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Textron says it won’t add G100UL unleaded avgas to its approved fuel list until it has been more thoroughly tested. In statements released last Friday (one for singles, one for twins), the company said it won’t be giving its stamp of approval to the fuel unless and until that more comprehensive testing has been done. […]

Brazilian authorities say a prominent businessman and nine members of his family were killed when the Piper PA-42-1000 Cheyenne 400LS crashed shortly after takeoff from Canela Airport in Gramado in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul on Sunday. Seventeen people on the ground were injured. Luiz Claudio Galeazzi was flying the twin with […]

Two naval aviators safely ejected from their F/A-18 Super Hornet when the aircraft was shot down over the Red Sea in a friendly fire accident by the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg Saturday. “Both pilots were safely recovered. Initial assessments indicate that one of the crew members sustained minor injuries,” U.S. Central Command said in […]

Influential libertarian think tank the Reason Foundation has written an open letter to the incoming leaders of the Department of Government Efficiency to make air traffic control a “user-funded utility.” The foundation, which is credited with coining the term “privatization,” says most of the rest of the world (83 countries) has already distanced ATC from […]

A third fuel retailer has announced plans to sell GAMI’s G100UL unleaded avgas, and in many ways it couldn’t be farther from the existing California facilities offering the fuel. Tupelo Aviation Unlimited, in the heart of Mississippi, says it will have the high-octane lead-free alternative for retail sale in mid-January at $6.99 a gallon, 45 […]

Diamond Aircraft announced today it has completed a deal with Air India for three new DA42-VI twin-engine aircraft. Air India’s new Flight Training Organization, located in Amravati, Maharashtra, also has an option for six additional DA42s, with the deal representing a new relationship with the carrier for Wiener Neustadt, Austria-based Diamond. With four seats to […]

Urban air mobility company Archer announced today it has received a certificate of occupancy for its 400,000-square-foot facility—to be known as “ARC”—in Covington, Georgia, collocated with the Covington Municipal Airport. The company is in the process of moving tooling on-site for producing its Midnight electronic aircraft, and production is expected to launch early next year. […]

The Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions (EAGLE) team has released Part 1 of a three-part series called “Clearing the Air: How Unleaded Aviation Fuel Is Gaining Approval.” Part 1 (attached below) is labeled “Understanding the STC process and why it matters to pilots and aircraft owners.” In a series of questions and answers, EAGLE attempts […]

Icon Aircraft’s outgoing public relations officer Brian Manning has shared with AVweb that the company’s “transitional” president, Jason Huang, announced that he is stepping down. In a holiday message to company stakeholders, Huang announced the position will now pass to Lily Hu, described by Huang as bringing “over 17 years of executive leadership experience and […]

The FAA instituted a series of 22 new Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) late yesterday prohibiting flight of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS—aka drones) within several specific areas in New Jersey. “Special permission” will be required to operate drones within the airspace. The TFRs will remain in effect until Jan. 17. TFRs had already been established over […]