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Cessna feels good despite some tough times. Company spokesperson Jessica Myers recently told The Wichita Eagle the manufacturer had a very good show at EAA AirVenture and took orders in the “double digits” for various Cessna single-engine Caravan and Citation aircraft. She declined to offer any further details. This follows Cessna’s recent announcement to lay […]

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Southwest Airlines carried more passengers than any other U.S. airline in May. That’s the first time a low-fare carrier has knocked one of the major carriers from the top spot… Diamond Aircraft is helping more pilots get into their aircraft by donating $20,000 to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s scholarship fund. The university flies 10 DA40 Diamond […]

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A helicopter owned by Indian oil company crashed with 29 people aboard on Monday. The aircraft, which had been chartered by one of India’s largest oil companies, crashed into the Arabian Sea near Bombay. The helicopter took off at 12:15 p.m. from an offshore rig about 22 miles from the coast, and plunged into the […]

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A remote-controlled airplane was launched from Newfoundland on Saturday night headed for Ireland, and at last report was more than 700 miles out over the Atlantic… EADS Socata and Pratt & Whitney Canada said at Oshkosh they will increase the TBO of the PT6A-64 installed on the TBM 700 from 3,000 hours to 3,500 hours… […]

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The Boeing S-307 Stratoliner arrived August 6 at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia. The sole remaining example of the world’s first pressurized airliner will make The Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum and Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center its new home. The museum opens its doors for the public December 15… A Learjet 35A crashed […]

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Twenty-seven top pilots began competition Saturday in Anderson, S.C., in the six-day U.S. National Hot Air Balloon Championship… AOPA is taking names … nominations are welcome for the Certified Flight Instructor, Aviation Maintenance Technician, and Avionics Technician of the Year awards. Nominations for the FAA Safety Counselor of the Year are also open. Click here […]

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Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport may be renamed if a consulting group has their way. Leon Cargile has announced a national effort to get at least 20,000 names from the Web in an online petition to change the name of the airport to one that recognizes former Atlanta Mayor and civil rights leader Maynard Holbrook Jackson, […]

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