Aviation News Roundup for the Week of March 12, 2021
Redbird Flight Simulations has released its inaugural “State of Flight Training” survey results. Based on responses from more than 2 …
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High-Speed Internet For Your Plane? An Elon Musk Comment Reveals Much
There’s a lot of excitement about SpaceX’s recent launches of its Starlink high-speed internet satellites, which the …
How Not To Launch A Drone
A hilarious clip is circulating of the launch of a Portuguese Navy drone amid much fanfare and ceremony, and, to …
Women In Aviation Crushes Its Virtual Conference
Women in Aviation International (WAI) just wrapped up its 32nd annual conference, though it was the very first one conducted …
Another Futuristic Vision of an Urban Heliport/Air Taxi Stand
With all the promise and hyperbole surrounding the future of “air taxis” or “urban air vehicles,” an important underlying question …
AOPA Proposes Signs to Tell Pilots Where They’re Parking And How Much it Will Cost
AOPA and a group of 300 pilot and aviation organizations around the country did some research and found that airport …
The First X Plane: Wright Model R
From the 1940s to the 1960s, the headlines were full of the exploits of the test pilots and the famous X planes. From the Bell … Read More "The First X Plane: Wright Model R"
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Going Direct: Should The Pandemic Change How We Look At Aviation’s Safety Record?
A while ago, around 125,000 deaths ago, in fact, I wrote about whether the pandemic should make us reconsider …
Birdstrikes Are On the Rise
Bad News: Airplanes are hitting a lot more birds. Good News (unless you’re a bird): Incidents of aircraft being …
Electric Airliners Coming Soon, As Scandinavian Carrier Goes With Tecnam P-Volt
The skies over Norway are about to get greener. Short-haul airline Widerøe and Rolls-Royce have announced that …
