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Hawker Beechcraft’s CEO Bill Boisture says demand for his company’s products has dramatically decreased, that the drop is not temporary, and his company may cut workers and move some of its operations to remain profitable, according to the Wichita Eagle. Earlier this year, Hawker Beechcraft closed its Salina, Kan., plant and sent some of that […]

Thursday, Ken Evers and Tim Pryse returned to Australia, becoming the first Australians to circumnavigate the earth in an Australian-designed and built airplane, the Airvan GA8-TC, but they also had a greater cause. The trip was intended to raise awareness of malaria and raise money for malaria prevention programs while also marking the centenary of […]

The FAA Wednesday approved use of an unmanned Predator B aircraft out of Corpus Christi to patrol the U.S. border with Mexico along the 1,200 miles between El Paso and Brownsville, Texas. Flights could begin as early as Sept. 1. The flights add to Texas’ aerial drone coverage approved in May that began June 1, […]

Pilots may be uneasy about sharing the airspace with unmanned aircraft systems, but the FAA is feeling increasing pressure to speed its approval of UAS use. Officials in Texas want more UASs patrolling the border with Mexico, and Sen. John Cornyn has been blocking a Senate vote to approve Michael Huerta, a nominee for the […]

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The FAA Thursday released a final rule dictating requirements for aircraft owners to operate in NextGen’s ADS-B-required environment by 2020, and it’s going to cost you. The rule addresses ADS-B Out and applies to aircraft “operating in Classes A, B, and C airspace, as well as certain other specified classes of airspace,” (see below) not […]

The FAA has approved a Certification of Authorization (COA) for an unmanned aerialvehicle to patrol a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border extending from Arizona to the El Paso region of Texas effective June 1. This is one of two COAs that have been submitted to the FAA seeking approval for UAV flights along the Texas-Mexico […]

To find its first chief executive, Virgin Galactic went straight to that other space agency — the one known as NASA — to find George Whitesides, who was working there as chief of staff. Will Whitehorn, Virgin Galactic’s longtime president, said Whitesides will guide the company as it transitions from a work-in-progress to a fully […]

All three people aboard a Mexican-registered Piper PA-46 Mirage loaded with relief supplies for Haiti survived when the aircraft clipped a house in Clearwater, Fla., broke into two pieces and caught fire Sunday morning. Six people in the house weren’t hurt. Police say pilot Ernesto Gonzales, 48, and passengers Charles Uslander, 54, and Daisy Schneider, […]

Bombardier says development of the Lear 85 mostly composite business jet is moving ahead on schedule and the program hit some major milestones recently. Major components for the midsize aircraft will be made a plant in Queretaro, Mexico, and on March 30 the plant was granted FAA permission for parts conformity, making it the first […]