In Brief

AOPA has asked the TSA to suspend the Oct. 20 compliance date of its new rule regarding background checks on foreign student pilots. AOPA says it’s too much to ask for pilots and businesses to adapt to the new rule, particularly since there are questions about its impact on U.S. citizens… Cape Girardeau Airport in […]

If you missed Reno, or just don’t know what that means, click through for AVweb’s Expanded Reno coverage (an updated Reno wrap-up and extended image galleries). Enjoy… The FAA proposes to amend an Airworthiness Directive affecting some New Piper aircraft with turbochargers… The Lake Tahoe Airport contract tower will close Oct. 1; city council cites […]

Up to 800 flights were affected when the radio system went down at California’s main enroute air traffic control center on Tuesday. The radios went silent at the Air Route Traffic Control Center in Palmdale, just north of Los Angeles about 4:40 p.m. causing numerous delays, cancellations and diversions. Controllers were back at their mics […]

A British air ambulance crew stripped for a fundraising calendar shoot… A Florida couple circled the world in 90 days in their Beechcraft Baron. “We proved Columbus right, the world is round,” said Larry Sietsma, returning to Melbourne on Aug. 28, said to the laughter from a crowd of about 50 people. “We disproved Disney. […]

If you think you or your airplane might be in Hurricane Frances’ way … consider moving it … The National Aeronautic Association last week named the winners of its five Public Benefit Flying awards… Two senior staff members at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University died Saturday when the Super Decathlons they were practicing an air show routine […]

TFRs over New York this week for the Republican National Convention… The Society of Experimental Test Pilots says it will add sessions to its annual symposium due to an “unprecedented” response to its call for papers. The symposium is set for Sept. 15-18 in Los Angeles, and features a tour of the Mojave Spaceport… The […]

The revolving door at NBAA swung again on Monday. The organization announced that Senior Vice President, Operations Bob Blouin resigned effective Aug. 31. That’s the day before their new president, former General Aviation Manufacturers Association President Ed Bolen, takes over. See AVweb‘s Business AVflash for details… It’s still a man’s world in the cockpit, according […]

The FAA has issued an Airworthiness Directive (AD) on most modern Piper aircraft requiring modifications to the control-wheel assembly — Piper had previously addressed the problem. A crash that occurred last year was attributed to the control wheel retaining screw backing out and the wheel coming free. The pilot subsequently lost control… A vertical takeoff […]

The FAA will test solar-powered taxiway edge lights this winter with an eye to approving them as an alternative to costly hard-wired systems. The lights, made by Carmanah Technologies Corp., of Victoria, B.C., Canada, will be installed at various airports to see if they can do the job of the regular systems. If they can, […]

One crew member died on Friday when a Convair 580 cargo plane crashed short of the runway at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport; the other crew member was seriously hurt… The man who inspired Spielberg’s “The Terminal” movie is rich and famous, but still lives on a bench at a Paris airport… Ultralight pilots who want […]