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General Aviation

Comprehensive coverage of general aviation, featuring analysis, investigations, trackers, and expert commentary from the Tailwind Times editorial team.

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General Aviation

The Business Jet Market Is Planning For 9600 New Aircraft. India's Problem Is The Operating Ecosystem.

Aviation Desk|16 Oct 20265 min

General AviationPrivate & Charter

When An Airline Cannot Get There, A Small Aircraft Often Can.

Aviation Desk | 13 Oct 2026 · 01:53

General AviationGA Aircraft & Pricing

Two Falcon 10Xs Are Now Flying, Whether Market Needs Bigger Private Jet Or More Useful One.

Aviation Desk | 10 Oct 2026 · 05:42

General AviationPrivate & Charter

The Private Jet Customer Is Changing To AI Founders and Employees

Aviation Desk | 9 Oct 2026 · 05:29

General AviationGA Safety

The Missing Medevac Is About Regulation & Safety

Aviation Desk | 6 Oct 2026 · 05:15

General AviationFlight Training

HAL Takes Over HATSOFF As CAE Exists

Aviation Desk | 5 Oct 2026 · 04:14

HAL’s decision to take full ownership of HATSOFF Helicopter Training is a small transaction with a larger strategic implication: India’s state aircraft maker wants helicopter training to sit closer to its own military and civil rotorcraft ambitions. CAE’s exit, at no cash consideration, suggests that the Canadian simulator specialist no longer sees enough value in remaining a co-owner, even if its technology and expertise may remain relevant to the Indian market.

General AviationGA Safety

The Missing Medical Jet Off Nantucket

Aviation Desk | 4 Oct 2026 · 06:56

For Bermuda, an island of 64,000 people without the full range of mainland specialist care, an air ambulance is not an exotic service. It is part of the medical system’s bridge to North America. Early on October 3rd, one of those bridges disappeared into the Atlantic.

General AviationGA Safety

Elixir Grounds Its Whole Light-Aircraft Fleet

Aviation Desk | 4 Oct 2026 · 06:03

General AviationFlight Training

India's Pilots Actually In Numbers, And Shortage

Aviation Desk | 4 Oct 2026 · 05:18

General AviationGA Aircraft & Pricing

The FAA Ends Single-Pilot Flying For Certain Citation Jets

Aviation Desk | 30 Sept 2026 · 04:55

General AviationFlight Training

India Has Ordered Aircraft But To Keep Them Afloat Is A Measured Task

Aviation Desk | 29 Sept 2026 · 02:40

General AviationGA Safety

Without An Approach A Helipad Is Just A Photograph

Aviation Desk | 28 Sept 2026 · 05:46

General AviationGA Safety

Smoke In The Cockpit, The Flight Lands Safely

Aviation Desk | 27 Sept 2026 · 05:25

General AviationGA Safety

The Plug Before The Propeller is What Hybrid-Electric Aviation Wants

Aviation Desk | 27 Sept 2026 · 05:12

General AviationGA Safety

Samaritan Aviation A Nonprofit Medevac Has Its Own MRO

Aviation Desk | 26 Sept 2026 · 05:13

General AviationGA Safety

Whether Pilots In Pressurized Aircraft Wear An Oxygen Mask?

Aviation Desk | 25 Sept 2026 · 06:32

General AviationGA Aircraft & Pricing

Electra's Heliport Flights Challenge The Runway Assumption

Aviation Desk | 24 Sept 2026 · 06:18

General AviationGA Safety

What A Small Airport Loses Before It Loses The Flight

Aviation Desk | 24 Sept 2026 · 05:31

General AviationFlight Training

Who Pays For A Pilot's First 1500 Hours?

Aviation Desk | 24 Sept 2026 · 05:15

General AviationGA Safety

The Pilots Flying Directly Into Fire

Aviation Desk | 23 Sept 2026 · 06:43

General AviationGA Safety

The Glider Collision Nobody Could Hear Coming

Aviation Desk | 23 Sept 2026 · 06:38

General AviationGA Aircraft & Pricing

HAL Hands Pawan Hans New Dhruv Helicopters. Can India Turn An Indigenous Platform Into A Reliable Civil-Service Workhorse?

Aviation Desk | 18 Sept 2026 · 07:12

General AviationFlight Training

India Has Grounded Flight Schools For BRICS, Closed Pilot-Training Pipeline

Aviation Desk | 11 Sept 2026 · 06:44

General AviationGA Aircraft & Pricing

Honda Builds Flying Machines The Old Way. It Flies Them First Before It Sells The Story.

Aviation Desk | 1 Sept 2026 · 04:28

General AviationGA Safety

18600 Feet: Why India's Most Important Aviation Network Has No Runways

Aviation Desk | 30 Aug 2026 · 05:24

General AviationPrivate & Charter

Brisbane Is Building An Airport Hospital Without Beds

Aviation Desk | 22 Aug 2026 · 08:37

General AviationGA Safety

A Remote Aviation Charter Crashed Near An Arctic Radar Station

Aviation Desk | 21 Aug 2026 · 05:37

General AviationPrivate & Charter

Pilots Accepted Tracking For Safety, It Is Now Becoming A Tax Meter

Aviation Desk | 21 Aug 2026 · 02:46

General AviationGA Safety

Forget Air Taxis: The First eVTOL Business Case May Be Reaching Patients Before Ambulances Can

Aviation Desk | 20 Aug 2026 · 04:04

General AviationPrivate & Charter

Genius : After The Airlines Leave, Vizag Airport Could Be India’s Most Strategic General-Aviation Base?

Aviation Desk | 18 Aug 2026 · 02:46

General AviationGA Safety

Germany's Retired Military Aircraft Deployed For Firefighting

Aviation Desk | 17 Aug 2026 · 04:49

General AviationPrivate & Charter

DHL Is Drawing a New Cargo Line Across the Mekong

Aviation Desk | 11 Aug 2026 · 06:16

General AviationFlight Training

A Trainee Walked Away from a Baramati Crash. India Should Not Walk Away from the Question It Raises

Aviation Desk | 9 Aug 2026 · 14:00

General AviationPrivate & Charter

Islander Reboot: The Classic Short-Haul Workhorse Returns

Aviation Desk | 6 Aug 2026 · 04:44

General AviationGA Safety

Photo: GA aircraft / GMR

DGCA Puts Ageing Charter Aircraft Under Public Scrutiny

Aviation Desk | 5 Aug 2026 · 03:07

General AviationPrivate & Charter

While Airlines Reroute Around the Gulf, Private Jets Are Moving In

Aviation Desk | 2 Aug 2026 · 08:28

General AviationFlight Training

India’s Pilot Shortage Won't Be Solved By Weakening Safety & Fatigue Rules Says ALPA

Aviation Desk | 30 Jul 2026 · 07:43

General AviationGA Safety

China’s 'Low-Altitude Economy' Meets Hard Regulatory Reality

Aviation Desk | 26 Jul 2026 · 10:05

General AviationFlight Training

FAA’s Santa Monica Recertification A Two-Year Revocation Quietly Reversed-What India’s DGCA Could Consider

Aviation Desk | 24 Jul 2026 · 07:00

General AviationGA Safety

China's 'Low-Altitude Economy' Hits Its First Regulatory Speed Bump-Restriction On Low Altitude Aviation

Aviation Desk | 24 Jul 2026 · 04:16

General AviationFlight Training

DGCA Bars South Asia’s Largest Flight School for a Full Year-And It Has Happened Before

Aviation Desk | 23 Jul 2026 · 04:18

General AviationPrivate & Charter

TransMedics’ Organ-Logistics Air Network Expands to Europe With PAD Aviation Partnership

Aviation Desk | 20 Jul 2026 · 04:51

General AviationPrivate & Charter

Siam Seaplane’s Bangkok Base Thailand’s Last-Mile Aviation Network Nobody Is Covering

Aviation Desk | 20 Jul 2026 · 03:59

General AviationPrivate & Charter

Jetbay’s Fixed-Price Charter Disruption: A Singapore Platform Challenges Europe’s Membership-Deposit Model

Aviation Desk | 19 Jul 2026 · 07:28

General AviationGA Aircraft & Pricing

India’s 700+ Airstrips: From Sunk Cost To A Real General Aviation Network

Aviation Desk | 14 Jul 2026 · 07:07

General AviationGA Safety

India’s Helicopter Industry: Big, Busy, And Serious Safety Flags

Aviation Desk | 13 Jul 2026 · 12:57

General AviationGA Aircraft & Pricing

India’s New Status Symbol in the Sky: Why UHNW Families Are Buying Cirrus SR22s Over Airline Tickets

Aviation Desk | 11 Jul 2026 · 10:18

General AviationPrivate & Charter

Seaplanes: Why is India's 16 Approved Water Aerodromes Still Have Zero Flights?

Aviation Desk | 10 Jul 2026 · 09:21

General AviationGA Safety

When the Flight Instructor Jumps out of Aircraft: What it Tells About Training and Mental Health

Aviation Desk | 9 Jul 2026 · 06:42

General AviationGA Safety

China Shuts Its Entire Airspace For General Aviation After A Light Sport Plane Hits Skyscrapper

Aviation Desk | 6 Jul 2026 · 06:15