Autonomous Flight and Powered Lift Take Center Stage at Oshkosh and Farnborough
Merlin Labs flew an autonomous Cessna at Oshkosh and Vertical Aerospace completed a full eVTOL transition at Farnborough - here's what it means for pilots.
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Bombardier Delivers the Two Hundredth Challenger Thirty-Five Hundred, and Piero Ferrari Takes Delivery of the Milestone Jet
Bombardier delivered its 200th Challenger 3500 to Ferrari's Piero Ferrari, a milestone signaling a strong super mid-size business jet market.
FAA Clears the Heart X1 Electric Demonstrator for Flight Testing in Upstate New York
The FAA has cleared Heart Aerospace's Heart X1 electric demonstrator for flight testing in upstate New York ahead of its first flight.
FAA Reworks Its Unleaded Avgas Roadmap While Holding the Line on Twenty Thirty
The FAA is updating its unleaded avgas roadmap but holding the 2030 deadline to retire 100LL, even as officials call the timeline 'aggressive.'
Leonardo Backs Merlin and Wildcat at Farnborough, Weeks After the Wildcat Withdrawal Shock
Leonardo backed the Merlin and Wildcat at Farnborough just weeks after the British Army's Wildcat AH1 withdrawal - here's why both are true.
Loganair Bets on Beta's Alia CX300 and Aims to Fly Europe's First All-Electric Fleet
Loganair ordered up to 10 Beta Alia CX300 electric aircraft, aiming to fly Europe's first all-electric commercial fleet.
Saab Lands a Billion-Dollar GlobalEye Order, and Why an Airborne Radar Built on a Business Jet Matters
Saab wins a ~$1 billion order for two GlobalEye surveillance jets, built on the Bombardier Global 6000 business airframe, delivering in 2030.
BasicMed Grows Up - The FAA Rule Change That Lets You Fly Bigger Airplanes and More Passengers Without a Third-Class Medical
The FAA raised BasicMed's weight limit to 12,500 lbs and passenger cap to six, letting pilots fly bigger airplanes and more people without a third-class medical.
Boulder Council Member Resigns After Lone Vote Against Keeping the City Airport Open
Boulder voted to keep its municipal airport open; the lone dissenter, council member Mark Wallach, then resigned.
EAA Honors Retiring Congressman Sam Graves With the Freedom of Flight Award at AirVenture
EAA presented retiring Congressman Sam Graves the Freedom of Flight Award at AirVenture for his decades defending general aviation.
Flying An ILS To Minimums And What The Approach Lights Actually Tell You At Decision Height
What you must see at decision height to land off an ILS to minimums - and the approach light rule pilots forget.
Lockheed Martin's Ethos and the Push for Cross-Platform Autonomy, from the D Twenty-One Drone of the Sixties to the Uncrewed Battlespace of Tomorrow
Lockheed Martin's cross-platform autonomy ethos links the 1960s D-21 drone to a future of networked crewed and uncrewed aircraft.
Project Bowline, the Mach Five Target Drone, and Britain's Twenty Million Pound Bet on Hitting a Missile That Moves a Mile a Second
The UK's £20M Project Bowline funds a Mach 5 target drone so British air defenses can practice intercepting real hypersonic threats.
Robinson Safety Notice Number Eleven, Low-G Mast Bumping, and the Half-Second That Kills Two-Bladed Helicopters
Radio Hangar explores Robinson Safety Notice Number Eleven, Low-G Mast Bumping, and the Half-Second That Kills Two-Bladed Helicopters.
Sling's MOSAIC-Ready Two-Seat Trainer and the New Sport Pilot Rules That Made It Possible
Sling's new 1,540-lb, IFR-capable two-seat trainer is the first concrete proof that the FAA's MOSAIC rules are reshaping training aircraft.
The FAA's 5G Radio Altimeter Mandate and the C-Band Auction That Forces the Fix
The FAA's July 24, 2026 final rule requires affected aircraft to carry 5G-tolerant radio altimeters as full-power C-band service arrives.
The First MOSAIC-Compliant RV-12 Rolls Out at AirVenture and Heads for a Tennessee Flight School
Van's delivered the first MOSAIC-compliant RV-12 at AirVenture, headed to a Tennessee flight school to join the training fleet.
AirVenture Sunday: How to Spend the Final Day of Oshkosh Before the Long Flight Home
How to spend the final Sunday of Oshkosh AirVenture - and how to fly home safely afterward.
Archer Unveils Halo, the Autonomous VTOL That Shares an Airframe With Anduril's Thunder
Archer's new autonomous VTOL Halo shares an airframe and hybrid-electric powertrain with Anduril's defense aircraft Thunder - here's what it means for pilots.
Embraer's Record Thirty-Four-and-a-Half-Billion-Dollar Backlog and What the E2 and C-390 Surge Signals for the Aviation Job Market
Embraer's record $34.5 billion backlog, driven by the E2 and C-390, signals strong demand and growing opportunity across the pilot pipeline.