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About 2350 Beech Bonanzas, T-34s and Navions with certain prop and engine combinations will fall under a proposed Airworthiness Directive that will require immediate replacement of the prop on about 500 of the affected aircraft and RPM limits on the others. Based on test data supplied by McCauley, the FAA issued a Notice of Proposed […]

The FAA’s annual revision of its five-year planning document, called its Flight Plan, continues the much-disputed tack that the existing funding structure for the agency, through the Airway and Airport Trust Fund, is falling short and a new method of funding is needed. AOPA President Phil Boyer said the fund is actually growing but the […]

A Maryland pilot who hopes to circumnavigate the globe via the two poles says someone apparently poured lacquer thinner into his aircraft’s fuel tanks. “This is a hard thing to wrap my mind around,” Gus McLeod told the Baltimore Sun. “I can’t believe I would be so important that someone would want to hurt me.” […]

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The FAA has listened to the concerns of EAA and the air show community, and an updated list of changes to air show policies shows that most of EAA’s recommendations will be included when the policies are updated, EAA said on Monday. “We are very pleased that FAA worked with EAA, the International Council of […]

Taking the private space industry to the next phase beyond suborbital tourist flights, SpaceDev announced yesterday that it has a plan for a six-passenger vehicle that could provide routine, safe crew access to the International Space Station — replacing the Space Shuttle — for a fraction of the cost of traditional programs. SpaceDev said if […]

Boeing has gone back and forth for years on the fate of its 747 line, but Monday the company announced a decision — they will go forward with the 747-8, stretched and upgraded, available as a freighter or a 446-seat passenger jet. The company already has orders for 18 freighters, which will be 18 feet […]

Sandel Avionics and Kollsman, Inc., announced last week they will work together to develop advanced heads-up displays for GA cockpits. Initial efforts will focus on integrating Sandel’s advanced displays with Kollsman’s small-footprint heads-up display, the MicroHUD, the companies said in a news release. A follow-on program will add Kollsman’s new GAViS, a heads-down, forward-looking infrared […]