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The FAA last week proposed one of the most wide-reaching overhauls of air carrier training ever seen in the history of U.S. aviation. The proposal, which aims to give pilots and other crew members better hands-on emergency training, is the culmination of years of effort triggered in large part by the 2009 crash of a […]

For the first time since the introduction of the Lancair Evolution in 2008, potential customers are now able to finance their airplanes through NAFCO – National Aircraft Finance Company. The Evolution kit and the new Pratt & Whitney PT6A-135A engine that powers the airplane is eligible for 70% financing. Bill Leckie III, vice president and […]

Rockwell Collins said this week that it will bring synthetic-vision capability to its Pro Line 21 avionics suite next year, an announcement that was sure to be warmly embraced by OEM customers as well as the pilots who fly with the popular bizav cockpit. The SVS upgrade will be offered for both forward-fit and retrofit, […]

Investigators have successfully recovered all the data from the two recorders that went down with Air France Flight 447 two years ago. The recorders were found last month and recovered last week from the wreckage of the Airbus A330 that crashed on a late night flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris when it flew […]

A judge in a Brazilian court has sentenced the American pilots of an Embraer Legacy bizjet, Joseph Lepore and Jan Paul Paladino, to more than four years behind bars for their role in the 2006 crash of a Gol 737 that killed all 154 aboard the airliner when it crashed in the jungles of Brazil. […]

Dassault unveiled the Falcon 2000S on Monday at EBACE in Geneva, positioning the new model as a lower-priced Falcon 2000DX replacement that will compete directly against the Gulfstream G250, Bombardier Challenger 300 and Hawker 4000 in the super-midsize business jet segment. With a price tag of around $25 million, Dassault claims the Falcon 2000S will […]

Industry leaders hailed the strong turnout for the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva this week as an indicator that the market may indeed finally by turning a corner after more than two and half years of decline. “Cautiously optimistic,” was how several top executives put it when describing their prospects for […]

British airplane restorer Kevin Crumplin recently put the finishing touches on not one but three de Havilland Tiger Moths that look better than the day they came off their respective factory floors, one from Morris Motors and two from de Havilland, between 1936 and 1943. There were more than 7,000 Tiger Moths produced in England […]

Despite having logged 21,000 hours over the years, for Emily Warner, her most recent flight was a special one. That’s because Warner, reportedly the first female commercial airline pilot hired by a U.S. scheduled airline, organized the flight to fulfill the last wish of a long-time friend and fellow aviator who has been suffering from […]

Yves Rossy, dubbed “Jetman” after becoming the first man ever to fly with a jet-propelled wing, completed a historic eight-minute flight over the Grand Canyon on Saturday. According to a press release issued by Breitling, Rossy’s sponsor, the Swiss pilot completed the flight after taking off from a helicopter at 8,000 feet with his jet-propelled […]