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Diamond’s DA40 is the platform for the first certified installation of Garmin’s new integrated glass panel. The G1000 is said to incorporate more features and offer better situational awareness to pilots by getting rid of all the conventional panel-mounted instruments and rolling their functions into two 10-inch sunlight-readable displays. In addition to all the information […]

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___________BIZAV BIZAV: October 2, 2003AVweb’s expanded coverage of business/corporate aviation continues with news about the final rules on fractional ownership, NBAA’s annual show, Raytheon weathering the summer’s heat and more.

While nothing could ever make high school classes as fun as some would like, we’ll hope that flying is a step in the right direction. A unique program at Dominion Christian High School in Cobb County, Ga., is granting credit to students who engage in flight training. About twelve students will spend the first semester […]

Kingsford Smith International Airport in Sydney, Australia, has been experiencing an unusual problem for the last week: a fuel shortage. Production problems at Sydney refineries and delays in shipments have caused fuel supplies at the airport to drop below 35 percent lower than normal. Now, the fuel distribution company says that the situation is easing […]

Two years after box cutters were cited as weapons used to hijack the airliners that changed the worlds view toward terrorism, the management of airport security has been overhauled … and two things remain very similar. You can still get an aisle seat, and you can still get a box cutter onto an airliner. On […]

The United States has been fighting a drug war in Colombia for many years and American contract pilots have helped to wage the battle by spraying drug crops with insecticide. Of course, flying over lands controlled by drug lords has never been as safe as walking the dog, but a new danger from leftist rebels […]

Hot air balloons are designed to fly in good-weather conditions, but that was not the case for the British pilot who broke a ballooning record this week. On Monday, David Hempleman-Adams became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic in an open wicker-basket balloon. The flight — which followed a route from Sussex, […]

Airport planners in Miramar, Calif., are keeping busy seeking a suitable location for the areas next regional airline-populated airfield. The county’s new airport agency, called the Public Working Group, tasked with finding such a venue, recently recommended adding a fifth military location, East Miramar, to the list of finalists for a possible regional airport site. […]

The folks at Extra Aircraft sent us a note announcing that their German factory is back in operation. The facilitys reopening follows the company’s new life under new ownership, which was announced at this years AirVenture. The companys new EA-500, which was also debuted at the show and will appear at the upcoming NBAA Convention, […]