For the first time in over a decade, restored Air North DC-3 takes flight
The vintage plane, dubbed Yukon Sourdough, was restored by aviation enthusiasts The restored Air North DC-3 in a hangar in Hagerstown, Maryland. (Air North DC-3…
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Airbus Completes Assembly of First Future Wing Prototype
Project proves key wing-manufacturing industrial system targets. Airbus’ transnational R&T program – Wing of Tomorrow – has successfully delivered a first full-size wing prototype or…
Aerospace Needs Top Talent To Achieve Green Future
Aerospace and defense companies need to urgently recalibrate their approach to recruiting and retaining skilled employees or risk a worsening brain drain with talent gravitating…
Boom Supersonic Unveils New Design for Their 1300 mph Airliner, It’s Quiet and Sustainable
The airline industry has been lacking true innovation for a few decades now, with impressive innovations like the Concorde, ending up in failure. Well, Boom…
“Honey, I Shrunk the Plane” Award Goes to Austrian Man Who Built an A-380 in 1,700 Hours
Everything is relative. If we told you that we came across a plane that is both huge and small at the same time, what would…
Aviation sector faces hiring headache as mechanics shortage looms
MONTREAL/BENGALURU (Reuters) – Christophe Gagnon considered quitting his avionics studies as COVID-19 crippled aviation, but the 21-year-old stayed in class and now the industry is…
Lancaster bomber restoration nearing completion in Windsor, Ont.
Don Christopher, president of the Canadian Aviation Museum in Windsor, stands next to the restored front section of the Lancaster bomber. (Dale Molnar/CBC) The restoration of…
Vancouver Island company retrofits Boeing 737 into firefighting plane
A well-known aviation company in Port Alberni, B.C., has reached a new height and hosted a celebration on Monday to mark the event. Coulson Aviation…
Aviation’s Electric Dreams Fast Approach Reality
When the last Farnborough International Airshow took place four years ago, the aviation industry focused more on the concept of a more-electric aircraft than the…
Aviation Maintenance program receives FAA certification
CONTACT: SUSAN TAMS, DIRECTOR OF EDITORIAL SERVICES, 304-746-2038 Marshall University and Mountwest Community and Technical College’s Aviation Maintenance Technology program received its formal FAA certification…