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The BBC on Monday debuted a new reality series called “Spitfire Ace,” featuring four young pilots learning to fly the famous World War II-era aircraft. The four-part series follows four aspirants from diverse backgrounds to see if they have what it takes to emulate the heroic achievements of their predecessors, the pilots who defeated Hitler’s […]

Max-Viz announced Monday it has achieved the first in a long series of planned FAA certifications of its EVS-1000 Enhanced Vision System (EVS) for helicopters. The Bell 212, Bell 412 and Bell 412EP helicopters have been approved for FAA Supplemental Type Certificates for the installation of the Max-Viz EVS-1000. The company says the product enables […]

The T-34 Association has asked the FAA to allow at least a year for any inspection program it might mandate to check the structural integrity of wing spars in the T-34 fleet. The request follows an FAA order issued on Dec. 31 that requires Flight Standard District Offices to perform a “special inspection” of all […]

The U.S. Air Force Academy, at Colorado Springs, Colo., has grounded 45 of its aircraft due to safety concerns after inspectors discovered “maintenance irregularities,” the Air Force said on Tuesday. The fleet is maintained by a contractor, Doss Aviation, and will remain grounded while Air Force officials review and investigate discrepancies. The grounding affects UV-18s, […]

That would be you, the general aviation pilot. Last night’s “Eye on America” report on the CBS Evening News made it clear that a terrifying threat exists — “Packed with explosives, small planes could be devastating bombs” — and that GA pilots just don’t give a damn — “vulnerability [is] the price for general aviation’s […]

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Safire Aircraft Company, based in Opa Locka, Fla., has filed a Type Certificate application with the FAA for the Safire Jet, the company said last week. The step marks the first phase of the jet’s certification process, said CEO Camilo Salomon, as well as a significant milestone in the aircraft’s development process. Major assemblies and […]

_______COLUMNS As the Beacon Turns #72: Milestones of Time TravelInstead of bragging about how many different kinds of planes he has flown, AVweb’s Michael Maya Charles likes to recount how many different decades are represented in the planes he has had the priviledge to try. As you’ll read in this month’s “As The Beacon Turns,” […]

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In case you missed it on eBay, you still have the opportunity to own a (mostly) functioning aircraft carrier, if you have more than $6 million, a place to park a 665-foot-long ship and can afford the three tons of oil per hour it burns. As AVweb reported last week, the decommissioned carrier turned up […]