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The Civil Air Patrol has been pressed into service to conduct “reconnaissance” missions along the border between Arizona and Mexico. Three CAP Cessna 182s and pilots from Nevada will head south to fly the missions, which will be in support of government border-patrol efforts. The CAP crews have no authority to try and stop anyone […]

Cutter Aviation Phoenix late last month said it named 22-year industry veteran Roger McKay as its new regional sales manager of aircraft services. McKay began his aviation career in airport operations with America West Airlines in 1984. He was promoted shortly thereafter to the position of Western U.S. Sales Manager. Throughout his 19-year tenure with […]

Representatives of pilot groups in dozens of countries have resolved at a meeting last week in Canada to press their respective governments to adopt uniform standards for “sense and avoid” capabilities in unmanned aerial vehicles. AOPA has been lobbying aggressively for those standards since the FAA threw up temporary flight restrictions on the U.S.-Mexico border […]

While regular airports all over the country struggle for survival, spaceports, which some might argue are a tad less practical, are a growth industry. Oklahoma is the latest to move to the starting line trying to cash in on the private space race. The Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority (OSIDA) was issued a Launch Site […]

AOPA seeks to reduce medical barriers for recreational and sport pilot candidates; NATCA plans to “fight” the FAA until work rules are overturned; two survive a ditching in the Pacific; ADS-B is coming to the Gulf of Mexico; there’s new hope for commercial pilots who plan to fly past age 60; a fuel tanker driver […]

Mooney has introduced what it says is the fastest normally aspirated production single. The Ovation 3 has a 310-hp Continental I0-550 and will cruise at 197 knots, about nine knots faster than the Ovation 2, with its 280-hp engine… There’s an aviation industry brewing in a former coffee roasting plant in Alixco, Mexico. A group […]

Raytheon Aircraft Company earlier this month announced appointing Doug Brantner as vice president, Raytheon Aircraft Services. Reporting to Randy Groom, president, Global Service and Support, Brantner assumed his new position immediately and will be responsible for all ten Raytheon Aircraft Services fixed-base operations in the U.S. and Mexico. Brantner is tasked with transforming Raytheon Aircraft […]

NASA Langley’s Many Wind Tunnels Thanks for the article, “Blended-Wing Prototype Nears Flight Test” (NewsWire, May 11), about model testing of what the article called “the X-48B, an advanced-concept, fuel-efficient blended-wing body, in the Langley wind tunnel in Hampton, Va.” But please note that NASA Langley’s historic Full-Scale Tunnel — important as it is after […]

Although most of the proposed spaceports are in remote areas, AOPA has expressed concerns about airspace being closed down for frequent launches, especially at the Oklahoma site, which is currently used as a municipal airport. “For three hours during each launch … 16 Victor airways could be closed. When combined with the two nearby military […]

States have plenty of economic incentive to push for the ports, according to the AP. Most are sited in desolate regions with little competition for development and a desperate need for jobs. A study commissioned by New Mexico predicted that its proposed port could bring in $750 million and create up to 5,800 jobs by […]