• 2003
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023
• 2024

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10
• 11
• 12
• 13
• 14
• 15
• 16
• 17
• 18
• 19
• 20
• 21
• 22
• 23
• 24
• 25
• 26
• 27
• 28
• 29
• 30
• 31

All News

May 07, 2016

GAMA 1Q/16 Sales Numbers Continue To Take A Dive...

When The Presser Comes In Late On A Friday, You Know Its Not Good News

GA's long downward sales slide remains uninterrupted, and a late Friday press release suggests no one is all that happy about spreading the news. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) published the first quarter 2016 aircraft shipment results. The general aviation industry shipped 614 aircraft in the first three months of the year for a total value of $4.5 billion.

Read More

Rep. Derek Kilmer Vows Continued Support for Commercial Spaceflight Industry

Keynote Speaker At CSF Executive Leadership Forum

The Commercial Spaceflight Federation recently hosted its second in a series of Executive Leadership Forums, an open dialogue for policymakers, industry leaders and stakeholders to discuss key issues and opportunities in the commercial spaceflight industry.

Read More

Insitu To Open New Facility At Mississippi State University

Will Support The Commercial UAS Industry From homeland security, to maritime search and rescue, to precision agriculture, to environmental monitoring, UAS have the potential to revolutionize business and operations on land and at sea.

Read More

NTSB Releases Preliminary Report In FL Accident

Airplane Hit A Home In Pompano Beach, Three Seriously Injured

The NTSB has released its preliminary report from an April 25 accident in which a Beech 76 Duchess airplane on a multi-engine training flight went down shortly after takeoff from Pompano Beach Airpark (KPMP) in Pompano Beach, FL, impacting a house near the airport.

Read More

Goldfein Nominated As 21st CSAF

Will Succeed Gen. Mark A. Welsh III

Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced April 26 that the president has nominated Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein to be the 21st chief of staff of the Air Force, succeeding Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, who has served in the position since 2012.

Read More

Boeing, TAAG Angola Airlines Celebrate Delivery Of Carrier's 777-300ER

Angolan Flag Carrier Is The Largest Operator Of 777s In Southern Africa

Boeing and TAAG Angola Airlines, the national airline of Angola, recently celebrated the delivery of the airline's newest 777-300ER (Extended Range). The latest addition to TAAG’s fleet touched down in Luanda following a non-stop 8,709 nautical mile delivery flight from Boeing's Delivery Center in Everett, WA.

Read More

Emergency Medical Helicopter At Portland-Hillsboro Airport To Open May 20

Will Provide Emergency Medical Air Transport To Three Counties

Life Flight Network will open a base at the Portland-Hillsboro Airport in Hillsboro, Oregon on May 20th. The base will provide emergency medical air transport to Washington, Columbia, and Yamhill counties and the surrounding Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metropolitan area.

Read More

Three Potentially Habitable Worlds Found By La Silla Observatory

Planets Orbiting Nearby Ultracool Dwarf Star

Astronomers using the TRAPPIST telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory have discovered three planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star just 40 light-years from Earth. These worlds have sizes and temperatures similar to those of Venus and Earth and are the best targets found so far for the search for life outside the Solar System. They are the first planets ever discovered around such a tiny and dim star. The new results were published in the journal Nature on May 2, 2016.

Read More

Honeywell Opens Innovative New Aerospace Testing Laboratory In Puerto Rico

Will Test Cockpit Avionics, Related Components And Equipment

Honeywell Aerospace has opened a new environmental testing laboratory in Puerto Rico’s Las Américas Technology Park. The state-of-the-art lab will test and research Honeywell’s cockpit electronics, or avionics, and related components and equipment.

Read More

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (05.07.16)

“I'm extremely humbled by the nomination to serve as the Air Force's 21st chief of staff. If confirmed, I pledge to serve our Airmen and their families unwaveringly and honor our remarkable heritage and legacy of integrity, service and excellence.” Source: Gen. David Goldfein, on his nomination to be Air Force Chief of Staff.

Read More

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.07.16): NORDO (No Radio)

Aircraft that cannot or do not communicate by radio when radio communication is required are referred to as “NORDO.”

Read More

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.07.16)

AMA 'Park Pilot'

The Academy of Model Aeronautics currently defines a park flyer as a model weighing less than 2 pounds that is incapable of reaching speeds of faster than 60 mph.

Read More