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David Clark Co.’s new X11 Electronic Noise-Canceling aviation headset has hit the market, with “dramatically enhanced” comfort and new user-friendly features. The X11 represents the culmination of years of research and development, the company says, based on the input of dozens of commercial and GA pilots. The sleek, lightweight headset uses a low-force carbon-fiber suspension […]

The FAA and the National Weather Service are running a test in the Leesburg, Va., Air Route Traffic Control Center this month to see if it’s really necessary to have on-staff meteorologists in the center, or if off-site weather briefers could do the work instead. The FAA says it’s trying to determine if it can […]

Advocates for a new tower at Palm Springs International Airport in California say it’s needed not only for safety, but also to ensure that business and tourism continue to grow in the area. In an editorial in The Desert Sun on Sunday, the newspaper said airplanes have nearly collided at the airport once every four […]

A boater repeatedly swerved in front of a floatplane on Bantam Lake, near Hartford, Conn., earlier this month, apparently trying to prevent it from taking off because he thought the airplane shouldn’t be operating on the lake, the Hartford Courant reported this week. The boater was arrested on Sunday. The floatplane pilot had been donating […]

A Tupolev 154 operated by Pulkovo Airlines, of Russia, crashed in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, with no survivors. Reports varied from 169 to 171 killed. The aircraft was flying at about 33,000 feet in stormy weather, with heavy rains and strong winds, and the crew issued several emergency calls. Some reports said the airplane had […]

Adam Aircraft has attained $93 million in fresh funding, led by new investor DCM, a venture capital firm, the company said on Tuesday. “This funding round puts Adam Aircraft in a strong position to accelerate our product development and production plans,” spokeswoman Shelly Simi told AVweb yesterday. Deliveries have started on the A500 piston twin, […]

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