Record numbers are turning out for early voting across the country in a presidential race that still has no clear favorite. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are still vying for those last undecided voters. Four have been confirmed dead and 14 wounded in an attack on a Turkish state aviation company […]
U.S. regulators will not immediately allow Boeing to increase 737 MAX production as it addresses ongoing safety issues, the agency’s administrator said on Thursday, after a three-hour meeting with company officials, including outgoing CEO Dave Calhoun. The U.S. economy grew more slowly in the first quarter than previously estimated, after downward revisions to consumer spending […]
With multiple war zones raging around the world, an aviation concern is rising: the problem of GPS spoofing. Global regulators and manufacturers failed to reach an agreement on January 25, when they reportedly met to devise a quick technical fix. Now they are calling for better pilot training instead.
The cost of becoming an airline pilot is sky-high—in excess of six figures in many cases. A large chunk of the cost comes from a decade-old requirement: pilots must have 1,500 hours of in-flight experience to be certified. Yet many aspiring aviators are racking up the required hours by circling airports under sunny skies. Instead, […]
The American aviation sector is abuzz with talk of air taxis, hypersonic airplanes, and cheaper, cleaner, “sustainable” fuel sources. But a cloud hovers over that sunny, futuristic forecast. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) remains woefully behind the technology curve. The agency also remains entangled in its own bureaucratic web, according to statements made during a […]
Passengers were lucky to have an off-duty pilot on their flight Wednesday who helped out after the plane’s pilot suffered a severe medical emergency. Southwest Airlines Flight 6013 had just departed from Las Vegas to Columbus, Ohio. An airline representative told Nexstar that one of the pilots became incapacitated due to a medical emergency. Fortunately, […]
A jury in Cincinnati has convicted a Chinese intelligence agent over his role in a scheme to recruit spies and steal sensitive American aviation technology for Beijing. Xu Yanjun, a deputy division director at the Chinese Ministry of State Security, Beijing’s top intelligence agency, was found guilty on all four counts, including conspiring to and […]
Humanity’s first Wright Brothers moment on another planet will happen in April. The Ingenuity Mars helicopter will attempt the first powered flight on Mars no earlier than April 8, according to NASA. It’s fitting that the mission, an experimental companion to the Perseverance rover, is carrying a piece of history. A postage stamp-size piece of […]
Last week it was the return of the world’s longest flight—Singapore to New York JFK. This week comes another new aviation record: the world’s longest flight in a single-aisle aircraft. Air Transat flight TS690 flew transatlantic from Montreal, Canada, to Athens, Greece, on Monday—a journey of 7,600 kilometers, or 4,754 miles. So far, so normal—except […]
Lava and ash spewing from the ongoing eruption of the Shishaldin volcano in Alaska triggered an aviation warning Sunday. The volcano’s aviation alert level was raised to red, or warning level, Sunday morning when data from the Alaska volcano observatory showed that eruptive activity had intensified, according to the United States Geological Survey. Eruptive activity […]
A mother and daughter pilot team has caught the attention of the internet after a passenger snapped a photo of them while in the cockpit of an Atlanta-bound Delta Boeing 757. The passenger Dr. John R. Watret, who is the chancellor of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, was flying from Los Angeles to Atlanta on March 16. Watret was surprised when he overheard that […]
Independent investigators have issued a statement saying that they’ve found anomalies in the official report on missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The so-called Independent Group, which, according to news.com.au, has worked extensively with Australian authorities since MH370’s disappearance in 2014, issued a statement on Aug. 31. Two members of the group, Don Thompson and Richard […]
