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Stephen Pope

Video: Parade of Planes Takes to Streets of Palm Springs

Flying Aviation Expo got off to a successful start yesterday as more than 50 aircraft participated in the highly anticipated Parade of Planes from the Palm Springs International Airport to the convention center downtown. City streets were cordoned off as thousands lined the parade route to see the variety of general aviation airplanes participating in […]

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Garmin Introduces Lower-Priced ADS-B Gear

Garmin is using the stage at the Flying Aviation Expo in Palm Springs, California, to provide additional details about its latest ADS-B product, designed to meet the FAA’s 2020 equipment mandate for ADS-B Out while also displaying free weather and traffic wirelessly on iPads and other tablets. The newly announced GDL 84 system includes a […]

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Four Dead in King Air Crash into FlightSafety Wichita Learning Center

A Beechcraft King Air crashed into the FlightSafety Citation Learning Center at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport this morning, killing four people inside the building and injuring at least five others. The pilot of the King Air, who was the only person onboard, reported losing the left engine shortly after takeoff and radioed that he was returning […]

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Mounting an External Camera with a Suction Cup

By now we’ve seen plenty of inflight videos taken from vantage points outside the airplane after intrepid pilots affixed their GoPros and Garmin VIRBs externally, usually with a suction cup mount. Is this legal in the eyes of the FAA? Surprisingly, the answer is yes. But as is often the case, it’s a qualified yes. […]

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Special Air Traffic Procedures in Place for Flying Aviation Expo

In anticipation of the large number of aircraft flying into Palm Springs, California, this weekend for Flying Aviation Expo 2014, temporary VFR air traffic procedures are being put in place from October 31 to November 2 to handle the influx of traffic. To make it easy to comply with the special procedures, we’ve put together […]

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Buzz Builds for Inaugural Flying Aviation Expo

Excitement is building for this weekend’s Flying Aviation Expo in Palm Springs, California, as thousands of pilots and aviation enthusiasts make plans to descend on the Coachella Valley for the show October 31 to November 2. There will be plenty to do and see at Expo 2014. The festivities kick off at 10 a.m. on […]

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GoGo Biz Touts New Capabilities

GoGo Business Aviation, for the moment the only air-to-ground data and voice service for business aircraft in North America, believes it has a crucial head start on the would-be competition, and is rolling out several new service features to keep customers satisfied. The new competition includes airborne 4G LTE services from AT&T, as well as […]

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NBAA 2014 Wraps Up Successful Show

The doors are just about to close on the 2014 edition of the NBAA Convention, and by every measure the show was a successful one. Against the backdrop of new airplane announcements and scores of product introductions, the convention drew many thousands of industry insiders and bizjet customers alike, who strolled the sprawling show floor […]

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Safe Flight Shows Two New Lifesaving Devices

Safe Flight Instrument Corp. has made a name for itself over the last seven decades by producing extremely simple and effective safety devices for aircraft. This week at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Florida, the company unveiled two new products that absolutely fit the bill for this approach. Flying had the chance to check out […]

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Airbus, Aerion Eye Supersonic ‘Finish Line’

Airbus Group Chairman Allan McArtor and Aerion founder Robert Bass toasted their companies’ new collaboration to bring a supersonic business jet to the market, raising champagne glasses together on the NBAA Convention show floor in Orlando, Florida, yesterday afternoon. Asked by a journalist in attendance how far Airbus plans to take the sleek Aerion AS2 […]

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