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Chicago authorities are investigating what looks like a bullet hole in a window at an FAA building next to the tower at O’Hare International Airport. No one was hurt by the projectile, which investigators suspect may have come from a low caliber gun or pellet gun… At least seven airplanes and two helicopters were damaged […]

The Kestrel prototype is now flying in Bend, Ore., Flight International reported on Tuesday. There was no mention of Epic Aircraft, a one-time project collaborator. The single-engine turboprop will fly to Europe next month for further testing and promotion… Gulfstream will offer Synthetic Vision Systems on board its jets, the company announced at Farnborough… Columbia […]

So, there it is, then…AVweb‘s no-iPod-required audio news — index. If you want to hear it straight from the horse’s mouth, this is for you. Just click and listen, it will play right on your computer.AVweb‘s print coverage — Monday‘s, Wednesday‘s, and Friday‘s.The galleries … pages and pages worth, with a new page added today.

AVweb Audio News: You won’t hear it anywhere else. Let us know what you think. AVweb‘s Oshkosh Picture Galleries. The F-22 was here, yesterday. The F-22 was here, yesterday. So, we took pictures while enjoying a soundwave-induced full body massage. (Stealthy, perhaps. Quiet … no.) It stood motionless on its tail, climbed out vertically, fell […]

Podcasts: Tuesday’s file included Cessna’s Jack Pelton, Diamond’s Peter Mauer, EAA’s Tom Poberezny, and a trip to the Oshkosh tower. Watch this spot, Thursday, for more voices from the show. First flight — Garmin GPSMap496 review. Try before you buy. From Monday’s homepage — images of the Cessna LSA unveling. Also from Monday’s homepage updates, […]

Welcome to our pre-show AirVenture 2006 photo-gallery (images captured before the show officially began). Watch this spot Wednesday for more… Visit AVweb.com tomorrow for a podcast recorded on the grounds at Oshkosh… BellAgusta has begun ground testing of its second prototype tilt rotor aircraft at the consortium’s Italian facility in Carmeri. The first BA609C is […]

Controllers at the LA Center lost contact with airplanes for 15 minutes on Tuesday when a backup generator failed during a power outage. Power outages at LaGuardia caused American and Delta to cancel dozens of flights… A lightweight engine, the two-cylinder, four-stroke 60-hp HKS 700E, made in Japan, has met the ASTM consensus standard for […]

Remember the guy who got to 16,000 feet in a lawn chair with 400 helium balloons attached? Well, now Flight of the Lawnchair Man has been turned into a musical that, according to press notes, “reminds the world that dreams can come true if you believe in yourself.” (and place considerable faith in latex, aluminum […]

An Osprey V-22 en route to England’s Farnborough Airshow made a precautionary landing in Iceland after experiencing compressor stalls in an engine… Former Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has joined Hill & Knowlton, a global communications consultant firm, as vice president. Mineta will be based in Washington, D.C…. When a DC-9 and an Airbus collided on […]

Airbus CEO Gustav Humbert resigned on Sunday. The shakeup results from A380 delays and a stock dive… Forward Vision has reduced its price to just under $10K for GA users of its infrared night-vision system… Michael Fanfalone, 57, one of the founders of the Professional Airways Systems Specialists union, died June 27 in Baltimore… Comp […]