It's interesting to read the comments of Sun 'n Fun's president, John Burton, regarding this year's attendance at the Fly-In. Attendance is thought to have been down about 5 percent to 6 percent from the previous year, and this is
Rolls-Royce, the world's leading engine supplier for business jets, has successfully completed the first run of its BR725 engine at its facility in Dahlewitz, Germany. The selection of the engine to power the new Gulfstream G650 aircraft was announced last
CARACAS: Six people are now confirmed dead after a small aircraft crashed into a house in the coastal area of Catia La Mar, northern Venezuela, officials said Tuesday. The bodies recovered Tuesday were those of a resident of the house
New Delhi (PTI): The government has signed a contract with American aircraft company Boeing for purchase of three of its Business Jets along with Self Protection Suite, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday...
An RAF pilot crash-landed a £69million fighter jet at 130mph after apparently forgetting to put the wheels down. The state-of-the-art Eurofighter Typhoon careered down a runway without its landing gear down and experts are now investigating how the accident could
Sao Jose dos Campos: The Embraer Phenom 300, a standard-setter for the light jet category, successfully took to the air on its maiden flight, today, from the Company's Gaviao Peixoto test runway. In the coming months, the first Phenom 300,
Tokyo (Jiji Press): Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Wednesday that Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., a fully owned subsidiary in charge of its newly launched passenger jet business, will issue new shares worth 67 billion yen to certain parties including the parent...
TOKYO (AFP): Japan's top carmaker Toyota said Wednesday it would invest up to 10 billion yen (96 million dollars) in a project to develop and market the country's first ever passenger jet. Toyota Motor Corp., widely expected this year to
KAZAN: A new Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bomber officially entered service with Russia' Air Force during a ceremony at an aircraft manufacturing plant in Kazan on the Volga, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Tuesday...
ATLANTA: Thirty years ago today, Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) Flight No. 10 took its maiden flight from Atlanta to London's Gatwick International Airport taking Delta customers across the Atlantic for the first time. The departure from what was then
The idea of personal planes may conjure up dark visions of Blade Runner, but the first batch of two-seater aircraft to fly on electricity rather than fossil fuels could reach more than a dozen buyers by year's end. And if
The Indian River County Board of County Commissioners approved on April 28 a $12 million incentive package, to be added to $20 million from the state of Florida, to keep Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach...
SEATTLE: Progress continues on the first Boeing 777 Freighter as the company's newest cargo airplane was towed out of its factory in Everett, Wash. and onto the flight line Tuesday night. Work will continue on the 777 Freighter to prepare
By Robert Mark (www.jetwhine.com): AOPA ran a Town Hall meeting in Chicago the other night and Phil Boyer asked the group a penetrating question. How do we convince more people to learn to fly? Despite being a flight instructor and
