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The National Aeronautic Association released its list of Most Memorable Aviation Records of 2012 on Tuesday, and, not surprisingly, topping out the selections was Felix Baumgartner’s 199,431-foot freefall skydive jump in October. The Austrian jumper’s world-watched feat smashed the previous record of 80,380 feet set by Yevgeni Nikolayevich Andreyev 50 years earlier. The NAA also […]

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and the Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) have succeeded in their effort to potentially provide greater access to recreational airstrips in Arkansas by amending the Recreational Use Statute in the state. The amendment adds the word “aviation” along with a list of other recreational activities in the state’s Recreational […]

Last night, the Aero Club of Southern California (ACSC) awarded Steven Udvar-Hazy the 34th Howard Hughes Memorial Award for his lifetime contributions to aviation. Udvar-Hazy spearheaded aircraft leasing services with his International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), which he founded in 1973 and sold to American International Group in 1990 for $1.3 billion. ILFC now owns […]

It seems that fitting general aviation airports into categories is more difficult than the FAA first envisioned. The agency has announced Phase Two of its airport study, “General Aviation Airports: a National Asset,” and the focus of this follow-on effort will be on pinning down the categories of 497 airports that don’t quite fit the […]

A scenic birthday flight over rural Utah went sour after suspected carburetor ice caused a loss of power. Pilot Lynn Goodsell offered to bring Kayla Fielding, her husband Jonathan and infant son for a ride in his 1960 Cessna 175B to help celebrate her birthday. Jonathan Fielding switched on his telephone video camera after Goodsell […]

Italian police arrested the current and former CEOs of helicopter maker AgustaWestland on Tuesday, charging both men with bribery stemming from an Indian helicopter contract. Giuseppe Orsi, the chairman and CEO of Finmeccanica and former CEO of AgustaWestland, was taken into custody by police while current AgustaWestland CEO Bruno Spagnolini has reportedly been placed under […]

American Airlines and US Airways will form the world’s biggest airline after the companies agreed to a blockbuster, $11 billion merger on Wednesday under the American name. The combined carrier will be run by US Airways CEO Doug Parker, while American’s CEO, Tom Horton, will remain as chairman of the new company until mid-2014. The […]

Flying Editor-in-Chief Robert Goyer’s Cirrus SR22 was involved in a midair collision with a Cessna 152 on February 1 approximately 13 miles west-southwest of Easterwood Field Airport (KCLL) in College Station, Texas. Both the flight instructor and the student flying in the 152 were uninjured, while the commercial pilot operating the Cirrus SR22, who is […]

In an economic climate where “flat is the new up” for general aviation manufacturers, there was plenty of good news to report at GAMA’s annual state of the industry media briefing in Washington, D.C., this morning. You guessed it, 2012 was another flat year for makers of GA airplanes. Total billings last year were nearly […]

As the hunt for fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner continues in California, the Transportation Security Administration has released an advisory cautioning that the accused killer might try to use general aviation aircraft to evade capture. “It is believed that Dorner received flight training during his time in the U.S. Navy, but the extent of his potential […]