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There might be a use (besides fire practice) for all those old Boeing 727-100s out there. A Guadalajara, Mexico, company has stripped the wings from one and turned it into a 50-seat luxury limousine. For about $300 an hour, Limousines de Guadalajar Vaca Meters will whisk you and your closest 49 friends around Mexico (a […]

A private jet charter company flying out of California’s Van Nuys Airport allegedly used the planes to transport illegal drugs and promoted its service as friendly to drug traffickers, authorities said last week. Eight suspects, including a co-owner of the company, SmoothAir Aviation, were arrested after a yearlong investigation focusing on the company’s ties to […]

Bill Calls For Speedier Arming Of Pilots… “They’ll get the message or they’ll lose their money for the program. We’ll put it somewhere where it will get the job done.” Some tough words for the Transportation Security Administration came last Thursday from a Kentucky senator who sponsored a bill that could see up to two-thirds […]

The NBAA has posted online its report on the cost of restricting GA access to airspace and airports, which it recently delivered to the House Aviation Subcommittee… American Airlines cancelled a flight in Florida on Friday after a psychic called in a tip that a bomb might be on board. A search turned up nothing… […]

A place that calls itself “Lethal Country” might not be your first choice in an emergency but a Mooney pilot says the folks at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico (slogan: “America’s Most Lethal Warfighting Team”) likely saved his life. Dr. George Carlson wasn’t having the best of days in the left seat after […]

A pair of microlight pilots from South Africa have found another way to give wings to their ideas. They launched two trikes from Cape Town on December 17, 2003, to embark on a 50,000-mile flight around the world. “Freedom Flight is a joint celebration of the first decade of a democratic South Africa and South […]

A Focus On Decision-Making… Since the debate over arming airline and, finally, cargo pilots began two years ago, the focus has been on the gun. Where it’s kept, how it’s carried, who gets to have one. But when approved pilots finally get to a remote federal training center in New Mexico to become Federal Flight […]

The FAA has issued advance notice of its plans to implement Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation Minimums (RVSM) at 0901 UTC on Jan. 20, 2005. The RVSM program allows vertical separation to be reduced from 2,000 feet to 1,000 feet between Flight Levels 290 to 410 (inclusive), which the FAA says will allow aircraft to safely […]

The TSA has apparently disqualified many pilots who apply. “The screening is subjective,” Darling said, “and in our view, many qualified pilots are not being allowed into the program.” Some pilots also have complained about a lengthy and time-consuming application process, an invasive psychological exam, and the requirement to pay their own travel expenses to […]

Editor’s Note: This article is reprinted from Cessna OwnerMagazine by permission from Cessna Owner Organization — 888-MYCessna. I took a trip to Mexico a few months ago — and I did not take my do-it-yourself Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) with me. Thereby hangs a tale …To review, an EFB is a portable computer running software […]