On 11 November, Boeing claimed its 737 MAX jets could be flying again by January 2020 as safety checks on the aircraft's flight software reach completion

Ryanair has withdrawn three of its 737-800 aircraft from service after discovering cracks between the aircraft's fuselage and wing

After a two-week surprise shutdown from 11 November reported in the January edition of Pilot magazine, Mooney Aircraft has reopened its Kerrville, Texas main manufacturing facility, but it is not clear if the entire workforce has been reinstated or just the production line workers

The first two of 100 Tecnam P2012 Travellers ordered by US operator and launch customer Cape Air arrived in the USA at the beginning of October after a 4,000nm ferry flight

Coventry University is researching Loss of Control In Flight (LOC-I) and is looking for a further batch of ATPL volunteers with FBW experience for Phase II of its programme

Embraer's new Praetor 500 business jet was granted FAA and EASA certification at the end of September

It is with great sadness we must report the death of Mike Jerram, Pilot magazine's longest serving contributor and editor

London-based Colibri Aircraft, which specialises in the marketing, resale and purchase of private aircraft, estimates that between now and 2038 the UK will need to find around 2,500 new business aviation pilots to meet growing demand for private air transport

Raisbeck Engineering has introduced a new 96in diameter composite five-blade swept propeller for Beechcraft King Air 200/B200/B200GT series aircraft

At October's National Business Aviation Convention in Las Vegas, Textron Aviation reported a delay in the development schedule of its Cessna Denali single-engine turboprop, which had been expected to make its first flight before year's end

Bye Aerospace Chief Executive Officer George E Bye reports further progress with the eFlyer 2 prototype's flight test programme

For publication in the January edition of Pilot magazine, please send details of events you are running from 9 December 2019 up to end April 2020 to philip.whiteman@archant.co.uk

Pilatus unveiled a new PC-12 NGX model at October's NBAA Convention, and had the first production aircraft on display at North Las Vegas Airport

David Cockburn has been appointed the new Head of Training for the LAA's flagship Pilot Coaching Scheme

The programme will explore the current threat posed by hostile drones and how this is likely to evolve in future, in addition to evaluating a range of technologies that could form a future RAF counter-drone capability

In September Airbus Helicopters delivered its 1,000th H215 Super Puma, and Leonardo handed over the 1,000th production AW139

Autoland autonomous flight technology is designed to land an aircraft when the pilot cannot

Air Race E will be attending the Dubai Air Show from November 17-21 in association with Official Founding Partner Airbus

The Swiss team of Laurent Sciboz and Nicolas Tieche took victory in the 63rd Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett, The FAI World Long¬distance Gas Balloon Championship

Initially selling popular and affordable aircraft lights, the company has moved into helipads and runways. As a test bed for the new state-of-the-art LED runway lights, Smooth installed runway lighting at Sleap Airfield (EGCV) on runway 18/36

There's something brewing at the airport… quite literally at Munich Airport, where 9 September marked the twentieth anniversary of Airbräu, the restaurant which boasts the world's only airport brewery

Farnborough Airport has been acquired by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) from a consortium of private investors

Airbus Helicopters' new H145 reached new heights in late September when it landed on the Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Southern Hemisphere, at an altitude of 22,840ft

The implementation date for the UK Civil Aviation Authority's (CAA) new decision-making process for Planned Permanent Redistribution (PPR) proposals has been postponed from 1 November 2019 until 1 February 2020

The work of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation has been recognised in the Queen's Speech, with the Government announcing that reform of UK airspace is one of its top priorities

James Ketchell, who describes himself as "a serial adventurer", arrived back at Popham Airfield on 22 September at the end of a circumnavigation of the world in his Magni M16C

Calls for restrictions to passenger flights in WWII aircraft follow fatal B-17 accident in Connecticut

Do you have an ILAFFT (I learned about flying from that) story to tell? We're running short

Tecnam, in collaboration with XtraPower, has launched a dry leasing programme for its aircraft for periods of two, three or five years

Sichuan Dahua General Aircraft Manufacturing Company of China has successfully acquired the entire assets of leading European gyrocopter company, ArrowCopter