In Brief

AOPA is studying aging pilots to see if hikes in insurance premiums are justified… The New York Times this week reported on the dispute between the FAA and controllers at the New York TRACON… Paraglider Magazine now online… China’s first female private pilot is planning a 6,000-mile flight across China to promote the 2008 Paralympic […]

There’s a “new” cub flying. And it could be that all you need is a driver’s license and a dream… In case you needed another reason to avoid flying near nuclear power plants, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has signed a memorandum of understanding with the North American Aerospace Defense Command laying out the protocols for […]

Adam Aircraft announced it will open a manufacturing plant in Ogden, Utah. The company will lease 22,000 square feet of space to build A500 push/pull piston aircraft and A700 jets. Adam says more facilities will be added as demand warrants… Indonesian authorities are interviewing employees of Garuda Airlines in the poisoning of a passenger. Munir, […]

Cessna says its Citation Mustang program is ahead of schedule, and the light jet will make its first flight before July… USMC Harrier jump-jet will fly at AirVenture in Oshkosh this July, EAA said last week… Recent eruptions of smoke and ash at Mount St. Helens have spewed up to 40,000 feet high, causing disruptions […]

A new GPS arrival procedure should make it easier for pilots flying into AirVenture at Oshkosh this summer… Boeing CEO Harry Stonecipher resigned after violating the company’s code of conduct by pursuing a romantic liaison with a female executive at the company… Boeing’s Worldliner, a long-range version of the 777, flew for the first time […]

Porsche is now formally out of the airplane engine business. The carmaker made a big splash 20 years ago when it offered its legendary designs for aircraft, but they never took off. There are only 20 Porsche-powered planes still flying and the company is offering to replace them with other engines or buy the planes […]

The importance of building strategic alliances is the focus of the 16th Women in Aviation Conference at Dallas, Texas, starting March 10. Speakers for the three-day event include NTSB chairwoman Ellen Engleman Connors, U.S. Air Force Capt. (and B-1B pilot) Kim Black and Gretchen Jahn, president of Mooney Aircraft… The first lawsuit has been launched […]

NATCA responds to AVweb‘s story on the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control facility, in today’s Avmail… Structural failure due to metal fatigue was blamed for the 2002 breakup a China Airlines 747, in a Taiwan report. A crack was incorrectly repaired, the report concluded… New software adds four light aircraft to Microsoft Flight Simulator […]

GlobalFlyer launch postponed again; unfavorable ground winds cited. Next window now is March 1-3… Cirrus now offers Flight Director in its PFD-equipped aircraft… Diamond Aircraft named Paul Woessner as director of fleet sales for its North American operation… New England Aviation Expo set for April 9 at Daniel Webster College in N.H…. China’s first manned […]

Two Cessna 402’s, each with more than 20,000 TIS exhibited spar cracking and have led the FAA to issue an emergency AD, increasing the frequency of spar inspection and adding the aircraft model 414A. Aircraft with spar straps on each wing (per a previous AD) are not affected… Another reason to always check your tanks […]