Police forces in the UK have been given the authority to land, inspect and seize drones that are being operated unsafely

US pilot Bill Harrelson and his Lancair IV unofficially broke the westbound round-the-world record in December

The Tech TP turboprop demonstrator, developed by Safran Helicopter Engines and twenty partner companies as part of the Clean Sky 2 European research programme, has achieved a fifteen per cent reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions compared to current turboprop units

The All-Party Parliamentary group on General Aviation (APPG-GA) has officially re-formed after a pause for the General Election

Proposals to increase options for training aircraft are among many other aspects of progress in GA regulation over the last few months that the CAA have been involved with

The Gyrocopter Experience Basingstoke, based at Popham Airfield in Hampshire, is delighted to announce that it has become the UK's first carbon-neutral gyroplane flight school

Textron, the parent company of Cessna, Hawker and Beechcraft, has announced that it will lay off 875 employees as part of a restructuring plan, the portal AVweb reports

In December, Canadian seaplane operator Harbour Air successfully trialled an electric six-passenger DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver seaplane powered by a 750hp (560kW) motor in place of the standard Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior

Virgin Galactic has kicked off its Astronaut Readiness Program to prepare future astronaut customers for their flights to space

The CAA are seeking to specify the minimum acceptable level of sophistication of noise modelling so to provide consistency across different groups of airports