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Sino Swearingen has received almost unlimited type certification for its SJ30-2 business jet but there are still a few details to be looked after before the planes can actually be sold. Although it has full approval for day and night VFR and IFR operations, the FAA still has to sign off on the speedy jet’s […]

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A Bethel, Alaska, flight school is tackling an apparent shortage of home-grown pilots in the state. Yuut Yaqungviat LLCsays its graduates save charter and air taxi operators money because they’re happy to work full-time. Flight school director William Johnson told the Alaska Journal of Commerce that many operators hire pilots from “outside” to fly two […]

Australian pilots are being urged to “get their skates on” and get their applications in for credentials that become mandatory on Jan. 1. Officials are now worried they won’t be able to process the last-minute influx of applications before the deadline. Only about half of Australia’s 30,000 pilots have applied for either an aviation security […]

As we consider the impediments of TFRs and the potential impact of newly permanent restricted airspace around Washington, a little perspective might lift your spirits … if not the rules. In China, there are 200 private pilots and thousands who’d like to be if not for government regulations so restrictive that even legally licensed aviators […]

The tail section of the Eclipse 500 will be built in Grand Prairie, Texas, from parts made in England. Grand Prairie-based Hampson Aerospace, a subsidiary of U.K.-based Hampson Industries PLC, has won the exclusive contract to build the tail sections, which will be shipped to Eclipse’s final assembly facility in Albuquerque. Hampson manager Scott Wargo […]

An Indian adventurer hopes to take hot air ballooning to new heights in November. Vijaypat Singhania, an Indian clothing magnate, plans to pilot the balloon from Mumbai to a height of 70,000 feet. The current record is 64,900 feet. And it’s not just a matter of packing some extra propane. “This is a very complex […]

Although it’s one of the biggest aviation extravaganzas anywhere, AOPA Expois getting competition for attention from the weather. However, according to the 10-day forecast from Intellicast, there doesn’t appear to be much to worry about as thousands (including one very un-hurricane-savvy AVweb reporter) descend on Tampa for AOPA’s big show starting next Thursday. So far, […]