Airbus has recently completed a tour of the Asian market with its new A350 XWB jetliner. The 11-day demonstration tour was performed ahead of the first customer delivery, planned before year-end.

NASA has produced an interactive computer simulation which allows virtual explorers of all ages to dock the space shuttle at the International Space Station, experience a virtual trip to Mars or a lunar impact, and explore images of star formations taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

We're concerned that this scenario may become all too common as small UAVs become more popular in the U.S.

Azul Brazilian Airlines has signed a purchase agreement for 35 A320neo Family aircraft. The airline, which is also leasing another 28 A320neo aircraft, has chosen the A320neo Family to carry out domestic long haul flights and high density routes, including Campinas – Salvador and Campinas – Recife.

A woman boarding a US Airways Flight the Wednesday before Thanksgiving was asked to leave the flight when the pig she brought on board as an emotional-support animal exhibited disorderly behavior, according to the fight crew.

Six instructors have received for the first time or renewed their Master Instructor designation in the month of November.

For three decades the exclamation point that ended every successful Space Shuttle mission was “Wheels Stop!” Many of you reading this may only associate that term with the successful conclusion of a United States human space mission. Yet those of us who grew up in the era of Apollo know a much older term; “Splashdown!”

Hartzell Propeller and Quest Aircraft have entered into a five-year agreement for the supply of Hartzell props for the Quest Kodiak turboprop aircraft.

Boeing and Ryanair have finalized an order for 100 737 MAX 200s, valued at $11 billion at current list prices. The order, originally announced as a commitment in September, includes options for 100 additional 737 MAX 200 airplanes, and makes the Irish low-cost carrier the launch customer for the newest member of the 737 MAX family of airplanes.

The FAA is aware of an accident report involving an Alexander Schleicher Model ASW-19 glider. There are indications that the battery and retention bracket had separated from the battery retention tray and may have struck the pilot.

The pilot of a Cessna 182 aircraft that landed on an under-construction busway in West Hartford, CT Saturday afternoon walked away uninjured from the forced landing, but his airplane was badly damaged.

Lufthansa pilots who are members of the German pilots' union VC staged a two-day strike December first and second, leading to the cancellation of about 1,000 flights as the month began.

Boxell Aerospace recently completed the purchase of  2.8 acres in Charleston county for the purpose of building a new, state-of-the-art headquarters and expanded FAA Part 145 Repair Station. The facility will replace Boxell's current headquarters and repair station in West Ashley and relocate core activities to within one-half mile of Boeing South Carolina 787 Final Assembly and Charleston International Airport (CHS).  It will serve as an adjunct to the company’s facilities on-site at CHS.

Max Lyons, owner of Hillsboro Aviation, has sold one of the company's three core business groups, the flight training division, to Renovus Capital Partners and Graycliff Partners. Under Mr. Lyons’ ownership, Hillsboro Aviation will continue to operate its charter and sales and service divisions with an enhanced focus on charter services, aircraft sales, MRO, avionics services and parts sales.

The NTSB has released a probable cause report from an accident involving a Pilatus PC12 airplane that was flying from the Bahamas to Kansas. A family of six people, including four children, were fatally injured in the accident.

Mountain Aviation has cemented their relationship with Eliot Brown, owner of JetProp Commander N840SE based in Telluride, Colorado.

Shortcomings in design and certification ultimately led to the fire in a lithium-ion battery installed on a Boeing 787 jetliner that had just completed an intercontinental flight to Boston, the NTSB determined in its final report on the incident, which was released Monday.

This SAFO serves to raise awareness of aircraft misconfigurations on takeoff with an emphasis on flap position.

AgustaWestland's new generation AW189 super medium twin engine helicopter has completed a demonstration tour in the North Sea. The tour was deemed a success with more than 60 attendees from leading oil & gas companies, operators and helicopter associations, taking the opportunity to assess the AW189’s outstanding capabilities.

If you flew on a commercial airliner over the Thanksgiving holiday, be thankful that you didn't have to depart from Midway Airport in Chicago ... unless you actually were one of the people that was in a TSA security line that was measured at over a mile long Sunday morning.

Momentum Aviation Holdings, Inc. has acquired Carpenter Avionics, Inc., an award-winning, privately held aviation services company based in the Nashville area.

<strong>&ldquo;The investigation identified deficiencies in the design and certification processes that should have prevented an outcome like this.&rdquo;</strong> <strong>Source:</strong> NTSB Acting Chairman Christopher A. Hart.

Any locality either on land, water, or structures, including airports/heliports and intermediate landing fields, which is used, or intended to be used, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.