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China (which might ban news services like AVweb) will likely lift a longtime restriction on flying below 3,000 meters (about 10,000 feet) as soon as 2010, Zhang Hongbiao, the president of China Aviation Industry Corp II, said last week, China Daily reported. China’s official air-traffic agency declined to comment on the statement. The strict control […]

COLUMNS As the Beacon Turns #93: A Night With KatrinaA hurricane is never to be trifled with — on the ground or in the air. But AVweb’s Michael Maya Charles traversed the remnants of a hurricane and reports that it can be done. Until he saw lightning …

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It’s been known for 15 years exactly where a B-25C bomber rested on the bottom of Lake Murray, 150 feet deep, and finally, about 9 o’clock Monday night, a crane lifted it to the surface, as hundreds watched from shore. The operation had taken 10 years of planning and about a week of work at […]

With fleets of very light jets ready to come on the market in the next few years, many operators are planning to use them in the development of point-to-point air-taxi systems. Aerobatic pilot Mike Goulian and partner Bill Herp have the same idea, but they’ve decided to jump the gun and start building their business […]

Summer and fall are prime flying time, so the FAA has made available a 12-page safety briefing to remind pilots about the causes of accidents and how to prevent them. “General Aviation Common Safety Challenges 2005” identifies stalls and loss of horizon as key areas of concern and provides some tips for avoiding the most […]

Instructor Jason Messenger and his student were landing at New Smyrna Beach (Fla.) Airport last Friday morning, when they ran into a problem — the gear was down on their Cessna 172RG, but not locked. After an hour or so spent trying various fixes, they made a plan with the help of three airport workers […]

Marta Bohn-Meyer, 48, chief engineer at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., died Sunday morning when the Giles G-300 she was flying crashed as she was beginning an aerobatic practice routine near the C.E. Page Airport in Oklahoma. Bohn-Meyer was the first female crewmember from NASA or the Air Force […]

Under changes recently enacted in Congress, the Internal Revenue Service can collect an additional 24.4 cents per gallon in taxes on Jet A aviation fuel, apparently due to concerns that highway operators are avoiding taxes on diesel fuel by buying Jet A to burn in their trucks. Thus, aviation users, unless they are buying the […]