Category: Aviation News

Different unmanned aerial vehicles designs being tested. With one of the busiest shopping weekends behind us and an even busier gift giving season to come, Amazon has updated its progress […]

The newest Rolls-Royce Trent engine improves on the Trent 700. Marking a milestone for the exclusive power plant for the Airbus A330neo, the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 demonstrator engine has run […]

Faulty rudder, crew’s response led to fatal crash. Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee released a final report, detailing the events that led to the AirAsia Airbus A320 crash last December […]

Kickstarter campaign aims to bring new lightweight designs to market. Austin, Texas-based Flying Eyes sunglasses has released a new frame that is designed to slip underneath the ear cups of […]

Burt Rutan’s final design takes to the skies for first flight. Burt Rutan’s SkiGull successfully took to the skies this week from the Coeur d’Alene Airport. The unusual airplane, which […]

Training provider adds sims and new programs. Charlotte, North Carolina-based FlyRight, a training provider for the Beechcraft King Air, has announced that it will expand its facilities to accommodate as […]

Company seeking $500,000 by mid January. Bad Elf, a maker of portable GPS receivers for the aviation market, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for the introduction of an ADS-B receiver […]

High-compression engine offers reduced emissions. Airbus Helicopters successfully completed the first flight test of its high-compression diesel engine demonstrator aircraft at the Marignane Airport in Marignane, France.   “The first […]

Two-seat aircraft targets flight training markets. What’s being billed as a practical, all-electric airplane designed for aviation flight training markets reached its final assembly fit check in early November. Main […]

Incident happened near border with Syria. A Turkish F-16 shot down a Russian Su-24 fighter bomber near the border with Syria on Tuesday after Turkish military officials said the airplane […]