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Key Takeaways:

  • The FAA issued a final rule requiring special training for Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane pilots, while a preliminary NTSB report detailed a fatal helicopter crash where the pilot opted to fly solo.
  • Robinson Helicopter Company set a record by manufacturing 823 civil helicopters in 2007, and the European Union pledged $3.2 billion to invest in cleaner, greener aircraft development.
  • A search continues for Japanese balloonist Michio Kanda, missing during a Pacific crossing attempt, as the FAA hosted a conference discussing the future of commercial space and suborbital transportation.
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The FAA has published its final rule regarding special training for pilots of Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplanes…

The search continues for Japanese balloonist Michio Kanda, who went missing last week while trying to cross the Pacific in a hot-air balloon. He had 20 days’ worth of food and a life raft…

The European Union this week pledged to invest $3.2 billion to develop cleaner, greener aircraft…

The FAA this week hosted the 11th Annual Commercial Space Transportation Conference, in Arlington, Va., featuring a workshop on “The Future of Point-to-Point Suborbital Transportation”…

In 2007 Robinson Helicopter Company manufactured 823 new helicopters, the most civil helicopters ever produced in a single year by one company…

EAA’s new online searchable calendar aims to gather nationwide aviation events in one place…

A helicopter pilot who hit power lines at night and crashed in Los Angeles in January had been scheduled to fly with an instructor, but shortly before the flight chose to go solo, the NTSB said in a preliminary report.

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