In Brief

The Red Bull Air Races now have a dedicated YouTube channel, showing clips and previews along with interviews and news from the “World Series.” EAA members are eligible to receive a free SPOT Satellite Messenger at AirVenture 2008. The $170 GPS/message device is useless without a service subscription, which costs roughly $150 per year and […]

A San Diego filmmaker is working on a documentary about the 1978 midair crash of a 727 and a Cessna 172 that killed 144 people… The Moffett Field dirigible hangar near San Francisco is named an endangered historic site… Operational deviations at Indianapolis Center are up, and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association blames fatigue […]

Boeing has put development of a replacement for the venerable 737 on hold. The program, which would incorporate technology in the 787, was announced in 2006 but company officials said it must focus on “technology breakthroughs” rather than whole-airplane development to achieve the kind of efficiencies customers want… The pilot of a Beech 1900 owned […]

Liberty Aerospace announced a new dealer for the Southeastern U.S. — Liberty Southeast, in Greensboro, N.C…. Mooney Airplane Co. named Air Touring Ltd. as its exclusive sales representative for the United Kingdom and Ireland…. The Sukhoi Superjet 100 – an all-new Russian regional jet – successfully completed its first flight in Komsomolsk-on-Amur on Monday… A […]

New flight patterns at Newark are confusing pilots, controllers say… Bombardier Aerospace selected Pratt & Whitney Canada’s Pw307b engine for the all-composite Learjet 85… The 2008 Milton Caniff “Spirit of Flight” Award from the Aviation Hall of Fame goes to the X Prize Foundation… AeroLEDs now offers AeroSUNLite, a recognition/landing-taxi lighting system based on their […]

An Irish pilot has been rapped by his country’s aviation authority for “poor airmanship” after he landed his Hughes 369HS helicopter on a car parkade in a busy shopping area of Athlone Town. According to the Belfast Telegraph, the unidentified pilot was picking up a set of freshly cut keys for the chopper at a […]

The developments at DayJet continue to be discussed at our AVweb blog, and also at James Fallows’ blog for the Atlantic Monthly… An Air France pilot allegedly had to take evasive maneuvers to avoid a collision after “showing off” to a visitor in the cockpit… Thielert says it will fulfill all currently held orders for […]

An Illinois pilot who landed on a golf course to get his son to a tennis lesson has been charged with reckless conduct and endangering a child, both misdemeanors… EOS Airlines, which offered “premium” service between New York and London, shut down this week and filed for bankruptcy… AOPA warns pilots who use auto fuel […]

Embry-Riddle offers hands-on aviation summer camp June 9 to August 6 … EAA AirVenture 2008 to open with rock band, Foreigner, performing opening-day concert in AeroShell Square, July 28 at 6-8 p.m. … A drunken passenger was duct-taped to his seat by crew and fellow passengers after disrupting a flight Wednesday from Hong Kong to […]

Wing panel fasteners that failed on a B-757 in March were new fasteners that had been redesigned after earlier problems with the wing panel fastening system, the NTSB said this week… The Senate is expected to move forward on FAA reauthorization and user fees soon, the National Business Aviation Association said this week… Alaska’s annual […]