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Airplane News Update

by Pilot Institute

Join us each week as we cover the latest airplane industry news. From general aviation to the airlines (and everything in between), this show is the easiest way to stay informed.

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Airplane News: FAA Reauthorization, Vitol Disputes NATA Claim, and Lawsuit Against the FAA

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, and this week we have 3 stories for you; FAA Reauthorization appears close, Vitol disputes NATA Claim, and a class ac

May 4 2024
3 min

Airplane News: Mental Health Recommendations, NTSB on Dust Devils, Controllers Help Identify Hypoxia

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, and this week we have 3 stories for you; Mental Health Committee issues recommendations, NTSB Warns of Dust devils, C

Apr 7 2024
3 min

Airplane News: Boom Supersonic XB-1, Boeing Management Changes, and United Under FAA Scrutiny

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, and this week we have 3 stories for you; Boom Supersonic XB-1 First Flight, Boeing Upper Management Changes, and Unit

Mar 30 2024
2 min

Airplane News: FAA Sun n Fun Study, New WindRunner Aircraft, Boeing Issues Safety Advisory

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, and this week we have 3 stories for you; FAA recruiting pilots for Sun N Fun Study, new aircraft designed to carry wi

Mar 23 2024
2 min

Airplane News: Tax Hike For Business Jets, 787 Troubles, and United Loses Tire After Take Off

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, and this week we have 3 stories for you; proposed tax hike for business jets, 787 troubles, and United loses tire aft

Mar 16 2024
2 min

Airplane News: FAA Authorization, Boulder Airport, Finalists for Air Races, & American's New Jets

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, and this week we have 4 stories for you; FAA authorization extended again, Residents Defend Boulder Municipal airport

Mar 9 2024
3 min

Airplane News: First Hydrogen Electric Cell, Bonanzas & Barons Paused, EAA Wants Piper AD Rescinded

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, and this week we have 3 stories for you; First hydrogen electric fuel cell airplane in France, Textron pauses orders

Mar 2 2024
2 min

Airplane News: FAA Reauthorization Act, Crash Landing on Freeway, and Joby Part 145 Maint. Cert.

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, and this week we have 3 stories for you; FAA Reauthorization Act progresses, Challenger crash landing on FL Freeway,

Feb 17 2024
3 min

Airplane News: Crash, Piper M700 Fury, Retirement Age, Analog NAVAIDs, and 25 Hr CVR

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, and this week we have 5 stories for you; small airplane crash, New Piper M700 Fury, FAA tells congress not to increas

Feb 10 2024
5 min

Airplane News: Top Secret Announcement, Max 9 Flies, Mark Baker Steps Down, & Amelia Earhart’s Plane

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, and this week we have 4 stories for you; Pilot Institute Community, Max 9 flies again, Mark Baker steps down from AOP

Feb 5 2024
5 min

Airplane News: Atlas 747 Engine Fire, Zenith Aircraft Workshops, Comments on MOSAIC, and Three Years

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, and this week we have 4 stories for you; Atlas 747 Engine Fire, Zenith Aircraft Workshops, Comments on MOSAIC, and Th

Jan 27 2024
3 min

Airplane News: Phillips Pauses Unleaded, Ural A320, JetBlue & Spirit Merger, and a Balloon Crash

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, and this week we have 4 stories for you; Phillips 66 pauses unleaded testing, Ural Airlines won’t fly A320 from field

Jan 20 2024
3 min

Airplane News: 737 Max 9 Loses Door in Flight, NASA to Release X59, and New Cirrus G7 Series.

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, and this week we have 3 stories for you; 737 Max 9 loses plug door in flight, NASA to release X59 this week, and the

Jan 13 2024
4 min

Airplane News: Japan Airlines A350 Crashes Into Dash-8, Robinson R44 Hits Drone, Man Dies in Engine

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, and this week we have 3 stories for you; Japan Airlines A350 crashes into Dash-8 at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, Robinson

Jan 6 2024
3 min

Airplane News: CA Airports and Pb Fuel, NTSB Final for Tail Strike, EAA Jet Teams, PI Update!

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, and this week we have 4 stories for you; More California Airports try to ditch leaded fuel, NTSB final for Jet Blue A

Dec 23 2023
5 min

Airplane News: Piper Club Says AD is Flawed, GPS Spoofing Traced, and a Passenger Jumps From a 737

First up this week is the proposed Piper AD. If you’re unfamiliar with the proposed AD, there were two incidents in Alaska where the rudder on Piper aircraft failed and b

Dec 2 2023
3 min

Airplane News: FedEx and UPS reducing pilot numbers, Man gets 15 months for pointing laser at helicopter, Women hurt after scale B29 hits golf cart, and a pilot who survived a crash in the Everglades.

First up this week is FedEx and UPS, who both seem to have too many pilots.  FedEx and UPS have advised pilots to take severance offers and move to American Airlines sub

Nov 11 2023
4 min

Airplane News: Threat to Shoot Captain, Aircraft Damage by Student, and Attempt to Ban Touch and Gos

First up this week in your “Don’t be that guy” news update is a first officer for an airline who threatened to shoot the captain over a diversion. Jonathan J Dunn is an a

Nov 4 2023
4 min

Airplane News: Homebuilt Accidents down, Balloon Crash Due to Gunfire, FAA Nominee, and EPA on 100LL

First up this week is the EAA who says amateur-built fatal accidents are down 28% this year when compared to pervious years. This is down from 39 fatal accidents between

Oct 21 2023
4 min

Airplane News: NEW! Cirrus SR10, Reno Air Race Mid-Air, and Joby's New $500M Production Facility

Welcome to your weekly General Aviation news update, we have 3 stories for you; Cirrus SR10, A Mid-air at the Reno Air Races, and Joey, who has announced the location of

Sep 23 2023
2 min

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