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Before we get into this month’s column, a little “housekeeping.”I’d like to remind readers that my old email address (jdeakin@avweb.com) is no longer valid, as the new owners have done away with AVweb email for columnists and other staff. My current addresses are my “Old Faithful” for more than 20 years, jdeakin@compuserve.com, and my newer […]

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A Note to Readers Beginning with this morning’s AVflash, we’re introducing a new format for both the news and the web site itself. The HTML version of AVflash now has slightly narrower margins, which should make the text more readable on a wider range of e-mail readers. The AVweb home page has been redesigned for […]

Cessna Trims Fat Amid Tough Times Cessna Cutting Turbine Production, Furloughs Workers … Cessna Aircraft, reacting to “uncertain worldwide economic conditions,” announced a series of measures in late March to reduce production of its turbine-powered aircraft models and cut personnel costs through furloughs and layoffs. The Wichita-based manufacturer said it is again reducing the production […]

Club Airways Launches Service Offers Scheduled Inter-European Flights … A new European business aviation service has begun connecting Europe’s main business centers, via a high level of in-flight luxury. Geneva-based Club Airways is a members-only airline offering scheduled flights to major European destinations. Currently, the company offers two morning and two afternoon weekday departures for […]

Many people think they know all about the devil-may-care life-on-the-razor’s edge existence of an airline pilot’s existence. They have no idea.Movies such as “Catch Me If You Can” seem to show the public the truth about the flying life of a crew. The double-entendre sex talk with the flight attendants, the first-class hotel stays with […]

I was working the early morning shift at the Air Ambulance Shopwhen I happened to read one of the many articles written aboutcollisions between aircraft on what controllers call movementareas but what pilots know as runways and taxiways. One of those articles mentioned the well-publicized collisionbetween a USAir 737 and Skywest Metroliner in position for […]

A New Generation? TCM, Honda Join Forces In GA Engine Project… On Monday, Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) and Honda Motor Co. announced they will join forces to study the feasibility of producing a next-generation piston aircraft engine for the GA market. Honda says it has developed a prototype piston engine with “the technical potential for […]