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The future of a Fort Wayne, Ind., airport seems a little brighter after the local airport authority voted to keep the facility open “indefinitely.” Still, anti-airport forces found encouragement in the descriptions noting that indefinitely doesn’t mean “in perpetuity”… One of the world’s best hang gliding competitors died in a competition in Florida last week. […]

Florida skydiver Albert “Gus” Wing III, 50, died after he collided with the wing of the Twin Otter that he jumped from Saturday morning, severing both legs at the knees. After the impact at 600 feet, Wing controlled his parachute to a landing but died from his injuries later at Halifax Medical Center. The aircraft […]

The tower at Tampa (Fla.) International Airport lost radio contact with pilots for about 20 minutes on Saturday. Communications were maintained with backup handheld radios… The FAA is paying $9 million for soundproofing and air conditioning in three schools near Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport… New globally wired weather data could help save up to $1.7 […]

There were no injuries but a T-6 was damaged at Sun ‘n Fun Thursday when it ran off a taxiway. Police said pilot and owner Keith Moser, of Huntington, Ind., was trying to make a sharp left turn when the plane went off the pavement. The left wing was substantially damaged… The administrative machinations that […]

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AVweb’s Sun ‘n Fun galleries number one, number two, and number three are up… The Seawind amphibious kitplane is about 75 percent of the way through its certification process, company President Richard Silva said at Sun ‘n Fun. The airplane is aiming for concurrent certification with both Transport Canada and the FAA, he said… Beechcraft […]

Mooney to install inflatable airbag(-ish) seat restraints in pilot and co-pilot seats of all its Bravo and Ovation models… The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association is lobbying Congress to declare May 24 National Aviation Maintenance Technician Day. That’s the birthday of Charles E. Taylor, who built the engine for the Wright 1903 Flyer… A Florida man […]

Ballistic Recovery Systems announced Monday it plans to acquire Free Flight Enterprises. Both companies manufacture safety parachutes for aircraft… The FAA proposed an Airworthiness Directive to deal with rough-running TCM engines found on some Cessna twins and Aero Commanders… Tall airline pax could be at worse risk for deep-vein thrombosis… Cessna’s Citation CJ2+ took its […]

Bombardier is withholding $130 million (CAD) in dividend payments this year to cope with red ink and to help fund development of a new airliner. It’s the first time in 32 years that the company has not issued dividends… We’ll probably never know what happened to aerobatic pilot Ian Groom last April 30. The NTSB […]

It should be harder to book airline reservations as airlines start chopping seats to save money. Most major airlines are retiring old, inefficient planes and replacing them with smaller aircraft or simply chopping flights. The exception is Southwest, which expects to add 10 percent more capacity this year… A New Mexico flight instructor has developed […]