The FAA is urging Mesa, Arizona, officials to delay Falcon Field’s new landing fee schedule while the agency reviews complaints filed over the program. The April 13 letter, which was made public...
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MQ-28 Completes Stealth Testing
Boeing said this week it has completed radar cross-section testing on the MQ-28 Ghost Bat, adding another test...
GE Aerospace Completes Hybrid Electric Ground Test
GE Aerospace said this week that it completed a ground test of a fully integrated megawatt-class hybrid electric...
Small Community Air Service Still Facing Pressure
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Thursday that scheduled passenger air service to small...
Airbus’ A350-1000ULR Goes Airborne
The first Airbus A350-1000ULR, billed as the world’s longest-range commercial airliner, finally took off this week,...
Flying Tails: Rescuing Animals One Flight at a Time
I’m always surprised there aren’t more television shows featuring small, general aviation airplanes. I have vague...
Ultra-Long-Range A350 Flies For The First Time
Airbus’ first A350-1000ULR built for Qantas has completed its initial flight, launching a flight test program for the...
GE Begins Testing Hybrid Aircraft Engine After Years of Anticipation
Several airlines’ ambitions for hybrid-electric aviation may have been dashed this week following the bankruptcy of...
Survey Points To ADS-B In Readiness Gap
Acron Aviation released a new report Wednesday on U.S. airline readiness for ADS-B In, based on a survey of 100...
Marine Corps Retires Harriers
The U.S. Marine Corps this week bid farewell to one of its most distinctive and groundbreaking aircraft. At a “Sundown...
Lufthansa 787 Suffers Nose Gear Collapse At Frankfurt
A Lufthansa Boeing 787 Dreamliner suffered a nose gear collapse while parked at a gate at Frankfurt Airport on...