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Embraer trucked in its Phenom 300 mock-up to this week’s Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla. According to the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, visitors will be able to experience the “premium comfort, space and luxury” of a full-scale mock-up of the companys light business jet at booth SNF-5. “We are thrilled to participate, once again, […]

This article originally appeared in IFR magazine, Jan. 2005. Gather ’round, boys and girls. It’s time for your annual smug fix, wherein we harvest the perplexing and peculiar from a year’s worth of NTSB accident reports.For the new folks who haven’t trod this well-worn path with us before, a bit of preamble. None of these […]

EAA AirVenture has confirmed that the Beach Boys will return to Oshkosh on July 23… A Swiss team has flown their model of a small lifting-body aircraft powered by a fuel cell… NOAA is taking its Hurricane Hunter aircraft on tour in the Caribbean this month, where it will be open for public tours… The […]

In case you haven’t heard, AirCell is promising an onboard seamless (within the U.S.) broadband coverage system for business aircraft operators available in early 2008. The system, which was announced in at the Aircraft Electronics Association convention in Reno last week, includes a single LRU weighing in at 15 pounds and accessed via an Ethernet […]

The Raytheon Company said Monday it has completed the sale of its wholly owned subsidiaryRaytheon Aircraft Company (RAC) to Hawker Beechcraft Inc., a new company formed by GS Capital Partners, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs, and Onex Partners. First announced on Dec. 21, 2006, the long-rumored sale of Raytheon’s civilian aircraft manufacturing business was worth […]

On Monday, Raytheon Company finalized the sale of wholly owned subsidiary Raytheon Aircraft Company to Hawker Beechcraft Inc., a new venture formed by Goldman Sachs affiliate GS Capital Partners and Onex Partners, for approximately $3.3 billion in cash. Announced on Dec. 21, the transaction includes Raytheon Aircraft facilities and other assets in Wichita and Salina, […]

Air Accident Digest says changes may be made to the Federal Flight Deck Officer program to encourage more airline pilots to carry guns in the cockpit. According to the Web site, issuing badges would allow armed pilots to instantly identify themselves to other law enforcement officials and establish authority during an incident. Another change being […]

Last week’s FAA announcement that three firms had qualified to bid on the ADS-B portion of the agency’s planned Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS) brings closer — or pushes further, depending on your cynicism level — the date by which the U.S. ATC and air navigation system is modernized. The firms’ identities should come […]

The pilot who died while flying a Boeing 757 for Continental Airlines on Saturday afternoon “experienced a serious medical problem which required the aircraft to land immediately,” Continental spokeswoman Mary Clark told AVweb on Wednesday. The pilot’s name and age have not been released yet by the airline, and the company is not releasing additional […]

The captain of a Continental Airlines flight suffered a “serious medical condition” and later died Saturday after the aircraft, with 210 people on board, took off from Houston bound for Puerto Vallarta. The first officer diverted to McAllen-Miller International Airport, where a fresh crew took the holidayers the rest of the way… In case you […]