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More box-cutters were found on U.S. airliners last week. Authorities are investigating whether the tools were smuggled onto US Airways planes in Boston and Philadelphia or whether some strikingly forgetful maintenance staff left them on board… There’s no trick to being hauled off an airliner for questioning. Just ask the guy who packed his suitcase […]

Several TFRs are expected to sprout in Texas this week, as President Bush visits the Lone Star State. Bush is hanging his boots in Texas from Oct. 29 through Nov. 3. He is scheduled to be at his ranch in Crawford through the period, except for a trip to San Antonio on Oct. 30. As […]

Single-Pilot IFR,” a free online course, is now available from the AOPA Air Safety Foundation. The 45-minute course qualifies for the FAA Wings Proficiency Awards Program…Cessna Twins Spar Corporation, a new group formed by twin Cessna owners to address AD issues, is hosting an Open Meeting at AOPA Expo on Saturday…Raytheon Aircraft’s third-quarter report showed […]

The Cessna Twins Spar Corporation (CTSc) was recently formed to address issues related to the pending Cessna Wing Spar ADs and similar ones to follow.Express Aircraft Company LLC has been sold after the death of its president Larry Olson in a plane crash on his way to EAA AirVenture last summer. New owners are husband-and-wife […]

The definitive exhibit of the Wright Brothers’ contribution to aviation opened last week at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. “The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age” includes 170 artifacts, including the actual aircraft that flew for the first time on Dec. 17, 1903. The Wright Flyer will be displayed at […]

Liberty Aerospace reports FAA test pilots have completed both stall and spin characteristic flight-testing in the Liberty XL2. The tests of the two-seat single-engine aircraft were performed using maximum gross aircraft weight and maximum aft center of gravity. During that time, they flew over 20 hours and completed 32 spins and numerous stalls in different […]

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Chase planes might enable resumption of spectacular night launches of space shuttles. NASA is working on a system whereby two WB-57F converted bombers, carrying sophisticated cameras, will be able to watch for pieces falling off the shuttle as it climbs through the atmosphere. Such imagery is required in the wake of the Columbia disaster, in […]

Three British WWII pilots are recovering after ditching their Cessna 172 seven miles offshore after the engine quit. One of the three gave credit to the “jolly nice chaps” on a fishing trawler who quickly came to their aid… A 1946 Stinson was destroyed Sunday when it crashed into a house in Pauls Valley, Okla. […]

Ann Devers has taken over as director of advertising sales for AVweb. In addition, Arturo Weiss will be assisting on the advertising side… Airworthiness Directives are coming on Cessna 400-series aircraft regarding cracks in wing spars requiring inspection and modification. Also, an AD requiring modifications to airspeed indicators and placarding for flight speed reduction and […]