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Delta Connection Academy will buy 50 Cirrus SR20 aircraft in a fleet modernization program that it says will better equip its graduates to enter the modern world of airline operations. At a news conference at AOPA Expo on Thursday, Delta Connection CEO Capt. Gary Beck said the company researched the market for three years before […]

Redmond, Ore.-based Mountain High announced at AOPA Expo that it is now shipping the single-user EDS-O2D1 digital “pulse demand” oxygen delivery system. According to the company, the shirt-pocket-size system automatically regulates the flow to deliver only the needed amount of oxygen, cutting consumption by up to six times that of constant-flow systems. Additionally, the system […]

Today’s podcast features an interview with Cessna chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton at AOPA Expo. Pelton talks about his company’s next-generation small airplanes, namely Cessna’s light sport airplane and Next Generation Piston family, both of which are being spotlighted at the show. Click here to listen. New to podcasts and audio news? You don’t […]

Our AVweb staffers had their cameras handy at this year’s AOPA Expo. Walk the booths and by-ways of the show with us in our virtual stroll. Click here for photos.

A special 60th anniversary package was revealed yesterday by Raytheon Aircraft for 2007 model-year Beechcraft Bonanza G36s. The anniversary editions will come with several upgrades, including a redesigned sidewall that offers more space and comfort, leather seats tailored with a combination of embossed stingray and wheat leather, removable headrest covers embossed with the Bonanza shield, […]

Cessna yesterday said the FAA cleared the Citation Mustang for flight into known icing, some two months after the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F-powered very light jet received type approval. “While approval for flight into icing is not required for certification of the airplane, we wanted to have this in place prior to delivering our […]

Barry Schiff has been checked out in more types of airplanes than most people have probably even seen in a lifetime but his message is consistent. “It doesn’t matter what you fly,” he told the opening luncheon crowd at AOPA Expo. “What matters is that you fly.” Schiff, who retired as a Boeing 747 captain […]

Garmin announced yesterday that the GNS 400/500 series have been TSO’d for lateral-precision with vertical (LPV) guidance approaches and receive GPS navigation via the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). The FAA also granted approved model list STC approval, allowing the 400W/500W equipment to be installed on more than 980 makes and models of aircraft. The […]

Airline Transport Professionals, which provides direct track training for airline pilots, announced the purchase of 20 Diamond D-Jets at AOPA Expo. In turn Diamond has announced that ATP will develop and provide type certificate training for the D-Jet. Diamond President Peter Maurer said training is a key component of any jet program, because of the […]

The PiperJet will be packing plenty of punch when it flies off the drawing board. Piper President Jim Bass announced yesterday at AOPA Expo that a Williams FJ44-3AP will be in the tail-mounted nacelle of the jet. The engine is normally rated at 3,000 pounds of thrust, but this one will be derated to 2,400 […]