The FAA in partnership with Kittyhawk relaunched its B4UFLY mobile application that allows recreational drone flyers know where they can and cannot fly in the national airspace system (NAS). The new B4UFLY app is now available to download for free at the App Store for iOS and Google Play store for Android. “As we continue […]
U.S. DOT Announces an Additional $478 Million in Infrastructure Grants
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao has announced that the Department will award $478 million in airport infrastructure grants to 232 airports in 43 states, including American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico. This is the fourth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for […]
New RAF Brand is More Than a Logo
Not long after those six fellows came up with the idea to form a nonprofit foundation to save backcountry airstrips, one of them bumped into a graphic artist – not surprisingly – at the Bozeman airport. The artist enthusiastically sketched an idea on a napkin. The design was quickly adopted by the new Recreational Aviation […]
Agricultural Aviation in New Zealand Celebrates 70th Anniversary
“In September 1949, a group of aerial work operators got together to form the NZ Aerial Work Operators Association ‘to advance the techniques of aerial work’ in the country,” said the New Zealand Agricultural Aviation Association (NZAAA) Chairman, Tony Michelle. We celebrate the achievements of those early companies and pilots at an agricultural aviation show […]
AeroTEC Conducts First UAS Part 77 Survey of Washington State Airports for WSDOT
AeroTEC, the Seattle-based provider of aerospace testing, engineering, and certification services, announced today the successful completion of proof-of-concept UAS surveys at two Washington state airports in collaboration with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Aviation Division. The aerial surveys, which took place at Sunnyside Municipal Airport (1S5) and Prosser Airport (S40), were designed to […]
Florida Increases its H125 Mosquito Control Fleet to 10 with New Order from Florida Keys
Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has ordered two new Airbus H125 helicopters to boost its mosquito fighting capabilities. Part of a fleet upgrade program, the two new H125s will support aerial spraying to control the mosquito population in the Florida Keys, off the southern coast of the state. With a sub-tropical environment, the Keys regions […]
Airbus Helicopters Inc. Celebrates 10 Years of Lakota at Naval Air Station Patuxent River
Airbus hosted a ceremony with leaders of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) to commemorate the UH-72A Lakota’s 10th anniversary at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland. Airbus Helicopters established the Lakota program at the USNTPS in July 2009. Over the past ten years, the UH-72A Lakota fleet there has consistently exceeded operational […]
Swift Fuels’ Unleaded Avgas UL94 to be Offered at San Carlos, California – Rabbit Aviation Services
Swift Fuels, LLC has announced that Rabbit Aviation Services at San Carlos Airport has completed a planned upgrade to its aviation fuel tank facility and will be the first airport with a fully-dedicated Unleaded Avgas storage system in California to sell Swift’s unleaded UL94 aviation gasoline for its piston aircraft customers. Pilots can expect to […]
Boeing Becomes Sole Provider of Aftermarket Parts for New Tecnam P2012 Traveller
Photo above – William Ampofo (right), vice president of Business & General Aviation, The Boeing Company and Walter Da Costa, director of Global Sales and Marketing, Costruzioni Aeronautiche TECNAM S.p.A. Boeing signed a multiyear agreement with Tecnam to be the sole provider of aftermarket spare parts and distribution services for the P2012 Traveller, Tecnam’s first […]
RTCA Welcomes New Members
RTCA has announced the addition of five organizations to its membership: Ampaire, Dayton-Granger, Inc., Route Dynamics Corp, Skydrive Inc. and Stellar Solutions. RTCA and the aviation community owe a debt of gratitude to the dozens of committee leaders and thousands of committee participants who continue to deliver consensus on tough issues, leading to tangible outcomes […]
















