Flying News

The recent addition of direct flights from New Orleans to Austin and San Diego has made traveling to those cities less burdensome for local businesspeople.

Landmark Aviation has acquired Midlantic Jet Aviation, Inc. and Midlantic Jet Charters, Inc. at Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey.

March 14th, 2014 Narco-traffickers are known to move drugs using light aircraft, boats and even submarines , but now they have added another method: helicopters.

The Cleveland Municipal Airport was recently presented with an award, along with the Cleveland, for construction work done on the runway last summer.

Our Pet Pal of the week is Peggy, a one-year-old pit bull mix from the Portsmouth Humane Society.

Our weekly survey of aviation news found the newest formal recognition of top aviation professionals, an aircraft now being offered for... Our weekly review of aviation activities noted on SocialFlight found not just fly-in breakfasts, but a dinner, with seminar, and rides... Embry Riddle Aeronautical University is offering a free massive open ... (more)

President Uhuru Kenyatta, on the third day of his State visit to Ethiopia, visited the Bishoftu Automotive Industry and Dejen Aviation Industry President Uhuru Kenyatta, on the third day of his State visit to Ethiopia, visited the heart of the country's automotive industry and said Kenya and Ethiopia had a lot to share in the motor vehicle assembly ... (more)

A bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate this week that aviation proponents hope will make it easier for general aviation pilots to remain medically cleared to fly.

This system is comprised of the new GI 260 AOA indicator, GAP 26 angle of attack probe, and GSU 25 air data computer.

The N.C. Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that the N.C. Division of Aviation awarded $2 million in State Aid to Airports funds to Albert J. Ellis Airport in Richlands for terminal redevelopment, including construction of general and commercial service terminals.

A fire official says a small, experimental aircraft lost power and made a hard landing Wednesday evening near the Monroe, Wash., airport.

Steve Berg, one of the organizers of the new Grass Strip Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association, stands next to one of his aircraft at Berg Aerodrome.

Referred to as the Father of Black Aviation, Chief Flight Instructor of the prestigious Tuskegee Airmen C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson, will immortalized on a stamp tomorrow, March 13. The 1 p.m. dedication ceremony, free and open to the public, will take place at Bryn Mawr College's McPherson Auditorium, 101 North Merion Ave. Anderson also has been ... (more)

It took some tugging for pilot Bob DeLong of San Clemente to pull one hairy passenger aboard a flight from Van Nuys to Bellingham, Wash.

The Harmon-Meek Gallery has installed the next in a series of loaned art exhibits at Naples Municipal Airport.

With many companies missing their growth forecast, chartering flight services is seen as a better option than to own an aircraft.

March 11, 2014 - Three U.S. senators today introduced the General Aviation Pilot Protection Act as a companion bill to one unveiled in the House of Representatives in December, which includes a provision that would reform airman medical certificate standards while maintaining safety.

Courtesy Photo From left are Bill Madden, Richard Dean and Fritz Wagoner laying out survey plans for the historic First Aero Squadron Army airstrip in Columbus, NM.

The White House's budget includes the addition of a $100 per flight user fee on general aviation, a measure that Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association CEO Mark Baker thinks will fail to win congressional approval.

Why is aviation fuel i. e. much more expensive than auto fuel? Yes, partially there is a small difference in the actual chemical composition of the fuel - but mainly, every drop of aviation fuel is additionally taxed in order to finance the aviation.