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AOPA launched their first new regional fly-in last weekend in San Marcos, Texas. AVweb’s Mary Grady talks with Katie Pribyl, AOPA’s vice president in charge of events, to find out more about how the new format worked out and whether it’s meeting the association’s goals. Duration: 7:40 File Size: 7.0 MB download here

Our weekly review of the news revealed that piston engine aircraft sales were up in the first quarter, the new Got Weather? campaign is kicking off, a company has been formed to produce a solar-electric light sport airplane and Kansas State Universitys aviation program has been the recipient of donated Frasca simulator. The General Aviation […]

In an unusual move, the National Transportation Safety Board today identified a single owner, HoTH Inc., of a number of Alaska air carriers operating under FAR Parts 135 and 121 and issued an urgent safety recommendation to the Federal Aviation Administration regarding the oversight of HoTH Inc.s operations. The urgent recommendation was issued as a […]

Although I try to remain detached and aloof from the vulgarity of international politics, I couldnt resist just this one time. Did you see this news itemin which Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin, torqued at U.S. sanctions against Russia for stealing Crimea, suggested that we use a trampoline to deliver our astronauts to the […]

As a result of the bankruptcy of Evergreen International Airlines, its McMinnville, Ore., six-building, on-airport campus is up for sale (PDF). The buildings on sale do not include those on the across-the-street campus that contains the Evergreen Museum and the gigantic Hughes Hercules flying boat. According to brokers Ted Nicholson and Katrin Gist, the six […]

Airbus announced this week that it has successfully test flown a prototype electric aircraft called the E-Fan and the company says it’s bullish on building an electric-powered airliner for the regional market, possibly with a hybrid drive. The E-Fan is a composite, tandem two-seater with a pair of ducted fans on the tail driven by […]

A jury in federal court in Denver has ordered Jeppesen Sanderson to pay $43.1 million to a husband-and-wife app development team after determining that the aviation giant breached terms of a contract and committed fraud. The Denver Post is reporting that the decision came after Foxborough, Mass.-based SolidFX argued that Jeppesen stole its idea for […]

Our survey of the news of the week uncovered two new releases, Conklin and de Deckers latest Aircraft Cost Evaluator and ASAs upgraded aviation dictionary app, as well as the identity of this years winners of the EAA/Daher-Socata scholarships and details of the first California Pilot Safety Tour. Conklin & de Decker has published the […]

Landmark Aviation announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Ross Aviation, a network of fixed based operations located throughout the United States. The acquisition, which is subject to satisfaction of closing conditions, is expected to close during the second half of 2014. Headquartered in Denver, Colo., Ross Aviation is a leading operator of […]

Not unexpectedly, just over a month after buying Beech Aircraft, Textron announced 750 job cuts at that company and at its Cessna division, according to the Washington Post. The layoffs will occur over the next 60 days. Both aircraft makers are based in Wichita, Kan., and Textron says about 575 of the affected jobs are […]