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Hartzell Propeller Inc. says it disagrees with Denmark’s Air Accident Investigation Board over the role of one of its propellers (model HC-C3YK-1BF) in an Aug. 6 crash just off the coast of Denmark. As AVweb told you Aug. 26, four people died in the crash. Danish authorities concluded a pitch change knob on one of […]

_______COLUMNS Say Again? #40: ATC 105 — PhraseologyYou’ve got plenty to learn when becoming a pilot — and one of the more intimidating things is talking on the microphone. But proper phraseology can save your life, and it’s easier to learn when you’re new. AVweb’s Don Brown has another in his basic communication courses in […]

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A couple of British pilots have a load of bull to give their insurance carrier and they’re not fooling around. Tony Cooper and Lisa Kingscott’s vintage Auster J1N airplane suffered about $18,000 in damage earlier this month when some young bulls developed a taste for the fabric covering. The bullocks ate a large section of […]

The man best known for organizing the private space race is making weightlessness available to anyone with $3,000 and, we hope (as will their fellow passengers) a strong stomach. Peter Diamandis, the founder of the X Prize competition, is behind the Zero Gravity Corporation, which just got FAA approval to sell tickets on NASA-style parabolic […]

Two of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick’s top aides are in Brussels today meeting with their European Union counterparts trying to put an end to what the U.S. claims are unfair subsidies to Airbus Industries. At issue is a section of an agreement between the U.S. and Europe that nails down how (and how much) […]

If you fly to help others (or even if you think it’s a good idea that some people do) the Air Care Alliance is looking for a final political push to get some truly helpful legislation passed. The Volunteer Pilot Organization Act received a resounding 385-12 endorsement in the House on Tuesday. The bill expands […]

If your GA business is still in the 9/11 doldrums, maybe it needs a change of scenery. Uniworld LLC is urging you to pack a set of chopsticks (wooden ones … metal ones may be confiscated at security checkpoints) and head to China for a couple of GA forums (which it is sponsoring) next year. […]