Aviation News

On the day before the start of AOPA Expo 2008 in San Jose, another manufacturer announced production curtailments. Mooney Airplane Company spokesman Dave Franson told AVweb that production is being scaled down to balance the current inventory of unsold airplanes. The company laid off 229 of its existing 320 employees, virtually all of them on […]

Avidyne says it now offers the most comprehensive onboard weather products package with the launch of the Entegra Wx Series. The company announced the further development in its weather products as AOPA Expo was getting under way in San Jose, Calif. The system will comprise “the newly-TSO’d MLX770 Two-way Datalink Transceiver and the MLB700 Broadcast […]

Any pilot who has been grounded by a surprise medical condition knows the FAA’s cure is sometimes worse than the disease. The complex and often ponderous special issuance process is frustrating and anything but fast. If you’re facing a medical issue requiring special issuance, you might be able to fast-track your application by attending AOPA […]

Aviation Research Group/U.S. Inc. (ARG/US) has acquired Avmosys, LLC and hired founders Scott Liston and Mike Midkiff to continue developing the business under ARG/US. Avmosys is developing aviation management systems.

Jason Liao Bombardier Aerospace has announced that Jason Liao is the new Business Aircraft Director of Sales for China. Liao has worked at Hawker Beechcraft, Boeing, Dee Howard Co. and Chengdu Aircraft Co. in a 26-year aviation career.

AOPA Expo is coming up next week, Nov. 6 to 8, in San Jose, Calif…. Bell Helicopter will lay off 500 workers, due to the loss of a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense for the development of the ARH-70A helicopter, the company said in a news release on Wednesday… Boeing and its striking […]

Randy Nelson, Hawker Beechcraft’s senior vice president of product development and engineering will retire Dec. 1. He will be replaced by Edward Petkus, the current vice president of new product development.

Benjamin Williams Nashville Jet Charter announced that Benjamin Williams is its new chief pilot. Williams is a retired Army colonel who flew various military helicopters and fixed wing aircraft in a 27-year career.

Air show pilot Patty Wagstaff is scheduled to appear in court in Oshkosh Tuesday regarding charges stemming from an incident at EAA AirVenture July 31. In addition to the civil charges of drunk driving and refusal to provide a breath sample, Wagstaff has recently been criminally charged with resisting arrest … The Vancouver International Airport […]

Two single-engine Cessnas collided in midair above Colorado on Wednesday, both landed safely and nobody was hurt… The NTSB has published an update on the South Carolina Lear jet crash that killed four and injured two last month… Charley Fox, a legendary WWII fighter pilot from Canada who flew a Spitfire in Europe, died last […]