Civil Aircraft News

Having been around for more than sixty years, the DHC-1 Chipmunk was the RAF's main plane to turn to when they had to finally replace the Tiger Moth.

Few things manage to combine exhilaration and terror more than your first flight lesson.

Ltd were jointly named as finalist for the 6th annual 2014 Golden Bridge Awards under the New Products and Se... )--Embraer Executive Jets delivered today the 25th Phenom 300 to NetJets, a Berkshire Hathaway company.

The saying goes birds of a feather flock together. Well, the same can be said about pilots and their planes.

Avidyne Corporation , a leading provider of integrated avionics and safety systems for general aviation aircraft , today announced that they have received Technical Standard Order approval and an Approved Model List Supplemental Type Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration for installation of the IFD540 FMS/GPS/NAV/COM system in more ... (more)

A U.S. District Court judge in Oregon has dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association .

Asiana Airlines on Friday held a launch event for its second A380 jumbo jet at Incheon International Airport, following the acquisition of its first in May. "With the takeover of the second superjumbo jet, I expect more customers will enjoy safer and more convenient long-haul flights with us," said Kim Soo-cheon, CEO of the nation's second-largest ... (more)

Commercial pilot training firm FSTC Friday said it has received European Aviation Safety Agency approval for its Airbus A320 simulator, making it the only centre in the region to have this approval.

Dassault Aviation reported lower sales and operating profit due to weaker Falcon business jet deliveries and high R&D costs, but said it hoped to reach a long-awaited deal to sell 126 Rafale combat jets to India as quickly as possible.

Thai AirAsia has scrapped a plan to diversify into commuter services that offer short-distance and interprovincial routes using turboprop aircraft.

The government's stretch of six months without an asylum seeker boat passenger arriving in Australia is set to end, as 157 Tamils who have spent four weeks in limbo aboard the Customs Ocean Protector will be brought to the Australian mainland on Saturday.

WheelTug plc has released footage of its Iron Foot, the mechanical test rig for testing the WheelTug across a range of aircraft and airport operating parameters.

It won't be back until 2016, but there was plenty to live long in the memory from this year's Farnborough Air Show Glorious weather meant there were, for the most part, clear blue skies for the public days of the 2014 Farnborough Air Show .

Bombardier Aerospace's unexpected layoff of 1,800 employees, an organizational restructuring and the retirement of its CEO, has left workers and some analysts concerned, even though the changes are seen to be financially positive for the aircraft manufacturer.

As Bombardier reorganizes, Eric Martel will remain the lead of Bombardier's business aircraft segment, which includes the Learjet operations based in Wichita.

When Chip Yates started working on his electric airplane in 2012, he wasn't trying to make conventional, gas-powered aircraft look slow.

The Green Flight International team is fine-tuning the viscosity of their fuel to avoid this buildup of soot in engine components.

Authorities have lost contact with an Air Algerie flight en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers with 110 passengers on board, Algeria's APS state news agency and a Spanish airline company said on Thursday.

Jazeera Airways Group today announced financial and operational results for the first half of 2014, reporting an operating revenue of KD29.3 million, and a net profit of KD4.9 million.

Despite a small drop in year-over-year revenues and operating earnings, Savannah-based Gulfstream Aerospace posted a strong second-quarter performance, pushing margins significantly past analysts' expectations for the second quarter and setting the scene for a "very strong" third-quarter performance, parent company General Dynamics said Wednesday.