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Airline officials are warning Toronto that spiraling fees at Pearson International Airport might prompt them to bypass Canada’s largest airport. Eugene Hoeven, of the International Air Transport Association, said last week he’s concerned Pearson’s $4.4 billion expansion is over budget and airlines will be left footing the bill through landing fees and other charges. Toronto […]

It’s doubtful many Malaysians have ever even heard of a Lancair Columbia 300, much less imagine themselves in the left seat. But there are literally millions of reasons that the Bend, Ore., company held a board of directors meeting there recently and let the country’s prime minister take an hour-long hop in the plane. Investment […]

A theoretically permanent fix is now available for troublesome engine mounts on Piper Mirages. Enhanced Flight Group, of Lexington, Ky., has received a supplemental type certificate (STC) to beef up the mount in the area of the nose-gear actuator attach point. The factory assemblies have suffered cracking and even complete nose-gear collapses, prompting a Service […]

The glass cockpit is coming to aircraft designs that date back to the 1950s. Cessna used the National Business Aircraft Association convention to announce that its venerable Skylane and Stationair models of single-engine aircraft will be offered with an optional Garmin G1000 avionics package. Last week, Diamond Aircraft announced the G1000 will be available as […]

Our sister publication, Aviation Consumer, is preparing a customer satisfaction survey on the Cirrus SR20 and Diamond DA40 Star. If you own either and would like to participate, contact the editor at avconsumer@comcast.net.

____________BRAINTEASERS Quiz #73 — IFR Charts And Procedures For All Pilots Rumor has it that some pilots fly inside clouds. Yikes! How can they see the interstate highways? VFR pilots should have at least a passing acquaintance with IFR procedures if only to know where IFR traffic might appear. All instrument-rated flyers could use the […]

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This past Sunday New York City’s Hudson River Park was assaulted by 35 teams of amateur “aircraft” builders competing for a $7,500 “pilot’s training course or cash equivalent” grand prize. An impressive precision parachute jump originated from a helicopter and ended atop the event’s floating 30-foot-wide launch pad to open the event. Competitors then began […]

Cessna is naturally in force at the NBAA shindig in Orlando this week, and on Monday made the most of its chance to hype the latest news about its much-anticipated Citation Mustang entry-level six-seat bizjet. The jet should be ready for type certification in the third quarter of 2006, with first customer deliveries in the […]

Boeing Co. last week announced its third-quarter deliveries, and said it shipped 210 jets in the first nine months of this year. The projected total of 280 jets for 2003 represents an eight-year low for Boeing. Airbus says it expects to ship 300 jets this year, which would place the European consortium ahead of Boeing […]