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You saunter out to the mailbox expecting the usual: a utility bill or two a few pieces of junk mail, another credit-card statement that produces a mild state of depression; and, thankfully, a Victoria’s Secret catalog that at least momentarily dissipates the thought that the cost of your flight training has brought you to the […]

An off-duty flight attendant who wrote a bomb scare note and then claimed to find it in an aircraft washroom has been sentenced to five years in a federal prison. Gay Wilson was flying as a passenger on the American Airlines flight and told the court she wrote the note as a prank. Two fighters […]

The HondaJet will make its public debut at EAA Airventure. The jet, with Honda engines mounted on above-wing pylons, is said to be more efficient and roomier than comparable bizjets… The pilot of a U-2 spy plane died in a crash somewhere in the Middle East Wednesday. The Pentagon refused to say where the plane […]

Air Canada pilots rejected a deal that would have enabled the carrier to purchase 32 Boeing jets — including 14 composite 787 Dreamliners — after reviewing costs related to the $6 billion purchase and use of the jets. The deal had relied on the union ratifying an agreement struck April 25. The union balked and […]

The two-seat Viperjet mkII took its first flight on Sunday, in Pasco, Wash., for a successful 25-minute test… Female pilots for British Airways won the right in court to reduced hours to care for children. The airline says it will fight the ruling… A 1963 Beech 23 Musketeer, N2358Z, was stolen from Elk Grove, Calif., […]

The 1919 Vickers Vimy replica has reached St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, its departure point for the attempt by Steve Fossett and Mark Rebholtz to re-create the first nonstop trans-Atlantic flight by John Alcock and Arthur Brown. Fossett and Rebholtz will launch for County Galway, Ireland, as soon as weather permits… The FAA has issued […]

Two leading aviation organizations are fighting to keep free weather. The National Business Aviation Association and the National Air Transportation Association have fired off letters protesting a proposed Senate bill that would prohibit government agencies from providing weather information for free if there are private companies who want to do it for profit… Body parts […]

EAA’s Sport Pilot Tour launched at Golden West fly-in in California over the weekend… Two disabled pilots broke a speed record for a 600-mile flight across Britain in a Glasair RG… Aviation Technology Group ran first taxi tests of its Javelin Jet prototype last week in Englewood, Colo…. If you plan to fly to Oshkosh […]

CLICK FOR LARGE IMAGESEACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW Kids try out a flight simulator in a lobby at the AOPA building. The curious check out Garmin units in the exhibitor tent. This Czech-built motor glider was for sale, gathering lots of interest but no takers (last we checked). Another popular stop – […]

Airbus super-jumbo A380 first commercial flights will be delayed six months. Qantas previously expected its first aircraft in October of next year. Now an April 2007 delivery date seems a more accurate expectation. Expecting airlines may or may not elect to not seek apologies from the manufacturer in the form of cash… Do you know […]