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When pilot Paul Wood, of Illinois, turned 50 this year, he decided to celebrate by doing something fun that would also benefit those less fortunate. Wood, who is a partner in an investment firm when he’s not flying one of his airplanes, will embark on a long-distance flight July 1 in an Aviat Husky A1-B […]

When the FAA asked for comments on its proposed new noise regulation for single-engine aircraft (see AVweb‘s prior coverage), it probably didn’t expect to get publicly blasted by one of its own — but that’s what it got. “We request that this proposal be withdrawn and reconsidered,” Scott Sedgwick, manager of the FAA’s Small Airplane […]

The death of steam-driven round cockpit gauges advanced a giant step closer on Friday, when the FAA gave full type certification to Cessna for its Garmin G1000-equipped 182T Skylane. This is the G1000’s first FAA aircraft-level certification, according to a Cessna press release. Cessna’s CEO Jack Pelton said the all-glass G1000 system was the “ideal […]

A new process discovered at an Australian research institute could lead to the production of aluminum airplanes that get stronger the longer they are left to “bake” in the sun. Roger Lumley, a scientist with CSIRO Elaborately Transformed Metals (CETM), says if aluminum panels are allowed to cure in the sun instead of in a […]

A 13-year-old girl was waiting in the car with her 13-year-old friend while her aunt ran an errand in the airport office at New York’s Penn Yan Airport last Tuesday. The aunt looked out the window and saw that the two girls were driving the car, and ran outside to try to stop them. The […]

After last Thursday’s report by the 9-11 Commission critiqued the FAA’s response on 9/11, the FAA issued a news release in its own defense. The FAA said its actions on 9/11 “demonstrated the urgency and initiative of many employees who were acting under intense pressure.” Further, “As the 9/11 commission has noted, the FAA faced […]

____________BRAINTEASERS Quiz #82 — Navigate Through Turbulent TimesSmooth skies are the stuff flying dreams are made of, but bouncing past a thunderstorm or trailing in the wake of a low-flying whale can shake you awake. Cinch your seatbelts and see how you’d rate these turbulence encounters.

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The June 2002 crash of a modified Piper Malibu that lost a portion of wing and crashed outside Orlando, Fla., killing all three aboard has resulted in a wrongful-death lawsuit naming six separate companies. The suit claims that not only were the aircraft design and manufacturer deficient, but so was the autopilot, the turbine (conversion), […]