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The battle for the skies over Iowa County, Wisconsin, has reached the halls of Congress as residents of the rural area step up a campaign to ban low-level aerobatic practice near their homes. “Imagine someone holding a chainsaw next to your head hours on end, day after day,” Coleman (he uses one name), a software […]

A Northwest Airlines pilot who attempted to land at Sioux Falls Airport last year near a tornado has had his certificate suspended by the FAA for 45 days. But Michael Hughes gets to keep flying while he appeals the suspension. The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported that the FAA found that Hughes violated regulations by […]

Citing the fall of Enron, Tyco, Pharmalat and Martha Stewart (and with all the competitive zeal of a presidential campaign), Eclipse Aviation Tuesday announced what may be both a timely and popular shift in philosophy. “At Eclipse, we have pondered how to provide increased transparency,” wrote President and CEO Vern Raburn, whose company once upon […]

The National Business Aircraft Association, AOPA, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and the National Air Transportation Association gave presentations Tuesday at a congressional hearing to urge the creation of a workable set of security procedures to allow bizjets back into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). “[T]he fact is that our nation’s security organizations […]

https://avweb.com/avmail/ Reader mail this week about the de-ice debacle, C152 sport planes, age vs.accident rates and more.

_______COLUMNS CEO of the Cockpit #30: Spring CleaningAfter being grounded due to a medical condition, AVweb’s Ceo of the Cockpitreturns to the flight line and finds himself a bit behind in his approachplate updates. This reminds him to go back and clean out the mental cobwebsaround all key pre-flight procedures.

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Women in Aviation International (WAI) wrapped up its 15th annual conference Saturday night, closing as usual with a banquet and the distribution of dozens of scholarships and grants for flight and maintenance training. This year’s largesse totaled over $400,000. More than 2,000 people came to the conference in Reno, Nev., in search of career opportunities, […]

Four Marines died Wednesday night when their UC-35D aircraft, a military version of a Cessna Citation Encore, crashed on approach to Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, near San Diego. The plane crashed about 8:45 p.m., about a mile and a half east of the airstrip, and burned. The crew didn’t report any problems prior to […]

Pacific Aerospace Corp. (PAC) announced last week it has been issued a Type Certificate from the FAA for its PAC 750 XL single-engine piston airplane, the first passenger aircraft to be designed and manufactured in New Zealand. Targeted for the skydiving industry, the airplane has generated interest among operators for a variety of uses, and […]