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As the date approaches when an ATP certificate will be required for new airline pilots, King Schools has added an ATP written course to its online database. The online format for the “ATP/Part 121 Dispatcher Knowledge Test Course” allows the student to resume the course at any time on any computer or mobile device with […]

The Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE) opened today in Shanghai amid a backdrop of increasing U.S.-China cooperation in business aviation and continued signs of growth in the long-gestating Chinese bizav market. Fractional ownership giant NetJets affirmed its plans to start operations in China next year. NetJets China will launch in the first quarter […]

The Obama Administration on Monday said it is extending a research program aimed at developing aviation biofuels by five years. Known as “Farm to Fly,” the initiative involves the FAA, airlines and biofuel producers in an effort that seeks to increase domestic production of drop-in aviation biofuels to 1 billion gallons per year by 2018. […]

Cessna announced this week that the first updated production Citation X has emerged from the factory hangar in Wichita, Kansas. More than 675 flight hours have been logged on the two test platforms Cessna has used during the certification effort for its fastest business jet. Cessna hopes to certify the new X and deliver the […]

The Federal Air Surgeon has released a long list of medical conditions that no longer require a special issuance for an airman’s medical certificate. The list is called “Certificates an AME Can Issue” or “CACI.” The special issuance process can be lengthy and frustrating, so this is good news for many pilots. Now, a certified […]

It is often pointed out that although people commonly imagine aircraft accidents as arising from a single big cause — engine failure, thunderstorm — they very often follow a series of small ones. Any small thing slightly out of order may, under sufficiently unlucky circumstances, become the cause of an accident. It is the inherently […]

Two of the most vexing problems in cockpit-mounted video cameras are prop blur and good audio reproduction. NFlightCam and Sporty’s have teamed to bring innovative, simple solutions to these and other dilemmas. A small company based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, NFlightCam is now staunchly committed to the iPhone/GoPro market. With Sporty’s as its distributor, NFlightCam offers […]

Historically known for its full coverage headset design, David Clark has developed a new “rest-on-ear” headset with hybrid electronic noise cancellation. It uses “advanced feed-forward and feed-back technology” for its active noise reduction. The DCPro-X uses dual voice coil drivers to ensure the headset will operate in the event of battery loss or system failure. […]

As the fate of 149 of the country’s contract control towers hangs in the balance, pilots and the traveling public face another imminent threat to their ability to fly: the furloughs of thousands of air traffic controllers at airports and center facilities across the country beginning on April 21. The FAA says the furloughs are […]

In an effort to grow its network of Beechcraft Bonanza, Debonair, Baron and Travel Air instructors around the country, the American Bonanza Society’s Air Safety Foundation has launched a new Flight Instructor Academy to support its BPPP Online+Flight and BPPP LIVE programs, which provide the ground portion of the organization’s type-specific training program. “ABS created […]