Aviation News

King Schools Launches CRM Course

King Schools recently released a Crew Resource Management (CRM) Course online. And if you think CRM seems like a big word that only applies to pilots flying complex jets, think again. This course may help you not only during your hundred-dollar-hamburger flights, but also at home. During the development of the CRM course, John and […]

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Flight Design Forging Ahead with New C4, CTLSi

Development of Flight Design‘s new four-seater and its CTLSi is fully under way, the company said this week at Sun ‘n Fun. The CTLSi, featuring Rotax’s new electronic-fuel-injected 912 iS, made its first flight this week and will be ready for first deliveries this summer. The 912 iS, announced just a few weeks ago, comes […]

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Redbird Expands Skyport Program

Business at the Redbird Skyport, which opened its doors in San Marcos, Texas, last November, is booming, prompting the company to expand its flight-training program. At the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In and Expo this week, Piper president and CEO Simon Caldecott handed over the keys to a Redbird-branded Piper PA-44 Seminole to Redbird’s founder, Jerry […]

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LSA Flies Over the Top of Everest

Flying a specially outfitted Pipistrel Virus, Slovenian pilot Matevž Lenarčič topped Mount Everest on the Nepal side of the summit at an altitude of 29,344 feet. The Pipistrel is outfitted with a turbocharged, intercooled Rotax 914 engine and Matevž was breathing oxygen through a custom pressurized delivery system. The team at Pipistrel had calculated that […]

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Report: Hawker Beechcraft Bankruptcy Imminent

Just days after announcing it has struck a deal with creditors to avoid defaulting on its loans, Hawker Beechcraft is said to be preparing for a “prearranged” bankruptcy filing, expected in the coming weeks, according to a Reuters news report. Hawker Beechcraft on Tuesday said it is negotiating with its largest lenders and has received […]

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Garmin’s New iPad App Has Arrived

Garmin this week unveiled its latest app, Garmin Pilot, which is available immediately in the Apple App Store. The app brings dozens of enhancements, an all new flight planning interface, a remarkably handy little bulls-eye waypoint inspector and a menu system based on the one on its touchscreen GTN navigators and G5000 panel-mount systems. Our […]

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New Interiors for Beechcraft Barons, Bonanzas

Hawker Beechcraft is celebrating its 80th anniversary with a full Beechcraft product line on display at the** Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-In** and Expo this week, which includes a G36 Bonanza with the completely overhauled interior design announced last fall. The upgrade, which is being phased into the Barons and Bonanzas this year, includes a […]

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GE Culpable in 2008 Sikorsky Crash, Jury Says

A jury on Tuesday ordered General Electric to pay $70 million in damages for its role in the August 2008 crash of a Sikorsky S-61N helicopter. The verdict came after the surviving pilot and the family of the co-pilot killed in the crash filed a $177 million lawsuit against General Electric for negligence associated with […]

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