Non-Pilot Lands Caravan; FAA About Face on e-VTOL Cert; and the Feds Decide on Iron Mike’s Fate.
Plus, cool new battery tech coming next year; Kentucky Derby hosts record number of bizjets, a big milestone for Cessna …
Isabel Goyer
Editor-in-Chief Isabel Goyer is an award-winning aviation journalist and editor who has been flying since she was a kid. With hundreds of different models of aircraft in her logbook and thousands of hours, she writes about flying from real-world experience. She has been working in aviation journalism for more than 25 years and led teams at several titles, including Sport Pilot and Flying, before coming to Plane & Pilot in 2015.
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First Cessna SkyCourier Delivered to FedEx
The clean-sheet Textron Aviation twin is the latest success story from the folks in Wichita …
In Possible Fallout from 737 Max Debacle, FAA/Industry at Odds on Changes to eVTOL Certification
There are many more questions than answers about what this will mean to the fledgling industry …
Near-Collision of Airliners In Mexico City
A landing Airbus A320 went right over the top of another company A320 …
Farewell To Popular SecDOT, Airliner Parts Come Off in Flight and Runaway Plane Hits House
Plus, EAA concerned about Trent Palmer case, Tecnam sells gaggles of planes at AERO, a sudden U-turn for a …
Going Direct: Cape Air Orders 75 Eviation Alice Electric Planes …or So They Say
The order is part of a song and dance that airplane makers and their customers have been performing for decades …
Going Direct: The FAA Needs Meaningful Reform
Past legislative efforts designed to make the FAA less heavy handed have failed …
FAA Suspends Backcountry Aviator Trent Palmer’s Certificate
The decision seems to rest on some extremely problematic assumptions …
EgyptAir Flight 804 Disaster Caused by Pilot Smoking
The crash killed all 66 people aboard …
Red Bull Plane Swap Debacle: Should the FAA Just Let It Be?
The failed stunt has polarized the aviation community and revealed deep-seated ethical differences …
