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The Light Sport Aircraft category just got a whole lot more realistic for amphibious airplanes and their pilots. But there’s still a nonsensical ring to the FAA’s decision to modify a bizarre clause in the regulations that previously only allowed amphib gear to be “repositioned” while the plane was on the ground. Well, even the […]

Cirrus is now an aircraft operator, not just an aircraft manufacturer. The company recently bought SATS Air Taxi, which has been using Cirrus SR22 aircraft to carry passengers on point-to-point trips in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The brainchild of Steve Hanvey, the company was growing quickly on a word-of-mouth reputation for safe, efficient […]

___________BRAINTEASERS Quiz #100 — New Stuff, Old StuffIn this — the 100th Brainteaser quiz — we cast a net across the vast sea of aviation knowledge to snag what’s old, new, and even a little blue while challenging your crosswind technique.

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A diverse group of GA pilots from North America and Europe, flying Cessna 172s, a turbo Maule on floats, a Piper TriPacer, a Pilatus PC-12, and more, gathered in Canada in August for a week of competitive flying. The fliers covered 2,200 nautical miles, visiting Hudson Bay, Maine, New Brunswick, and Quebec. The rally has […]

It’s a small world, and the aviation industry is globalizing and outsourcing — Mexico has attracted Raytheon for wire harness work and Cessna has announced plans to follow. Last week, Bombardier Aerospace announced it will open a manufacturing plant in Queretaro, Mexico, in an effort to cut operating costs and boost profits. The company will […]

The way the FAA now is funded, Congress has some control over the purse strings. But if the agency gets it way and user fees and privatization prevail, that important oversight function could be wrested from the hands of elected officials, AOPA warns. AOPA made its comments last week in response to an FAA document […]

The clock has run out on time allotted for comments regarding the FAA’s proposal to create a permanent flight-restricted area over Washington, D.C., and in the final pushEAA weighed in with 39 pages of remarks. That was added to the more than 17,680 comments the site listed as logged. “EAA … strenuously asserts that converting […]