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ANA Soon to Launch Star Wars C-3PO Boeing 777

Japanese travelers will soon have another Star Wars-themed airliner to fly on as Japan’s largest airline, All Nippon Airlines (ANA), is about to launch a Boeing 777-200 painted to represent C-3PO – the humanoid robot character that made its debut in the very first Star Wars movie released in the late 1970s. The C-3PO airplane […]

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Garmin’s Virb Ultra Action Camera Adds Pilot Accessory Bundle

Action cameras, such as Garmin’s Virb Ultra 30, are all the rage today, when flight plans often include recording some of the in-flight action. Garmin hopes a new bundle of accessories specially designed for aviators will make shooting stunning HD footage easier than with earlier-generation cameras. The aviation package includes a stereo headset audio cable […]

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NTSB Posts Preliminary Report on Cleveland CJ Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board last week published its preliminary report — essentially a list of the facts gathered to this point — about the December 29, 2016, crash into Lake Erie of a Cessna Citation CJ4. The Part 91-operated jet disappeared into the dark waters of the lake about a minute after departing Cleveland’s […]

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Poberezny Estate to Be Preserved

The original stone farmhouse of Paul Poberezny, founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association and a prominent figure in the homebuilt aircraft community, was purchased by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co., in an effort to preserve the estate and countless artifacts and photos inside. More than 100 years old, the estate is located near Wittman Field, […]

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Google Shuts Down Vern Raburn’s Titan Aerospace

Mystery surrounds what former Eclipse Aviation founder and CEO Vern Raburn is doing these days, but we do know that Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has pulled the plug on Titan Aerospace, the company Raburn had been tapped to head to build solar-powered drones that would beam Internet to remote parts of the world. X, the […]

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Drone-Photography Company Reaches Settlement with FAA

An aerial-photography company that last year found itself under scrutiny by the FAA over its use of drones has agreed to pay a hefty fine of $200,000. Chicago-based SkyPan International, which uses drones to photograph hotels and other property for clients in Chicago and New York City, announced it had reached a settlement with the […]

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Cessna Pilot Center Network Sees Rapid Growth

Textron Aviation this week announced its Cessna Pilot Center network experienced record growth in 2016. The CPC network formed 24 new partnerships last year, including five international flight schools in Argentina, Colombia, Germany, Canada and Poland, which will use the Cessna Skyhawk 172 in their training programs. “Our commitment to supporting new pilot education and […]

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Grypmat Keeps Tools in Place

It is of particular importance for airplane mechanics to know where their tools are, not only because they are expensive, but also because a lost tool or other component can become a major flight hazard. Grypmat is a sticky mat that holds tools, screws, nuts and bolts in place so that you always know where […]

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Self-Driving Vehicles: First Uber, Now Airbus

Airbus, maker of airliners like the mammoth A380, also sees a market for smaller autonomous flying taxis using vertical takeoff and landing capabilities for short trips around big urban centers. The Airbus VTOL craft, carrying just a single person, would use environmentally friendly electric motors to spin the aircraft’s eight propellers. The eight propellers also […]

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Air Force Pilot Shortage

No matter where you look inside the U.S. Air Force, the shortage of pilots is an issue. For years it looked as if the shortage only affected the fighter pilot ranks, but even the supply of aviators for the Air Force’s transport arm, the Air Mobility Command, is running dry, according to the Air Force […]

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