General Aviation News

The Insider: An 840-seat airplane? Airbus has one in the works

Airbus offer Barack Obama new Air Force One aeroplane

A320 ditching reignites debate about training pilots for landing on water

New simulator tests flight students

Backup System Helped Pilot Control Jet

Fond goodbyes to queen of Aussie skies

Pratt & Whitney's engines power new Joint STARS aircraft

How planes can stay afloat

Bombardier’s New Jet Hit Amid Boeing, Airbus Delays

'Mono Tiltrotor' Combines Helicopter, Airplane and UFO

A400M Problems Range Far Beyond Engines

FS2004 / FSX »

FTX Australia screenshots


The End for Microsoft Flight Simulator?



Civil Aviation News


Spectrum Aero CEO Receives Aviation Entrepreneur Of The Year Award

Great expectations for alternative fuels in 2009

MAPS facility honors aviation couple

Airbus A380 is a mixed blessing for LAX

NoiseBuster(R) Attenuates Aircraft Engin...celing Brands

Ditched A320 crew had full hydraulics and electrical systems

EADS says won't bid for Air Force One replacement

Airbus's A400M May Face Design Overhaul To Meet Performance Targets

Production on Boeing 787 Dreamliners Resumes with Fifth Flight-Test Aircraft

New rules sought for news copters

Boeing working on 787 again

FS2004 / FSX »

The SimHQ February 2009 Calendars are here!

Section F8 F-86 Freeware

VRS FA-18E Superbug SP1 Released

Wings of Power P-47 Video

Southwest Airlines tests aircraft-to-satellite technology

Airbus unveils plans for bunk beds

Airbus A380 VIP Saloon, the perfect airborne playground for the super-rich

FS2004 / FSX »


Online Petition to Microsoft to save Flight Sim XI

Dornier Do-27 from Digital Aviation

Ians Airifelds, WW2 for FSX

Want Someplace To Fly That Hellcat?

New simTECH Promo Rata-16

Yakolev Yak-15 Jet Fighter For FS

TSA security plan worries aircraft owners in Alaska

ASTM Committee on Light Sport Aircraft to meet in Germany

New Aircraft Assembly And Maintenance System Will Enhance Reliability

FS2004 / FSX »

Wyvern Carrier Ops
Westland Wyvern

New Technology May Prevent Bird Strikes

FS2004 / FSX »

Finally can do real VFR Flight Planning in FS2004
Screenshots Thread - Give Us Your Best Shot

Blue Angels crash artifacts found 50 years later
Addressing Aviation's Under-the-Radar Threat
A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport Product...Tanker Aircraft
Russia further delays Superjet delivery to Aeroflot
Boeing Ships Next-Generation Weather Satellite GOES-O to Launch Site
Fuel-system faults raise fears of A380 design flaws
Global Opposition Movement Challenges JSF
Russian Jet Fighters: Formidable Opponents of Western Technology

UPDATE 3-Boeing says it still aims for 787 delivery in 2010
Bombardier Bid to Rival Boeing, Airbus Buoyed by Lufthansa Deal
Boeing Hardware To Bring ISS To Full Potential
China's first helicopter club to take off

FS2004 / FSX »

Iris Simulations has released an awesome Vulcan
Screenshots Thread - Give Us Your Best Shot!
FSPassengersX

WASPs finally getting their due
Boeing Unveils New International F-15 Configuration
NASA Downplays Threat Of More Debris Heading Towards ISS
US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team Kicks Off 50th Anniversary Celebration
As travel declines, aircraft 'boneyard' in Victorville fills up
Raytheon unveils missile decoy
Emirates Slams Airbus on A380 Defects
Japan gets helicopter carrier

FAA Sets Immediate Fixes for Some Sikorsky Helicopters
First CAAC Simulator enters into service at Hua-Ou Aviation Training Centre
Boeing 747-8 Engine Flight Tests Begin
Boeing touts its laser program
Northrop Grumman Urges Missile Defense Focus On Early Engagement, Strategic Flexibility
Oh's No's! Real Ray Guns Coming Soon!
Marine Makes Debut Flight in Joint Strike Fighter

Army, ARINC to supply Russian-made helicopters and avionics to Iraq military
Gulfstream Receives FAA Approval to Use Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Contract (ADS-C)
Navy orders jet engines [F414] from GE Aviation
3rd Boeing C-130 AMP Aircraft Flies with GE's New Avionics Systems
European Military Plane [A400M] Faces Even More Delays
Bombardier C Series Aircraft
Veteran remembers war
Chinese pilot gets top honors for saving faulty jet fighter
President Medvedev takes to the air after Putin
FlightStunts for iPhone

Couple leave from Lantana airport on trip to see the world
A Wing and a Prayer: Safety Concerns Over Red Bull's 55-Year Old Seaplane
AeroVironment's Raven Small Unmanned Air... with U.S. Army
Garmin(R) Avionics Selected for the Cirrus Vision Personal Jet
Questions swirl about new aircraft catapult systems for next carrier
Online help for aviation-job seekers
Boeing, Airbus: downturn won't slow biofuel plans
Airbus in Discussion With DoD To Provide An A380 To Fly As New 'Pelosi One'
‘National Toilets’ Complicate Life in Space
Stephen Colbert Challenges NASA Over Node Name
NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis at Launch Pad for Hubble Mission
Virginia Fireball Was Likely Meteor, Not Rocket

Extreme training at 30,000 feet
Vintage aircraft takes World War II vet across North Texas, back in time

Taking flight: Muskegon airport site of helicopter research aimed at reducing ice buildup

Suicide-by-fighter-jet effort comes up short
Rare Spitfire will be auctioned
Aircraft hit birds 62% more since '90s
Lockheed Martin's Proven C-130J Super Hercules Strengthens Airlift in Europe Next to go: New presidential helicopters, more F-22s, missile defense spending.
Helicopter company rushes to fix safety glitch for Canada's military fleet
Scientists Race to Prevent 'Catastrophic Disaster' in Space
Space tourist, crewmates set for April 8 landing
Astronauts Would Live in Space Module 'Colbert'

George Lucas’s Other War Gets Under Way in ‘Red Tails’

NATO aviation drills begin in Baltics

Pilot of Stolen Cessna Wanted U.S. Fighter Jets to Shoot Him Down

Uncertain future for Lockheed helicopter program

Dr Who link to UFO sighting rise

Russian space capsule lands safely with 3 aboard

Lost in Space: Months After Obama's Inauguration, NASA Is Still Without a Chief

North Korea space programme OK after denuclearisation: Japan

INSIDE WASHINGTON: NASA safety survey a mystery

Embry-Riddle Offers Aviation/Aerospace Summer Programs for Teens

A400M Customers To Have 3 Months To Renegotiate Contract

Miami phasing in air-traffic innovation

F-22: 187 Raptors is NOT Enough!

Marking 50 years of space flight

Sikorsky eyes helicopter speed record

Passenger helps land King Air following midair tragedy

Fly the Goodyear blimp

A zeppelin soars over Silicon Valley

World War II aircraft display offers once-in-a-lifetime flying experience

Saab Fails to Land Gripen Orders, Threatening Output

Costa Rican hotel opens Boeing 727 suite

Air Force Officials Agree on an Obama Cutback

Lockheed Martin Space Day

NASA mulls 2010 shuttle retirement plans

ATC tapes released in King Air "Easter miracle"

Embraer adds fourth aircraft in testing of Phenom 300 light jet

U.K. program teaches wounded vets to soar

NTSB: Light sport plane can break apart in flight

World fastest helicopter zooming to airfield west of West Palm Beach

FAA urged to ground type of small sports aircraft

Embraer Launches KC-390 Tactical Air Transport Program

Harrison Ford Drafted To Aid GA PR Program

Lawyer Praises NTSB's Action Against 'The Corvair Of The Air'

From Swordfish to sword holders – [UK] Naval Aviation puts on a show

China expands aviation training capacity

Scrapyard Spitfire up for auction

Helicopters to return to service

FAA to let unmanned aerial vehicles fly [in restricted airspace]

Fence plan for airport jackals - rules bar construction around runway

Old bomber at bottom

Probe follows model plane's near miss with Virgin Blue 737

Sikorsky Global Helicopters Delivers S-300C(TM) Helicopter to LD Aviation

Hackers stole data on Pentagon's newest fighter jet

Endangered whooping crane follows aircraft in unique migration

Predator C emerges to operate in 'higher threat environments'

Scrapyard Spitfire fetches £1.7m

Boeing nearly finished with 787's initial tests

Cessna SkyCatcher back in development program

Media continue to note GA's vital role

Officials: ATC networks could be vulnerable to cyber attacks

FAA Video Makes Case for Air Traffic Control Revamp

General Atomics unwraps new, Stealth(y) robot war-jet

Thunderbirds flying team takes Hampton by storm

Ukraine-Russia An-148 tenders for aircraft supply to squadron of Russian president's administration

Flight-deck-cleaning 'Zamboni' gives Navy aircraft carriers a cleaner wake

US Army Tests Helo Sniper

Errant plane causes brief White House lock down

Air collision fears slow expansion of US drone use

Women pilots kept planes moving on WWII homefront

Airports' reporting of bird strikes inconsistent

WWII Plane Recovered from Lake Michigan

Obama plane stunt startles city

Boeing P-8A Poseidon performs first flight

Northrop Grumman delivers SBIRS GEO-2 payload to Lockheed Martin

Dive bomber from World War II to be restored

Aviation Ventilation Expert Available to Speak About Swine Flu Spread on Airplanes

Lockheed Martin Delivers 50th C-5 AMP Aircraft

KC-10s keep Red Flag-Alaska aircraft fueled to fight

USAF officers slammed for pranging Predators on manual

Boeing B-17 carries wartime memories for former pilot

Spiffed-up 737 will let passengers stand tall at their seats

Boeing 787 advancing toward test flight by July 1

Museum opens Thunderbirds F-16 aircraft exhibit

L-3 Celebrates 200th Installation of Northrop Grumman-Built Aircraft Self-Protection System

U.S. 1 plant rolls out last F-5 Tiger

Budget Authorizes $2.5 Billion for NASA Shuttle Fleet

NASA's New Spaceship to Carry Fewer Astronauts

Sikorsky 'progressing' with X2 helicopter effort

US Army launches for review to shake up aviation programmes

Commuter Air launches its Stalker aircraft

Test Proves Raytheon KillerBee(R) Unmanned Aircraft System Can Be Recovered At Sea

Air Force, Navy Combine For Air Combat Skills Training

At 92, former WASP flies again in P-51 Mustang

Air traffic computers vulnerable to hackers, DOT finds

Hawker CEO speaks out on new models, industry outlook

NASA Focuses On Green Aviation Research

F.A.A. Rejects Navy Request for Low Flight Over Hudson

NASA shuttle blasts off on Hubble life-saving mission

NASA`s Spirit stuck in sand on Mars

Students Overcome Disabilities to Become Pilots

LEAP-X Engine Core Ready For Bench Testing

UK Commitment Provides Boost For Eurofighter

Aurora Flies Large Solar-Powered Aircraft

Cessna will maintain the civil aircraft speed crown

K-Max Unmanned Helicopter

Tianjin A320s take to the skies

Review: The NASA Northrop T-38

Wasting NO Time... Avidyne Delivers 1st Entegra Release 9/SR22 Installation

Astronauts ready to say goodbye to Hubble for good

Massachusetts pilot aims for one-day barnstorming record

May 21, 2009

Courtesy of ASB, The Horsemen present an excellent video entitled "Why We Love the Mustang"

http://www.airshowbuzz.com/videos/view.php?v=83f4f2ce

May 22, 2009

Feel like a little comedic relief? From our good friends at ASB, a tongue in cheek piece from 2007 entitled "QF-4 Phantom Demo Team"


http://www.airshowbuzz.com/videos/view.php?v=eeabb63b

P-40/Camp David Gets Visitors, Three GA Pilots See F-15s -- Up Close

India to buy Airbus MRTT tanker in a $1 billion deal

GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team Launches Path to Flight Test

JetAmerica: New airline ready to fly with $9 seats

Solar hybrid surveillance drone underway

India gets first AWACS

Boeing's KC-767 tankers added to "active" wing in Japan's AF

Boeing resurrects the B-52 (again)

Dangerous Russian space landing raises alarms at NASA

International Space Updates, May 2009

Northrop Grumman Completes Initial MP-RTIP Radar Performance Verification Flights

Northrop Grumman: A stealth path to growth

Atlantis to start KSC flight today

Lockheed May Sell Egypt 24 F-16 Jets

PDR Perfection For Lockheed Martin's GPS IIIA

Weed-based aircraft fuel offers many positives

JSF Refocusing On Test-Ready Aircraft

Futuristic aircraft may land in Hawaii

Atlantis begins journey home atop a 747

Teen pilot makes emergency landing

Court upholds Navy cancellation of A-12 aircraft

USAF Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft makes first flight

Continental Pilot Reports Missile Flying Near His Plane Over Texas

BUFFALO-CRASH WHISTLEBLOWER 'SILENCED'

Dauntless dive bomber will be recovered from depths of Lake Michigan

Horizon’s new fuel cells power stealthy aircraft

China ready to build its first aircraft carrier

Training the Top Guns of drone aircraft

Airbus Celebrates 40-Year Anniversary

American flight to test fuel saving by using direct GPS route

FAA Blasted Over Voluntary Safety Plan

Paris Air Show set to take off despite crisis

River landing the buzz at Flight 1549's NTSB hearing

Pilot saved by parachute

Global fighter aircraft market heats up

Rockwell Collins Pushes Acceptance of Unmanned Future

Fees Could Ground Charity Medical Flights

[Aviation] Solar Power Reaches for Higher Goals

Pentagon approves Northrop E-2 plane production

Air Tractor turns lowly crop-duster into tactical attack plane

Biofuel worked well in test flight, Continental says

US spy aircraft patrolling northern border

Bombardier: Once market calms, corporate aircraft to soar again

Flying the soldier

Airbus Delivers 1st China-Made Plane, to Raise Output

Experts: 787 delay shows difficulties with composite aircraft

Driving the friendly skies

For fliers of Aces High there is a new Beta version of the Game coming out.

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,267399.0.html

Solar-powered aircraft spread wings

Aerosoft may design new sim to replace FSX

Aurora Demonstrates Autonomous Landings on General Aviation Aircraft

U.K. Aircraft Carrier Program Is About $1.7 Billion Over Budget

After Delays, Boeing 787 Customers Want New Delivery Update

V-22 Osprey aircraft underperformed in Iraq-report

ISU aviation team takes top collegiate honors in national air race

Boeing Wins $750M to Support the B-52H Fleet

Cobra Helicopters To Get New Target Sight System

X-Plane 9.31 has moved from beta to final!

The list of fixes & improvements is enormous!

Hi guys
I saw a post the other day about people wondering about flight sim shows in the uk
We at the FSC Weston had our first show on the 16th 17th May this year at the helicopter museum weston super mare, we have been invited back after a successful show with 902 people that came through the doors,
I am not here to advertise but here to share with each and every one of you, our FSC Weston.
Please let me know if its ok to post some more info about the show and look forward to seeing you next year
Kind Regards
Simon Tolley
S.T.Aviation

The Electric Airplane

Aviation-Themed [P-51] Ford Mustang AV-X10 "Dearborn Doll" Boasts 550 hp

Feds: Learjet should change design after SC crash

Cradle of Aviation hosts Grumman lander vets

Wings of Freedom Tours

Hello again
The website for the last show was www.flightsim2009.com
The 2010 show can be found here www.fscweston.co.uk
Cheers
Simon

Unmanned Predator Lands at EAA

Aviation 101: What is Nextgen?

Largest Gathering of Airplanes In the World Starts Monday

Boeing Says 787 Still Profitable, To Update Program In 3Q

Museum wants to restore [sunken] WWII plane

US Airways Jumps Into Wi-Fi Game

Amelia Earhart Mystery Solved? 'Investigation Junkies' to Launch New Expedition

Ed White, Jimmy Stewart inducted in Aviation Hall

Aero-TV At Oshkosh 2009: Carter Aviation - Personal Air Vehicle Prototype

Cessna SkyCatcher completes ASTM compliance

First flapping, two-winged aircraft takes flight

Air and space museum opens in Germany

FAA Announces OCAS as the First Audio Vi...tional Airspace

New NATO cargo aircraft inaugurated in Hungary

Pilots Re-enact First Powered Flight Over Channel

Garmin Flight-planning App Winging Its Way to the IPhone

Thrush Aircraft Selects GE Aviation's New H80 Engine

Final frontier: Crowd sees spaceship launcher fly

Historic warbirds fly high at EAA

An Electric Airplane With Room For Two

NTSB plan aims to shield planes from bird risks

A peek at aviation's future

How Not to Fly Straight and Level

Mini Helicopter Allows Solo Air Travel

Shadows Lengthen for the F-22 Raptor

Hudson River Crash Zone Is 'Major Leagues of Aviation'

Safety of Russian planes in Afghanistan questioned

Why We Need the F-22

First G.222 Aircraft for Afghanistan Airborne

Navy officials gather for Boeing P-8A Poseidon rollout

BlackShark patch

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/index.php?lang=en&end_pos=2364&scr=products

Why did I have to read this at another site? Slackers!

Passengers Stranded On A Plane Really Are Stuck

US military embraces robot 'revolution'

FlightSafety's Bombardier Q300 Aircraft ...Aviation Bureau

From Dreamliner to lost military deals, problems nag Boeing

This scenery was released over 2 years ago with a FS conversion. My video has been online since July 2007. take a look. Have not bothered to download the new one yet.

Canary Islands WMV video

Uploading HD version, should be online tomorrow.

Tennerife WMV 720P 713mb

Korea Aerospace Produces New Utility Helo

Boeing, U.S. Seen Winning WTO Case on European Aid to Airbus

F.A.A. Plans Changes in Hudson Flight Rules

Boeing Hangs GEnx-2B Engines on the 747-8 Freighter

Boeing Says Dreamliner To Fly By Year-End

F.A.A. Orders New Speed Indicators for Jets

Russia Plans To Buy French Helo-Carrying Warship

Ooh, that's going to get nasty. That opens an absolutely enormous can of worms.

AlphaSim has the U.S. F-4 Phantom packs/ UK Phantoms reavailable at their site. FS2004 only at this time.

Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy Sets World Aviation Records

Conference examines uses for unmanned aircraft in Alaska

Aircraft in Gulf to be tracked using satellites

New long-range strike aircraft still on Air Force's radar

Boeing: no big changes to 767, 777 for US tanker

Reno air racers keep aircraft changes under their hats

Bear Aircraft Launches The Bear 360 Aircraft

Russian Flight Training Program Orders 12 Cessna Skyhawks

Boeing vs. Airbus: The Tanker Battle Resumes

Sikorsky Aircraft Celebrates Donation of MH-53 PAVE LOW to Royal Air Force Museum

Airbus foresees demand for some 25,000 aircraft in the next 20 years

C-5 upgrade might not fly in Congress

Are Boeing and Airbus playing "rope-a-dope" on single-aisle? Comac C919

Click here to find out more! Greenspace ...viation biofuel

Historic Aviation Memorial Museum To Unveil Restored Skyraider Saturday

The Sweep Of Aviation History Is On Display In The Smithsonian's Virginia Museum

Airbus Planning To Set Up New Logistics Center In China

FAA System Tracks Aircraft Out Of Radar's Reach

Saab Wins Upgrade Contract For SK60 Training Aircraft

First Chinese-Made Cessna Takes Flight

FedEx takes first 777 freighter

Sikorsky Aircraft Unveils Enhancements for S-92(R) Helicopter

Alliances take center stage in U.S.-Japan aviation talks

New Rules Needed to Attract Better Pilots, Aviation Experts Tell Congress

13th Beijing Aviation Expo

FAA Finds Severe Safety Issues at O'Hare

New unmanned aircraft tested at Dugway

Boeing Starts Repairs on 787

Sikorsky Aircraft Recognizes CHC and MCA with Rescue Award

FAA Resumes Aircraft Kit Approvals

New Aircraft Design Puts Passengers Face-to-face in Rows for Budget Travel

New aircraft layout would have fliers 'packed in like sardines'

Swedish police criticized after helicopter heist

Canadian Helicopters loses contract with U.S. Air Force

Sikorsky plans to offer helicopter safety feature

IRIS Pro Series Christen Eagle for FSX available now.

Cascade Game Foundry Forges Ahead, Opens New Simulation Game Development Studio

Experimental Aircraft Association Mystified by Craft

Boeing asserts 787 on schedule for first flight this year news

Meet the MOP: The Massive Ordnance Penetrator

FlightSafety's Bell Helicopter Simulators and Training Programs

An Evolution in Glass -- Garmin's G3000 Turbine FlightDeck

GE Honda Reports Completion Of First HF120 Engine Run Test

Rethinking Flight Safety With Air Bags In Planes

DeTect Hosts Aviation Week Birdstrike Roundtable at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Pilots forget to land plane due to using laptops

[UK] Super aircraft carrier in doubt?

ICON Aircraft

Manned UAVs In Big Demand

Global Hawk UAV goes to work for NASA to monitor environmental conditions on Earth

Boeing Delays 747-8 Again, To Take $1B Charge

Outsourced Aircraft Repairs: What Do You Think?

Charting a new Course: Air Force sees culture shift as drone mission gains momentum

First A330-200F Freighter Preps For Initial Flight

Sound update pack for Aerosoft's F-16 Fighting Falcon

Tennessee aviation legend turns 100 [57.635.4 total hours!]

Combat Aviation's Gloomy Future

U.S.A.F. Open To Changes In Tanker RFP

'Amelia' film a disappointment for fans

Sikorsky Delivers First Aircraft With Polish-Built Cabin to U.S. Army

Shaw among F-35 finalists

Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Begins Producing First International F-35 Joint...

New ‘Aera’ for Garmin – Raising the Bar for GPS Portables

Air France Takes Delivery Of Its First Airbus A380

Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In Big November 2009 Newsletter

Last C-130E Hercules aircraft leave Ramstein

Pratt & Whitney: New Aircraft Engine Technology Is Here

AeroVironment's Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft System...

Continental Airlines' First Aircraft With Flat-Bed BusinessFirst Seats Takes to the Skies

Taiwan says China starts building first aircraft carrier

Supermodel Gisele Bündchen Working A Different Runway

Gisele Bündchen Passes Written Exam for Pilot's License

Airbus Freighter Makes Maiden Test Flight

Pratt & Whitney F135 Engine Completes Initial Service Release Altitude Qualification Test

Sikorsky Aircraft Delivers New VIP S-76C++(TM) Helicopter to U.K. Royal Household

CAE wins contracts for four full-flight simulators...

Backers unable to keep flight simulation firm in the air

CAE wins contracts for four full-flight simulators...

Northwest Plane That Flew Past Airport Out of Contact for Longer Than Reported,


Video Captures Military Jet Buzzing Santa Monica Pier

Boeing C-130 Avionics Modernization Program Receives Aviation Week Program Excellence Award

403rd Wing aircraft evacuate ahead of Ida