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NASA has expanded its original one-year, $250,000 Personal Air Vehicle Challenge to a five-year set of competitions with rewards of up to $550,000 per year. The competition’s goal is to stimulate the development of Personal Air Vehicles (PAVs) that will be viable for the consumer market. The vehicles must have two to six seats, be […]

It’s a dream many aviators share — to fuel up their airplane and head east, and keep going until they land again at their home airport, having circled the earth. Right now, three aviators from New Zealand are in the midst of living just that dream, flying a Cessna 421. “Our intentions are to travel […]

In Europe, where the threats of global warming and air pollution are taken much more seriously than in some other parts of the world, the contributions of aviation to rising carbon-dioxide levels are coming under scrutiny. The U.K. aims to cut its carbon emissions 60 percent by 2050, but a new report released this week […]

The FAA has finalized its airworthiness directive (AD) on some Cirrus brakes. Cirrus Design argued that the best fix to avoid overheated brakes (or brake fires) is to taxi more slowly. The FAA agreed but said it will nonetheless also require maintenance and hardware upgrades as proposed. The AD applies to some 2,135 Cirrus SR20 […]

Floridians who didn’t make it to AirVenture last summer in Oshkosh, Wis., will have a chance soon to check out the one and only mock-up of Diamond’s D-Jet. The mock-up will visit Europe-American Aviation (E-AA) in Naples, Fla., the first (and so far the only) Diamond Brilliance Flight Center in the U.S. E-AA offers Diamond […]

AVMAIL AVmail: Oct. 16, 2006Reader mail this week about dangerous Oskhosh arrivals, the New York crash and much more.

COLUMNS Probable Cause #17: Commander’s Last CallWe all know the axiom: Aviate, Navigate, Communicate. But when we reverse this order in high-stress situations, trouble awaits. WHAT’S NEWThis month AVweb’s survey of the latest products and services for pilots, mechanics and aircraft owners brings you an aircraft engine calendar, a weight & balance visualizer, a cargo/pilot […]

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