of a calendar and eventually convinced Honda to pursue light jet...
Tablet Apps: Connectivity is the Buzzword What’s ahead for tablet apps? For the short term, look for yet more features, improved operational interfaces and more capability,...
Top iPad Developers' Roundtable At OSH Wednesday, July 31, at AirVenture Oshkosh, a free forum hosted by MyGoFlight will include executives from ForeFlight, Hilton Software,...
Apps: Tilting Toward Simplicity? That's where Jeppesen's Mobile FliteDeck VFR seems to be going. We welcome the trend.
Eeek? My Chart App Tanked It happens, probably every day. So do you carry around of heap of stale paper or backup with something else?
Video: Jeppesen's New App for the VFR Pilot The general trend in tablet apps is to add ever more features as a competitive edge. But at AirVenture 2013, Jeppesen took a different...
