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As AVweb first reported last week, New Piper officially has a new majority shareholder … and announced new ownership. American Capital Strategies Ltd. announced on Monday what many had already expected: It has completed the buyout and recapitalization of the struggling company. The deal included American Capital’s purchase (for $34 million) of $57 million of […]

Of course, there are isolated incidents that don’t help support the debate for relaxing security rules. A 20-year-old is accused of entering a 1966 Beechcraft Bonanza at Put-In-Bay Airport in Ohio on Sunday, starting the engine with keys found inside and taxiing into two parked cars. Law-enforcement officials told the Port Clinton News Herald the […]

Want to rub shoulders with the likes of Chuck Yeager and Sean D. Tucker or take home Patti Wagstaff’s flight suit? There are still a few tickets available for the Gathering of Eagles, the gala benefit that kicks off EAA AirVenture a week from tomorrow. Dozens of the most famous and influential people in the […]

With all three North American military performance teams flying each day (and perfect 79-degree pure blue skies Saturday) it was a celebration befitting the occasion it marked. This weekend, people jammed the Vectren Dayton Air Show in the official (Kitty Hawk will always argue this) Birthplace of Aviation, to mark 100 years of powered, sustained […]

The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) industry’s answer to AirVenture was held last week at Patuxent River Naval Air Station’s Webster Field Annex and indications are this semi-annual event will grow along with the popularity of UAVs. According to the American Forces Press Service, about 10 UAVs, including a pilotless helicopter, were there to show the […]

Flight-control operating levers in GROB Model G120A airplanes must be modified to prevent a ball bearing failure. McCauley props installed on BAE Jetstream Model 4101 airplanes must be checked for cracks. The nose landing gear drag link right-hand part on all Pilatus PC-12 and PC-12/45 airplanes must be replaced every 4,000 landings until an improved […]

Smile, you’re on Southeast Airlines. The tiny Florida-based carrier will be among the first in the U.S. to use video cameras to monitor cabin activity. In fact, the Largo company is bragging that it will never forget the face of anyone who flies with them because the digital images of each flight will be kept […]

With a furlough here, some shuffling there and a lot of crossed fingers, the GA capital of the U.S. may have weathered the worst of the worst economic downturn in aviation’s brief history. Cessna and Raytheon officials can’t and won’t say that happy days are here again but they are at least giving qualified comments […]

If you’ve ever admired a vintage aircraft and declared it a work of art, a Los Angeles company shares that view — and has found a way to create new works of art from old airplane parts destined for the scrap heap. MotoArt recycles vintage propellers, cowlings, and more to build unique household furnishings and […]

Inventing Flight, Dayton’s 17-day celebration of the Wright brothers, has run into some disappointments since its grand opening over the July 4 weekend. Several events, including a gas-balloon race, were cancelled due to rain and thunderstorms, and crowds at Celebration Central have been disappointing, the Dayton Daily News reported this week. At least three vendors […]