Former Royal Air Force Chief of Staff Sir Stephen Hillier has been endorsed by lawmakers to become chairman of the UK Civil Aviation Authority.

Slovenia’s Pipistrel has received its first type certificate for an all-electric aircraft, with the Velis Electro two-seat trainer receiving CS-LSA certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

Start-up company KinectAir has launched an on-demand regional flight network in the Pacific Northwest, allowing customers to use a smartphone app to order a flight from their nearest airfield to anywhere within a 1,000-mi. radius, the company said.  

The U.S. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) has signed a purchase contract for 17 Cessna aircraft with Textron Aviation, including 11 Skyhawk 172S, five Skylane 182T and one Turbo Stationair HD T206HD aircraft. 

Leaders of 16 agricultural, business, rural and public health organizations are asking Congress to extend the same temporary fuel tax relief given to commercial aviation operators to noncommercial general aviation operators as well. 

Wisk, the urban air mobility joint venture between Kitty Hawk and Boeing, has resumed flight testing of its Cora all-electric autonomous air taxi in the U.S. and New Zealand.

Business aviation flight activity in May regained one-third of its losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with flight activity rising 84% from April figures, according to Argus International. 

Purdue University in Indiana has launched a professional flight program and will begin training students this fall.