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I know there’s a need for a new fuel for piston engines, because there remains a need for piston engines. This will probably always be the case, but it’s an accident of history that it is. The development of four-stroke gasoline engines came, not coincidentally, in tandem with the rise of the airplane. It’s not […]

From its Experimental Assembly Line in Capua, Italy, TECNAM rolled out its first P2012 Traveller, a joint development project between TECNAM and Cape Air, with international collaboration that includes Lycoming for the aircraft’s engines and Garmin for avionics. An 11-seat piston-engine twin, the P2012 Traveller is designed to comply with FAR Part 23 and EASA […]

We wrote last week about ICON Aircraft’s plans to be at Sun ’n Fun next week, and this week the company announced big plans for its AirVenture presence. On Thursday, July 28, at the Gathering of Eagles, the EAA’s annual fundraiser for its Young Eagle program, the organization will auction off an ICON A5, provided […]

Brittney Miculka, Redbird Flight

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird!it’s a plane! It’s an airship? Yes, at 302 feet long and cruising at 80 knots, the Airlander 10, created by British design company Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), will be the biggest aircraft in the world. Originally designed for the U.S. Army for surveillance purposes, the Airlander was […]

Severe weather, poor maintenance and faulty flight instruments lead to earthly disaster

Everything has an end, but too often we don’t know it’s coming

You may have heard about this remarkable first: An all-female crew from Brunei, where Islam is the official state religion, recently piloted a Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Brunei to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, landing the cutting-edge airliner in a country with severe restrictions on women’s rights. The story is a great one, but the story behind […]

It was and remains the fastest jet that has ever flown

If you’re a GA flyer like me, you owe a lot to this guy, who’s got your back when it comes to the FAA. There’s one person in aviation who’s responsible for a lot of great things happening for almost every GA pilot in the United States, regardless of what you fly, where you fly […]