Aviation News

The FAA’s aircraft re-registration initiative has caught the attention of headline writers in the general media. “FAA loses track of 190,000 planes” was one. Naturally, the emphasis in the stories was on the potential threat to security. In fact, the larger concern is one of administrative housekeeping. Under the new rules, aircraft owners will have […]

A bill passed by the U.S. Senate yesterday would increase tax benefits for buyers of new aircraft, and follow-on legislation would extend the time frame of those benefits even further. The so-called Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 has passed muster in the Senate, and will now go on to […]

Teledyne Technologies has sold its Continental Motors division to Technify Motors, a unit of AVIC International of China. The new owner plans to keep the company headquarters in Mobile, Alabama, where it has been since the 1960s. The deal was worth $186 million and includes Teledyne properties Mattituck Services, which will remain in Mattituck, Long […]

Though most of the world’s economy remains in the doldrums, such is not the case in the Middle East. And general aviation is riding the wave of prosperity there, as evidenced by the strong showing at this year’s Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA) show this week. Numbers of exhibitors are up 40 percent compared with […]

Lord Alan Sugar’s (could he be known as ‘my sweet lord?’) Amsair Aircraft Limited has taken delivery of the first Embraer Legacy 650. The U.K. company will base the aircraft at London Stansted Airport, and it will be operated by Titan Airways Executive, a charter company. The Legacy 650 is a follow-on version of the […]

A French criminal court has ruled that Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics are guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde supersonic transport (SST). All 109 on board and four on the ground died when a strip of metal that fell from one of Continental’s aircraft punctured one […]

Former New York Mayor Fiorello Laguardia may have insisted that New York have its own airport (rather than relying on Newark, New Jersey), but his namesake facility is not exactly a towering tribute to his commitment to providing air service to the Big Apple. The Depression-era mayor was a champion of the emerging aviation industry, […]

Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga), whose district includes the home of Gulfstream, will co-chair the House General Aviation Caucus when legislators reconvene in January. The year-old caucus is one of the largest in the House, with more than 120 members. Barrow will replace Allen Boyd (D-Fla.) as the co-chair of the caucus after Boyd failed in […]

Operators of Quest Aircraft Kodiak turboprop singles are now eligible to equip their aircraft with TKS ice-protection, and receive approval for flight into known icing (FIKI). The word couldn’t come at a better time, as the winter icing season is descending on North America with a vengeance this month. The big utility turboprop is used […]

When looking for signs of recovery in general aviation, one of the first indicators is what’s happening with used aircraft sales. But according to data supplied by JetNet and published by McGraw Hill, there’s not much insight to take away from September’s numbers, the latest ones available. Jet sales in North America were pretty consistent […]