Aviation News

NATCA responds to AVweb‘s story on the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control facility, in today’s Avmail… Structural failure due to metal fatigue was blamed for the 2002 breakup a China Airlines 747, in a Taiwan report. A crack was incorrectly repaired, the report concluded… New software adds four light aircraft to Microsoft Flight Simulator […]

GlobalFlyer launch postponed again; unfavorable ground winds cited. Next window now is March 1-3… Cirrus now offers Flight Director in its PFD-equipped aircraft… Diamond Aircraft named Paul Woessner as director of fleet sales for its North American operation… New England Aviation Expo set for April 9 at Daniel Webster College in N.H…. China’s first manned […]

Two Cessna 402’s, each with more than 20,000 TIS exhibited spar cracking and have led the FAA to issue an emergency AD, increasing the frequency of spar inspection and adding the aircraft model 414A. Aircraft with spar straps on each wing (per a previous AD) are not affected… Another reason to always check your tanks […]

Are UFOs finally getting the respect they deserve or is it all part of the ratings game? We’ll let you be the judge as TV news icon Peter Jennings examines the topic in a two-hour special on ABC Feb. 24. Jennings denies it’s a ratings thing, saying that the 80 million Americans who say they’ve […]

The FAA will hold a public meeting on the grounded T-34 fleet, tomorrow and Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo…. Garmin had record growth in 2004, the company announced last week, introducing 50 new products and certifying its G1000 glass cockpit in six GA aircraft… A new(-ish) helmet for fighter pilots automatically coordinates their line of […]

The Collier Trophy for 2004 goes to SpaceshipOne. The prestigious trophy is awarded by the National Aeronautic Association… Peter Bunce has been selected as the new president for the General Aviation Manufacturers Association. Bunce was formerly with the Pentagon and the U.S. Air Force. He replaces Ed Bolen, who is now president of NBAA… A […]

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association has a new president. He’s Pete Bunce, a former Air Force pilot and commander who was most recently the director of the Air Force Congressional Budget and Appropriations Liaison. He takes over April 1… Two Northwest Airlines pilots, who landed at the wrong airport, will not be sanctioned by the […]

The FAA has issued an Airworthiness Directive on Gippsland GA8 aircraft. There have been three reports of the aileron control being stiff and one in which aileron control locked while the plane was being taxied. Rubbing between the control-wheel shaft and the bushing in the control column can cause wear or damage… The FAA has […]

Airspace above Washington essentially shuts down for GA during Wednesday night’s State of the Union address… The launch date has been bumped back again for Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer’s attempt to fly around the world nonstop with one pilot. Steve Fossett will take off from Salina, Kan., on Feb. 8, if the conditions are favorable… BRS […]

AOPA members have donated $44,000 so far for tsunami relief… The FAA has published special traffic procedures for the Super Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 2-8… Feb. 6 has been set as the launch date for Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer‘s attempt to fly around the world nonstop, with one pilot. Steve Fossett will take off from […]