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With the demise of NextGen test platform DayJet, fractional operator NetJets has taken on the role. The pioneer of fractional ownership signed an agreement with the FAA this month to run test programs on what is being called the air traffic control system of the future. NetJets will equip part of its fleet of more […]

In case you were planning a meandering sightseeing flight anywhere near the D.C. area on January 20, you would do well to just forget about it. The FAA has established President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration day as a “National Special Security Event” and issued a flight advisory, available at faa.gov. In part, the advisory warns pilots […]

Unless you have a 406-MHz emergency locator transmitter (ELT), even your U.S.-registered airplane will be closed to Canadian airspace in approximately two years. Even flights that begin and end in the United States-but with a segment involving transition of Canadian airspace-will not be permitted, based on a decision made recently by Transport Canada that will […]

Build A Plane is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity that aims to promote aviation by allowing young people to help rebuild existing aircraft. The organization solicits donations of aircraft and then regifts them to schools across the country for students to build or refurbish real airplanes. Build A Plane operates in formal partnership with the […]

Brian Foley, president of Brian Foley Associates in Sparta, New Jersey, believes the current down cycle might be so severe, it could be over sooner than previous plunges. Part of his reasoning centers on how long it took before most recognized that the current hard times were upon us. In a true glass-half-full view, Foley […]

As expected, the FAA has followed Brazilian certification of the Embraer Phenom 100 by only a few days. The $3.6 million light jet received its U.S. working papers three days after the manufacturer’s home country blessed it. The airplane was certified on schedule, without restrictions to flight in icing or avionics operations and with performance […]

What used to be a temporary ADIZ (Air Defense Identification Zone) is now a permanent FRZ (Flight Restricted Zone) surrounded by an SFRA (Special Flight Rules Area). An FAA final rule has established the new airspace configuration around the nation’s capital. The FRZ is a 15-nautical-mile-radius ring emanating from Washington National Airport. Flights within the […]

Following a pair of accidents involving homebuilt aircraft licensed in the ‘Experimental’ category, local officials are hoping to ban Experimental aircraft from using North Las Vegas Airport. On August 22, a homebuilt Velocity crashed into a residential area shortly after takeoff, killing the pilot and two people on the ground. The Clark County (Nevada) Board […]

When a vintage P-51C Mustang crashed in May 2004, supporters immediately launched emergency fundraising for the “Red Tail Project” in a max effort dedicated to getting the World War II fighter back into the sky. The Mustang had been painted in the colors of the Tuskegee Airmen, complete with their signature blood-red tail section, and […]

When a Beech Sierra flown by a 4,000-hour commercial pilot, accompanied by his wife and daughter, arrived at the Fulton County Airport at Wauseon, Ohio, the wind was from the west-southwest at 26 to 35 knots, with gusts as high as 43 knots. The VFR flight from Troy, Michigan, a distance of only 76 nm, […]