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Original, Exclusive Videos from AVweb |Reader-Submitted & Viral Videos Baja Bush Pilots’ Jack McCormick talks to AVweb at AOPA Expo 2007 in Hartford, CT, about the Department of Homeland security and general aviation pilots flying in and out of Mexico and Canada. (More on the Bush Pilots’ fight against new border regulations.) Don’t see a […]

The Baja Bush Pilots, a group of about 4,000 pilots who promote flying to Mexico and Central America, say the proposal by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to require detailed manifests and itineraries from general aviation pilots crossing the U.S. border is unworkable in its present form. In an interview at AOPA Expo in Hartford, […]

A U.S.-registered Gulfstream II, with a history of alleged links to the transport of terror suspects to Guantanomo Bay, crashed in Cancun on Monday and rescuers found four tons of cocaine on board. Mexican officials aren’t saying much about the crash, including whether there were any casualties or arrests, but the Tacoma News Tribune says […]

The FAA said on Tuesday it wants all aircraft flying in controlled airspace to have satellite-based avionics by 2020, so air traffic controllers can track them using Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B). The agency issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (PDF) that says the equipment will allow controllers to handle more traffic more safely with […]

Where Did I Fly This Summer? Regarding the Question of the Week about flying trips (QOTW, Aug. 30):I flew that big trip I’d always planned … and I flew to Oshkosh (two separate trips), but I can’t enter both options!Rob Lees Benefits of a Privatized FAA Concerning Mr. Burnley’s comments (Podcast, Aug. 31): As far […]

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Carbon Offset Program Geared for GA I think AVweb is a great source of information. However, I was disappointed to see your inclusion of the Carbon Offset Program in your newsletter (AVwebFlash, Aug. 26). These programs are nothing more than a modern-day pyramid scheme. I followed the link to learn about this service and found […]

As the FAA gets ready this week to award a massive contract (estimated at $1 billion) to implement the so-called NextGen airspace system, there will be folks with sharp pencils looking over its shoulder. In an Aug. 15 memo obtained by AVweb, the Department of Transportations Office of Inspector General has told the agency it […]

Two Gulfstream GV business jets will undertake an unusual mission in the early morning hours of Sept. 1, when the two jets, privately owned by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, will carry scientists aloft to view an extremely rare Aurigid meteor shower. A brief shower of tens of meteors will radiate from the constellation of Auriga, many […]

Resort properties and private jet travel — the marriage is one Sentient Jet Membership and Timbers Resorts have arranged to provide a new level of service for Timbers Resorts owners. Through the arrangement, the owners have access to the Timbers’ corporate Membership with Sentient for travel to and from any of the Timbers Resorts properties. […]