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What may be a major step toward the vaunted “free flight” system of air navigation may first help ensure you actually get your overnight package overnight. United Parcel Service has become the first carrier to get FAA certification for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast systems to be installed on all 107 of its Boeing 757s and 767s. […]

The point at which the sale of an aircraft becomes complete appears to be the source of a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into Raytheon Aircraft’s accounting practices. Raytheon itself announced the investigation, figuring, in the post-Enron era, that it “would be the best practice,” company spokesman James Fetig told The Wichita Eagle. Prior to […]

Medical problems account for less than half a percent of aircraft accidents, according to both AOPA and EAA — and if they won’t do it in the face of that statistic, AOPA is hoping the FAA will reduce pilot medical requirements in the name of research. AOPA has offered to run a study on the […]

The most voluminous air cargo carrier flying in the world today, Airbus’s A300-600ST “Beluga,” will make its first visit to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this summer. The Beluga, designed as a successor to the “Super Guppy,” is a highly modified Airbus A300 jetliner. “We are excited about welcoming the Beluga to Oshkosh for the first time,” […]

Expanding an airport is never easy — neighbors, environmental concerns, evaporating funds, all manner of obstacles appear — but even so, O’Hare International Airport seems to have fallen into some kind of infinite whirlpool of hurdles and holdups. Congress went home last year without getting around to authorizing money for the expansion, but well, maybe, […]

In a century when women in aviation are still scarce — holding about 6 percent of pilot certificates — and minorities are underrepresented as well, a black woman starting her own aviation company may be a first. Avisys, owned by Tara Wright, a former airline pilot, offers charter flights out of Sacramento, Calif., in a […]

Think back for a moment, if you can, to the pre-9/11 world of aviation. Airport fences, identification cards, prop locks, TFRs and background checks did not loom large in the pilots’ world. Today, with a possible war on the horizon and terrorists still at work, it doesn’t take much to reboot the public’s jitters. When […]

New Piper Aircraft cut another 150 jobs at its plant in Vero Beach, Fla., the company said this week. “This keeps the company profitable and allows us to avoid cutting into our future product programs,” company spokesman Mark Miller said. The reductions were made across the board in office and assembly-line jobs. Recalls by aircraft […]

President Bush on Tuesday appointed John Hammerschmidt to the vice chairmanship of the NTSB, and he will also be acting chairman until a replacement for Marion Blakey is nominated by the White House and approved by the Senate. Carol Carmody’s term as vice chairman was set to expire on Saturday. Blakey left last year to […]

Through the power of words, AVweb Thursday relocated a New Hampshire airport to Manchester, England. The news writer has been dispatched on an all-expense-paid trip to the United Kingdom to gain an appreciation for the geographical, cultural and culinary differences between the two locations. The rest of the writers are now busy with creative relocations […]