Pilots have until this Friday, Sept. 14, to respond to the AOPA/EAA petition to the FAA to alter the requirements for third-class medical certificates. The exemption would essentially extend the current Sport Pilot driver’s-license-as-medical privilege to all pilots operating single-engine airplanes under Part 91 with no more than four seats, no more than one passenger […]
Just a few days after Gulfstream’s G280 super-midsize business jet achieved full type certification, the company announced its flagship G650 has followed suit, clearing the way for the start of deliveries before the end of the year. Now that it has the official ok from the FAA, the G650 takes speed and endurance to new […]
The 2012 Reno Air Races are set to kick off on Wednesday, continuing a nearly 50-year-long tradition that has worked to overcome a number of challenges since the tragic events of last year’s competition. Qualifying rounds are currently underway, with the first official seven race heats slated to begin Wednesday afternoon. A number of familiar […]
The House Small Business Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow to examine the finer points of the Obama Administration’s proposed $100 per flight user fee and its potential impact on jobs. Chaired by Missouri Republican Sam Graves, the Small Business Committee has increased its scope and gained influence in recent years, especially since the recession […]
Bombardier has announced that the Eugene Cernan Safety Award will be handed out for the first time at the annual Bombardier Safety Standdown, scheduled this year Oct. 8-11 in Wichita, Kansas. Several criteria must be met to be eligible as a nominee for the award, including previous participation at the Bombardier Safety Standdown. “The nominee […]
North Dakota warbird restorer and pilot extraordinaire Bob Odegaard was killed on Friday evening when his Goodyear F2G Super Corsair crashed at Barnes County Airport in Valley City, North Dakota, while Odegaard was practicing for an upcoming airshow. No one on the ground was injured in the crash, and Odegaard died at the scene in […]
Embraer begins final production today of what will be the first U.S.-assembled Phenom 300 at its Melbourne, Florida, facility. Scheduled for delivery in early 2013, the aircraft is one of more than a dozen 300s slated for production in Melbourne next year. It was less than two years ago when the company broke ground on […]
The pilots of a Yak-42 that crashed in Russia last year and killed 44 including the Russian hockey team Lokomotiv were flying illegally, Russian investigators said this week. According to Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for Russia’s accident investigation agency, the pilots had not undergone the appropriate training needed to safely fly the charter jet and […]
Bombardier’s new Learjet 75 business jet came to life for the first time last month on the company’s Wichita production line. Aircraft power, including the avionics, was switched on during the week of August 21 as the aircraft progresses toward a planned 2013 certification, according to Bombardier. As we previously reported, the Learjet 75 is […]
Last week the FAA announced that Danville Regional Airport, a non-towered field located in south central Virginia, has been awarded a $10 million grant under the Airport Improvement Program to regrade its primary instrument Runway 2/20. Although the FAA estimates that the project will begin this month and conclude by November 2013, the manager at […]
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