The passengers were returning from COVID-necessitated stays out of country when the Boeing 737skidded off the runway and broke in two. Read More “Breaking News: Air India Express Passenger Jet Crashes On Landing: At Least 16 Dead”
This week saw a terrible midair in Alaska, the FAA’s latest fiasco and the launch of a Mach 3 passenger jet concept. Read More “Just The Facts Roundup Of Aviation News For The Week Of August 3rd, 2020”
A new and potentially onerous pilot record-keeping regulation is in this week’s news, and Garmin is not using a particular term to refer to the computer virus attacks from last week. Read More “Just the Facts Roundup Of Aviation News For The Week of July 27, 2020”
This week saw an outpouring of hopeful sadness over the Oshkosh that isn’t, along with news from the LSA world, a newly announced plan for the 737 Max and more. Read More “Just The Facts Roundup Of Aviation News For The Week Of July 20, 2020”
A week of stories that in some cases were surprisingly hopeful. Read More “Plane & Pilot Just The Facts Roundup Of Aviation News for the Week of July 13, 2020”
A busy news week includes two tragic aircraft accidents, a new bush plane and a marginally impressive milestone. Read More “Just The Facts News Roundup for the Week Of July 6, 2020”
The Airbus A319 was headed to LGA from Palm Beach when it collided with something. Read More “Breaking News: Drone or Bird Strike Forces Delta Plane To Land At JFK”
It’s been a week of even more big aviation stories in these trying times. Read More “Friday’s Just The Facts Roundup Of Aviation News: Week Of June 27, 2020”
This week’s news was all over the map, with shocking stories from across the globe, as well as from right here in the USA. Read More “Friday’s Just The Facts Roundup Of Aviation News: Week of June 22, 2020”
The week’s news was filled with everything from cries for help to a world’s first certification of a new type of plane. Read More “Friday’s Just The Facts Roundup of Aviation News”
Not surprisingly, deliveries are off in every sector, some more so than others. Read More “Breaking News: Aircraft Makers Hit Hard In First Quarter”
An F-22 Raptor, the Air Force’s frontline, air-superiority stealth fighter jet, has crashed in Florida. The Air Force has just issued a press release on … Read More “Breaking News: F-22 Raptor Crashes In Florida”
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a stern warning for those suffering from COVID-19 or fearful of contracting it not to use the … Read More “Breaking News: Widely Touted Drug For COVID-19 Prompts New Warnings”
The Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In, the second-largest fly-in airshow in the country, has cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organization posted on its website … Read More “Breaking News: Sun ‘n Fun Cancels For 2020”
The FAA and the Department of Transportation have taken the unprecedented step of formally suspending enforcement action against required pilot flight crew members if their … Read More “BREAKING NEWS: FAA Suspends Enforcement Of Medical Certificate Expirations Due To Coronavirus Pandemic”
Fallout continues from the October 2, 2019, crash of B-17 Nine-O-Nine, as the Collings Foundation lost its exemption allowing passengers to pay for flights in … Read More “Breaking News: FAA Hammers Collings Foundation on Bradley B-17 Crash”
As if there is any question mark about Garmin’s dominance in the retrofit avionics game, the company took a big eraser to it with … Read More “Breaking News: Garmin GI 275. You Will Not Believe What This Little Round Gauge Can Do!”
Two weeks ago we reported that Mooney International had furloughed 229 employees, or about three-quarters of its workforce. While Mooney never gave an official explanation … Read More “More Big News From Mooney?”
