ePilot Archive

Textron Aviation is continuing decades of tradition with a call for volunteer Cessna, Beechcraft, and Hawker pilots to transport hundreds of athletes and coaches to Minnesota’s Twin Cities for the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games, June 20 to 26.

A week after the FAA certified its G800 long-range business jet, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. is celebrating another milestone that took 50 years to reach. On April 1, the Savannah, Georgia, company recorded its 700th city-to-city speed record following a flight from Taipei, Taiwan, to Miami.

GE Aerospace said its Catalyst turboprop engine received FAA certification following a validation program that included more than 190 component tests on more than 23 engines. For its first commercial use, the Catalyst is slated to power the Beechcraft Denali turbine single, which Textron Aviation expects to earn certification in 2025.

Have you ever gazed down a row of airport hangars and wondered how many of them might be empty and potentially available for overnight parking? Altaport, an airport services company, said many airports have such space, and has developed a platform that transient pilots can use to find and book short-term aircraft storage.

President Donald Trump’s second term in office marks the return of temporary flight restrictions over Bedminster, New Jersey, where Trump owns a golf resort, and his private club and residence in Palm Beach, Florida.

Former SpaceX engineer Nikita Ermoshkin co-founded Airhart Aeronautics to develop a simplified control system that he hopes will boost interest in general aviation by making airplanes easier to fly. He showed his prototype aircraft to the public during an aerospace celebration September 22 at Santa Monica Municipal Airport.