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Although the text of the recommendation seems vague to us, it appears the NTSB is asking the FAA to require carbon monoxide detectors on most single-engine aircraft. In a safety recommendation issued Wednesday, the NTSB asks the FAA to “require the installation of CO detectors … in all single-engine reciprocating-powered airplanes with forward-mounted engines and […]

Will your local flying school’s next trainer come from New Zealand? Hamilton, N.Z.-based Alpha Aviation Ltd. hopes so. The Kiwi company recently bought the rights to the Alpha trainer developed by a French company, Societe Apex Industries. The New Zealand firm gets all the rights, tools, designs and intellectual property related to the aircraft. Alpha […]

The battle over satellite-based navigation signals was settled at a medieval castle in Ireland this week. The European Union agreed to make its proposed Galileo system compatible with the U.S. GPS system. The U.S. objected to the Europeans’ proposal to put the Galileo signals on a different frequency band, making it tough to jam them […]

Diamond Aircraft’s Garmin G1000-equipped DA40 has been certified by the FAA. The announcement was made at DiamondFest 2004, the annual gathering of Diamond owners and pilots at the company’s North American headquarters in London, Ontario. CEO Peter Maurer said the G1000 “is a natural for this aircraft” and claims the $229,500 price of the aircraft […]

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_______COLUMNS Say Again? #38: ATC 104 – VFR High TimeStudent and low-time pilots are expected to stumble a bit on the radio. But if you’re a high-time pilot flying VFR, your bad habits (perhaps learned by imitating a smooth-talking jet jock) might be causing trouble for controllers and other pilots. AVweb’s Don Brown reminds you […]

If it caught your attention, it will probably interest someone else, too. Drop us a line. Submit news tips via email to newstips@avweb.com. Special thanks to Tim Findlow for Monday’s story “Hangar, Schmanger! Aussie Scientists Create Sun-Strengthened Aluminum” and to Richard Clark for “A Short Airport Joy Ride, A $1 Million Bill,” also published in […]

It might not be everyone’s idea of a dream flight, but for Broderick Nixon, an Ercoupe was his ticket to fulfilling a lifelong fantasy. FantasyKids.com arranged a day for 17-year-old Broderick, who uses a wheelchair because of cerebral palsy, in the right seat of the Ercoupe piloted by John Trowbridge. With Broderick on the yoke […]

Pilots planning a trip up the California coast might have been alarmed by a NOTAM issued by the FAA for the Point Mugu area, just north of Los Angeles, earlier this week. The NOTAM advised of a “radiation hazard” for a 1.5-mile radius up to 8,000 feet around Point Mugu Naval Air Station and said […]

A pilot who died in a crash that also killed five others had taken a cocktail of powerful prescription drugs, according to an NTSB report released last week. The pilot, identified by the Sentinel & Enterprise as Robert A. Monaco, had the antidepressants imipramine and desipramine, the anti-seizure drug carbamazepine and the narcotic pain reliever […]