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The FAA this week published a final rule prohibiting takeoffs with “polished frost,” which it defines as “frost buffed to make it smooth,” on the wings, stabilizers and control surfaces of aircraft operated under fractional or charter rules. The rule requires operators to remove any frost adhering to critical surfaces prior to takeoff. Since most […]

Click for the FAA’s PDF On Monday, the FAA issued its final version of new flight rules for the VFR corridor above New Yor’s Hudson River. The new rules, which take effect on Thursday, Nov. 19, create two separate levels for VFR traffic, with the aim to prevent another midair like the one in August […]

AOPA launches its new version of the former AOPA Expo in Tampa this week, and despite the stubbornly down economy, organizers expect a full exhibit hall and attendance close to what it was for the last Tampa event, four years ago. “The AOPA Aviation Summit will still have the wide variety of exhibitors and aircraft […]

The first production line assembled-in-China Cessna 162 Skycatcher to be flown took flight Thursday at Cessna’s Shenyang production facility in northeast China, performing “a number of handling quality tests during the flight,” Cessna said in a news release. The “first” here means that the particular aircraft was “fabricated and assembled on production tooling.” Cessna in […]

The NTSB on Wednesday released its docket of documents related to the fatal crash of a firefighting helicopter in California in August 2008… A story in Air & Space Smithsonian laments the impending loss of Langley wind tunnel, as advocates rally to prevent its destruction… Friends of aerobatic pilot Vicki Cruse, who died recently in […]

The NTSB has released a new animation depicting the collision. Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. The FAA on Wednesday published its proposed new rules that would modify the VFR airspace above the Hudson River in New York, in […]

NextGen satellite technology will go online in the Gulf of Mexico in December, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said at a news conference on Monday. The ADS-B system will cover 240,000 square miles. Helicopters that provide services to more than 9,000 oil rigs in the Gulf now must operate VFR only when they fly more than […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers for their opinion on the FAA’s proposed revisions to the Hudson River Exclusion Area (EA). AOPA and NBAA have already expressed approval of the FAA recommendations, and now a whopping majority of AVweb readers add their voices to the chorus: […]

The FAA’s reaction to the fatal midair collision that on Aug. 8 killed all nine aboard both a Piper Saratoga and Eurocopter is receiving support from both AOPA and NATCA. “I believe that the FAA’s task force recommendations meet or exceed the NTSB’s on every issue,” wrote Eddie Kragh, NATCA representative to the task force […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked if more manufacturers should be granted the same latitude as Boeing to self-certify parts and processes – or perhaps even wider powers of self-certification. Judging by the response to last week’s Question, reader opinions on this subject run the gamut. A narrow […]