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Our sister publication, Aviation Consumer, is conducting a survey of aircraft paint shops. If you’ve had your airplane painted recently, we would like to know how the job turned out. To take the survey, visit www.aviationconsumer.com and click on the surveys button on the left side of the screen. We’ll take care of the rest.

In AVweb‘s Wednesday, Oct. 18 special issue we inadvertently mischaracterized Caterpillar President and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chairman Gerald Sheehan’s aviation user-fee remarks at the National Business Aviation Association convention opening session. Sheehan tells AVweb, “I specifically pointed out that a debate over who pays — and how much — is premature. We must first […]

Firewall Forward Technologies of Loveland, Colo., is now supplying modified camshafts for Lycoming 320-, 360- and 540-series engines it says dramatically reduce premature cam and lifter failures. The Centrilube cam distributes oil directly to the lifter face from holes drilled in the cam lobes. The result is increased lubrication, reduced temperature and less wear. Similar […]

Air-taxi provider SATSair last Tuesday said it is soon expanding service to include Florida as part of the company’s growth plan. Additionally, SATSair placed an order with Cirrus Design for 50 Cirrus SR22s and options on 50 more. “We’re excited about expanding our fleet and service area to include Florida,” said SATSair President and CEO […]

With its meteoric stock price increases and recent acquisitions such as YouTube, it’s generally assumed that Google can buy just about anything. But could it really pluck a treasure from the National Air and Space Museum and use it as a bauble in the lobby of its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters? The answer, thankfully, is […]

Well, we’ll agree with Steve Chambers that there are few things scarier than a plane crash scene. But neighbors and complete strangers by the hundreds are converging on his West Hills, Calif., home for a look at what that might be like. Chambers, with help from a few buddies and an undetermined amount of beer, […]

A made-in-the-U.S. light sport aircraft (LSA) that has many of the design and technology features of the European models that still dominate the sector took its first flight in Peyton, Colo., last week. The mockup of the Nexaer LS-1 turned heads at EAA AirVenture a couple of years ago with its swooping fuselage and big […]

There are plenty of CEOs who do more than handle the purse strings. Many of them also sit in the left seat of the company plane and AOPA has taken direct aim at them in its latest offensive in the fight against user fees. In a recent edition of Chief Executive magazine, privatization champion Robert […]

COLUMNS Say Again? #68: ATC ProgrammingDoes your local, stuck-in-the-past, traditionalist pilot complain about how difficult it is to use the latest glass cockpits and how “Real pilots should be able to fly with just needle, ball and airspeed”? ATC has its own technical and safety issues any time a new software version comes out, says […]

Audio news, plus a new in-depth interview are posted online each Monday and Friday. Check AVweb‘s audio news index to hear news directly from the newsmakers. Find exclusive interviews featuring Cessna’s Jack Pelton on his company’s LSA, TCM president Bryan Lewis, NATCA president John Carr, New Piper CEO Jim Bass, Hal Shevers for Sporty’s Pilot […]