Aviation is expensive. Whether it’s taken on as a hobby or a career path, it can be a financial stretch even for adults with steady jobs. Funding concerns can’t stand in the way of sixteen-year-old Rachel St. Louis of Machias, Maine, however. In spite of her young age, Rachel founded Rachel’s Jewelry to support her more »

In our first Plane & Pilot Survey, we asked you, our audience members, exactly what you thought about the proposal making its way through Congress right now to privatize ATC under a not-for-profit organization that would be heavy in airline representation. A whopping 94 percent of you voted that it was either a bad idea more »

In an October 17 report, the NTSB cited the FAA’s policy on not requiring medical certification for commercial balloon pilots as a contributing factor in the fatal crash of a hot air balloon last year. The accident, which occurred on July 30, 2016, killed the pilot and all of the 15 passengers on board for more »

If flying into Wittman Regional in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in October seems seriously late for the game, it isn’t. This year there was a second feature at KOSH, the Redbird Migration, the annual gathering of FBO operators and safety experts produced every year by sim maker Redbird Flight. This was the seventh Migration but the first more »

After a brief reprieve last week when a judge issued a temporary restraining order halting the shortening of the runway at Santa Monica Municipal Airport (KSMO), the project is once again moving forward. On October 16, the preliminary injunction was denied and the restraining order removed by the court. NBAA and AOPA filed an amicus more »

Retired Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay has taken delivery of a new plane—and not just any plane. His new bird is also the first of the Model Year 2018 ICON A5s to go to a customer. Halladay, who became a pilot after retiring from a fantastic MLB pitching career with the Toronto Blue Jays more »

Aircraft manufacturer ONE Aviation has had its share of financial concerns. The company, formed in 2015 by the merging of Eclipse Aerospace and Kestrel Aircraft, looks like it’s struggling again. According to reports, the state of Wisconsin is planning to take legal action against Kestrel for failure to keep up with payments on $4 million more »

At the National Business Aviation Association Convention in Las Vegas, Plane & Pilot editor-in-chief Isabel Goyer presented the Plane & Pilot Turboprop Plane of the Year to Piper Aircraft president and CEO Simon Caldecot for the company’s  M600 single-engine turboprop. The M600 earned certification last year and Piper has already delivered many of the flagship more »

A U.S. district court judge for the Central District of California has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) which has given Santa Monica Municipal Airport (KSMO), and the people fighting for it, another chance. Granted in response to an emergency application, the TRO orders a temporary halt to the runway construction project. The project, organized more »

The Pilatus PC12 turboprop single, as big a seller as it is a plane, continues to be red hot in the market despite upcoming competition from Textron Aviation in the form of the Cessna Denali. Pilatus announced that it will deliver 85 airplanes this year, down a skosh from the 91 it delivered last year, more »

Last year, Honda Aircraft Company handed over the keys to 23 of its $4.9 million single-pilot HondaJets. With 24 delivered in the first part of 2017, Honda reports that there are currently 58 HondaJets in service—and that they’ve flown for more than 10,000 hours. Though it remains to be seen if the company will meet more »

In the past couple of weeks drones have been a hot topic in aviation as news broke of a drone-helicopter collision over New York City and the FAA banned drones from operating at a number of federal landmarks. The question that has been on the minds of personal flyers for years, though, is this: how more »

The NTSB has issued a statement saying that it will investigate the September 21 collision of a civilian drone and an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter east of Staten Island, New York. The Army is conducting a separate investigation, but because the drone was a civilian aircraft, it falls to the NTSB to conduct its more »

This Wednesday, Garmin announced a new series of touchscreen flight displays that will, according to the company, “redefine panel configurations.” The G500 TXi is intended for Part 23 aircraft under 6,000 pounds, the G600 TXi for Part 23 planes up to 12,500 pounds and the G700 TXi for the bigger birds—Part 23 Class IV and more »

It’s no secret that the world needs more aviation professionals—and that the shortage of qualified pilots, flight crew and aircraft mechanics is only expected to get worse over the next 10 years. Among the hurdles students looking at pursing aviation careers face is the cost. To help address the expense and in hopes of attracting more »

The annual National Business Aviation Association-Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), to be held this year in Las Vegas, is scheduled to continue as planned in spite of the horrific mass shooting that took place in the city on Sunday night. The shooting, which occurred at the Route 91 Harvest festival, left at least 59 more »

Just recently, women and girls gathered around the world to celebrate aviation during the third annual Girls in Aviation Day. More than 110 chapters of Women in Aviation International (WAI) held events at airports, museums, universities, aviation businesses and flight schools. Girls in Aviation Day drew big crowds, big sponsors (including Bell Helicopter, UPS, and more »