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Super Tucano to Appear at AirVenture

The A-29 Super Tucano is making a first-time appearance at Embraer’s AirVenture booth in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, next week. The Super Tucano was in the news earlier this year after beating Hawker Beechcraft’s T-6 for an Air Force contract worth more than $350 million for 20 airplanes slated to go to the Afghan military, a deal […]

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Hawker Beechcraft Execs Seek Bonuses

As Hawker Beechcraft enters into exclusive talks with Beijing-based Superior Aviation over a potential sale of the American manufacturer, Hawker Beech lawyers are asking the bankruptcy court to grant bonuses for a number of top company execs. The bonuses are intended for a group of senior management that includes Hawker Beechcraft’s chairman, executive VP and […]

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ForeFlight Gains QICP Approval

ForeFlight, maker of the popular iPad electronic chart app, announced it has earned certification as an FAA Qualified Internet Communication Provider (QICP). The qualification allows private and commercial flight operations to use ForeFlight as their official source for weather information. A small number of companies – including Jeppesen, WSI, XM WX, Universal Weather and a […]

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AirVenture 2012 Set to Be a Good One

With the start of the Oshkosh airshow just days away, aviation fanatics far and wide are making last-minute preparations for all they’ll do and see once the doors to EAA AirVenture 2012 swing open on Monday, July 23. This year’s show looks set to be good one – although it will be hot, with temperatures […]

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Court Rules Cirrus Not Liable for Fatal SR22 Crash

The Minnesota Supreme Court voted 4-2 on Wednesday to uphold an** earlier appellate court’s ruling** that found Cirrus not liable for a 2003 crash that killed two men flying in a Cirrus SR22 to see their sons play in a hockey tournament. The ruling is the final decision in a lengthy legal battle that began […]

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Pilot Shortage Looms, Boeing Report Says

A new report issued by Boeing has once again rekindled debate over whether or not a pilot shortage looms, as well as what kind of safety implications such a shortage might have for the worldwide commercial airline industry. In its report, Boeing predicts close to half a million pilots will be needed on a global […]

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SkyWest Pilot Steals CRJ200

A SkyWest pilot wanted in the killing of a Colorado woman late last week stole a Canadair CRJ200 regional jet off the tarmac in St. George, Utah, where SkyWest is headquartered, before shooting and killing himself in the airplane. According to a statement from the airline, the incident happened after the airport closed on Monday […]

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Akoya LSA Makes First Passenger Flight

The Akoya LSA – launched commercially by French manufacturer Lisa Airplanes last fall – recently took its first passengers up for a flight in the sleek-looking two-seat amphibian. The founders of the young company, Erick Herzberger and Luc Bernole, were the first to get their feet wet in the Akoya, an all-composite aircraft powered by […]

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Laser Lightplane HUD to Debut at Oshkosh

Milan, Italy-based PAT Avionics plans to unveil a head-up display for experimental aircraft that clips to the glareshield in the pilot’s forward field of vision, providing flight-related information on an innovative see-through screen. The company says its new G-HULP HUD is the first product of its kind, allowing pilots to monitor airspeed, altitude and course […]

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Continental Motors Takes Training Off-Airport

I spent last Friday at the mall. Well, not just any mall, the Eastern Shore Centre, an upscale mall in Spanish Fort, Alabama, that is a half hour from the airport where Continental Motors has its Fairhope, Alabama, plant. I didn’t spend my time at Cinnabon. I hung out at Zulu, a simulator-based experimental flight […]

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