Coast Guard Seeking Help From The Community To Identify Those Responsible

The U.S. Coast Guard is requesting help from the public to gather information about two recent incidents, involving green lasers directed at Coast Guard helicopters near Lenox Township, Michigan, and Clyde Township, Michigan, which put air crews in danger and resulted in aborted missions.

Student Pilot Survived When Airplane Went Down In George Washington National Forest

A student pilot aboard a Cessna 172 on a training flight survived when the aircraft went down in a remote area of George Washington National Forest Sunday.

One Passenger Slightly Injured When Blade Went Through The Cabin

An Air Canada Jazz Bombardier Q400 lost a prop November 6th, injuring one passenger and causing extensive damage to the airplane.

Donation Puts The Airplane On Display For Puget Sound Community

Boeing and its employees joined the Puget Sound community today in celebrating the donation of one of the original 787-8 Dreamliner flight test airplanes to the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

Contracts For AW139s Strengthen Company's Presence In The Indonesian Offshore Market

AgustaWestland has signed contracts for three AW139 intermediate twin helicopters with various Indonesian operators. These aircraft which will be used to support the offshore oil and gas industry in Indonesia will be delivered in 2015 and 2016.

Space Agency, AFRL Collaborate On Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) Project

NASA's green aviation project is one step closer to developing technology that could make future airliners quieter and more fuel-efficient with the successful flight test of a wing surface that can change shape in flight.

Gives Introductory Flights To Female Military Personnel And Their Daughters

To celebrate 100 years of female pilots in combat, "Fly It Forward" pilots will give free introductory flights to female military personnel and their daughters during the upcoming 6th annual Fly It Forward challenge organized by the Institute for Women Of Aviation Worldwide (IWOAW).

Helicopter UAV Demonstrated Takeoffs And Landings From A Moving Platform

Scion UAS completed a series of capability demonstrations of the SA-400 Jackal, an optionally piloted helicopter system. The demonstration successfully concluded the flight test program for the SA-400.

Company Began As Evergreen Helicopter In 1960

The founder of the Evergreen Aviation companies, which included the Evergreen Air and Space Museum in McMinnville, OR, has passed away.

'Thunder On The Lakeshore' Became Too Expensive To Produce

The Thunder on the Lakeshore Airshow in Manitowoc, WI has been cancelled for 2015, the second year in a row that the event has been scratched.

First Confirmation Of A Mineral Mapped From Orbit

Reddish rock powder from the first hole drilled into a Martian mountain by NASA's Curiosity rover has yielded the mission's first confirmation of a mineral mapped from orbit.

RS Components Collaborates With Mattel For The 'Extreme Toy Travel Campaign'

It didn't have the drama of extremely-high-altitude skydives performed by humans, but then again, it's Superman after all.

Mooney's New M10 Series Will Be Diesel-Powered

As noted in Monday's Airborne programming, ANN has learned that Mooney has a new airframe in the works... actually two of them and get this... they're both diesel powered. Mooney International introduced the first new Mooney models since the restructuring of the company at the Airshow China 2014 in Zhuhai, China. The company notes that the Mooney M10T and the M10J fill a need and reflect innovation at a different level of the fleet mix and these aircraft will provide a stepping stone to the high performance M20 series. The M10T is a modern fixed gear composite trainer equipped with Continental's CD-135 Diesel engine to train new pilots for the Technically Advanced Aircraft (TAA) that they will be flying in the future. The M1

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ANN is digging into reports of a NEW Mooney airframe that is due to be announced shortly... not a lot of details yet... but we do have a picture and the promise of more info in a day or two. Stay tuned! Thanks to a coalition of aviation trade associations and the responsiveness of the FAA, the changes to the proposed repair station rules have been tweaked a bit. The word “serious” has been reinserted into the paragraph of 14 CFR part 145 requiring repair stations to report failur

Single Largest 737 MAX Order From A Leasing Company

Boeing and SMBC Aviation Capital announced an order for 80 737 MAX 8s, valued at more than $8.5 billion at list prices. This is the largest single order for 737 MAXs from a leasing company and will help SMBC Aviation Capital grow its portfolio of high-demand, fuel-efficient airplanes.

Regional Carrier Ordered Up To 24 Of The Aircraft In June

China's sole specialized regional airline, China Express Airlines (China Express), is the previously announced unidentified customer that had placed a firm order for 16 CRJ900 NextGen regional jets and had taken options for eight additional airliners of the same type. This purchase agreement was initially announced by Bombardier on June 30, 2014.

Margin Was Narrow, Only 16 More Voted Against Than For The Contract

American Airline's flight attendants have narrowly rejected a tentative agreement hailed as being "Industry-Leading" when the pact was finalized.

Aircraft Mockups To Be Featured At Airshow China In Zhuhai

Bell Helicopter will showcase the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X and the Bell 525 Relentless for the first time in China at Airshow China in Zhuhai from November 11 – 14. In addition, the Bell 407GX will be available for demonstration flights.

Rules Regarding The Maintaining Of An Experimental Amateur Built Aircraft (E-AB) Combine Simplicity With A Requirement For More Responsibility On The Part Of The Owner/Operator

The definition of the term maintenance as it applies to aircraft is found in 14 CFR (FAR) Part 43, and FAR 43.1 makes it clear that FAR 43 does not apply to an E-AB. The way FAR 43.1 is written it could even be implied that the term “maintenance” is not applicable to an E-AB. However, we’ll use the term because it makes sense.

Landed Safely In Kazakhstan Sunday

Three International Space Station (ISS) crew members returned to Earth Sunday after a 165-day mission that included hundreds of scientific experiments and several spacewalks.

Nine On Board Fatally Injured In Accident At Grand Bahama International Airport

A Learjet on approach to Grand Bahama International Airport on Sunday went down near the airport, reportedly resulting in the fatal injury of all nine people on board.

"The outstanding issues (those issues reached in the final days of bargaining) shall be submitted for binding arbitration." Source: Statement from APFA following the rejection by flight attendants of a combined contract with American Airlines.

A level of non-restrictive routing (NRR) service for aircraft that have all waypoints associated with the HAR program in their flight management systems or RNAV equipage.

International Women's Air And Space Museum

The online home of the International Women's Air & Space Museum, Located at Burke Lakefront Airport, in Cleveland Ohio, contains selected information from the museum's collections, as well as listings of events held throughout the year.