Airplane News: Electric R44, Single Pilot Tankers, NTSB on Float Crash, Delta Settles with Pilot
This week in airplane news, a fully electric R44 has been flown from Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM) to Palm Springs International Airport (PSP). The USAF has flown two single pilot missions...
4 Nov 20222min
Airplane News: AOPA Files FAA Complaint, Piaggio Crash, Cuban Defector Pilot, NTSB Float Crash Info
This week in airplane news, the AOPA files a part 16 complaint against the FAA having to do with the 100LL ban in Santa Clara, CA; the owner and family of Gold's Gym perished this week after their Pia...
28 Okt 20222min
Airplane News: NEW $7.5m HondaJet, AAM Coordination Act, Seat Design Comments, and StarLink Aviation
In this week's airplane news we have a new HondaJet Elite II which will cost around $7 million, the Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act has been signed into law this week (SB516), an...
21 Okt 20223min
Airplane News: Midair Update, Less Accidents, Man Attacks Crew, AVGas Health Risk, Plane Loses Wheel
In this weeks airplane news, the NTSB has released that the plane in the CO midair last week was not transmitting ADS-B, a Nall Report says that accidents have decreased this past year, a man attacks ...
14 Okt 20224min
Airplane News: Pilatus Acquires Skytech, Technam P2012 STOL, Wisk's 6th gen Air Taxi
This week in airplane news: Pilatus acquires Skytech which will allow them to expand in the US market, Technam releases a new STOL version of their P2012 aircraft, Wisk unveils their 6th Gen Air Taxi.
7 Okt 20223min
Airplane News: Eviation First Flight, Vertiport Design, FAA Chair Investigation, Kittyhawk Stops Ops
Join Greg and the Pilot Institute team as we bring you this week's airplane news. A company, previously based in Prescott, Eviation has taken their maiden voyage in their Alice, a fully electric passe...
30 Sep 20225min
Airplane News: GlobalX Buys Eviation Planes, FAA Denies Exemption, Colorado Mid-Air Collision
This week in aviation, GlobalX orders 50 electric aircraft from Eviation, that same aircraft completed its high speed taxiing test, the FAA denied Republic Airways exemption for ATP training, and ther...
23 Sep 20224min
Airplane News: Pilot fight, Piedmont Offering Jobs, Passengers Airdrop nudes, A320 Engine Fire
This week in airplane news: Pilots on an Air France got into a fistfight during a flight, Piedmont Airlines is offering jobs to ExpressJet pilots without an interview, A SWA pilot threatened to turn t...
2 Sep 20223min
