Flying News

Plane fuel in Michigan is more highly taxed than it should be. The Legislature is trying to fix that.

In order to accommodate future growth and expansion, Castleberry Instruments & Avionics has moved to a newer and larger building in Pflugerville, TX.

Business aviation leaders say there is a "fragile" recovery under way and urged governments all over the world to amend or establish policies to shore up the industry.

Born June 13, 1929, in Union, he was the youngest of four sons and one daughter born to Addie Catherine and Charles William Collins.

John Lo , General Manager HSSE, Operations & Technical, Global Aviation, congratulates Bernd Dohnert , ramp agent at ExecuJet's Berlin FBO, for winning the Platinum Award.

Gabriel Wall of Glenwood will join up to 200 pilots in a historic Blue Mountains Bicentenary Flyover on May 25, 2013.

No one turns to me for tips on pop culture. Well, too bad! Like it or not, here they come.

Until May 18, little did Christopher Boyle know that the purchase of a $9 sectional would win him an airplane, but win he did - as he found out in a telephone call Saturday from Michael Wolf, president and CEO of Sporty's Pilot Shop .

A final salute to HMS Ark Royal: Former crew and wellwishers wave goodbye as Navy flagship is towed from Portsmouth at start of sad final journey to Turkish scrapyard Warship was sold to ship recycling firm Leyal for 2.9million and will be taken 2,000 miles to Izmir, west Turkey Hundreds of people have turned out to wave goodbye to the Royal Navy's ... (more)

A fire broke out and an explosion was reported at an airplane hangar at Fleming Field in South St.

The pilot had taken pains to hedge his inexperience in the newly acquired complex single before launching on the 200-nautical-mile out-and-back flight.

A trip around the patch at a controlled airport in New Zealand will soon carry a $1 NZD charge under a user fee schedule announced by the Airways Corporation of New Zealand, the "state-owned enterprise" that runs the country's airspace system.

The Charleston County Aviation Authority board approved a $30.5 million budget that includes a modest increase in revenues during a board meeting today.

A Vintage and Experimental Aircraft Fly-In will be Saturday, May 25, at the Amelia Earhart Airport, 16459 286th Road in Atchison.

Friday went down as one of the biggest days ever in aeromodeling history. Thousands of pilots and spectators united their passion for aviation to make Joe Nall 2013 one to remember.

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said at a hearing that while he is grateful for the law Congress passed to end air traffic controller furloughs and stave off contract tower defunding, it "does not end the sequester.

The City of Jackson Police Department is investigating an apparent homicide today after officers responded to a call at 3:00 a.m. for a man severly bleeding, on the 700 block of Lansing Avenue.

The sun this week unleashed a series of X-flares, classified among the most intense solar activity, that each became the most energetic of the year until the next one; none were directed toward earth but that may change next week with possible effects for aviation.

May 11th, 2013 at 9:30 am Pilotless passenger planes ready for takeoff in: Alternative Transportation,Analysis,Robots,Science & Technology News While everyone seems confident that the technical challenges of such visions can be overcome, there is perhaps one more significant hurdle to overcome - persuading the general public that a plane without a ... (more)

From 9 a.m. to noon this Saturday, the Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez chapters of the Experimental Aircraft Association will host Young Eagles Day at the Santa Ynez Airport.