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AVweb’s search of aviation news around the world found ADS-B upgrades by an unmanned aerial systems company, new features for the FltPlan app, a new award founded by the National Aviation Hall of Fame, and a celebrity addition to AOPA’s charitable arm, the Hat in the Ring Society. Robotic Skies has completed the first field […]

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Video: Flying the Carbon Cub on Floats

The Carbon Cub is CubCrafters’ most popular seller, by far. Slap a pair of Aerocet floats on it and head for the nearest lake, and it’s easy to understand why. AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli did just that and prepared this video report. view on YouTube

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Flying the Carbon Cub on Floats

If ever we need a king in this country and someone put me in charge, somewhere on my to-do list would be getting rid of FAR 91.119. OK, so I wouldn’t eliminate it, but I’d amend it so that people would just worry about it less. I’ve been in more discussions than I care to […]

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A Tale of Two Aviation Lawsuits

“Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits. Fanatics will never learn that, though it be written in letters of gold across the sky. It is the prohibition that makes anything precious.” Mark Twain The month of May brought some good news to those who care about aviation, users of airports and the value of […]

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New This Week

AVweb’s search of aviation news worldwide found a preview of Dassault Aviation’s new Falcon jet, a revamping of Russian airline Transaero, and scholarship opportunities from The Helicopter Foundation International and Women in Aviation International. Dassault Aviation this week lifted the veil on the highly anticipated Falcon 5X, which establishes a new benchmark in the large-cabin, […]

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Diamond Moves Ahead With Hybrid Drive

Diamond Aircraft’s Austria headquarters is well along with a third-generation hybrid-drive electric aircraft design that it hopes will serve as a certification template for future electric aircraft. The new airplane is based on a DA40 composite airframe, but rather than a geared conventional prop driven by a diesel engine, the aircraft will have a single […]

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Saab To Test Remote Control Towers

Two of Ireland’s busiest airports, Cork and Shannon, will soon get remote control towers operated from a third airport in Dublinin what appears to be the first operational full-scale test of remote tower technology. The Swedish aerospace and industrial conglomerate Saab is providing the equipment and overseeing the test program. According to Saab, the remote […]

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How Aerial Spycams Are Driving Engine Technology

If it sometimes seems that the entire aerospace industry is given over to developing ways to plant cameras in the sky to spy on people and things, it’s probably because the entire aerospace industry is given over to developing ways to plant cameras in the sky to spy on people and things. Although the actual […]

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New This Week

AVweb’s search of aviation news worldwide found an open house event at Garmin, an aviation film project on Kickstarter, key promotions at Blackhawk Modifications, and scholarship awards from the Aircraft Electronics Association. Garmin’s open house on June 11 will give its customers a rare look behind the scenes at the company’s headquarters in Olathe, Kansas. […]

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Rare Bird

Despite its rich red plumage, the slight, single-seat biplane often goes unnoticed amidst a tied-down flock of homebuilt aircraft. In its three-point pose, its 20-foot wood wingspan and narrow, 16-foot-4 tube-and-fabric fuselage are hidden in the rakish and modern shadows cast by taller, flashier metal or composite creations. But when the other airplanes fly off, […]

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