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Monday, AVweb‘s news included a story about mice found aboard an American Airlines aircraft. In that story and headline, the aircraft was misidentified. The actual aircraft involved was a Boeing 767, registered N320AA to American Airlines (… reportedly now among the cleanest in the fleet). AVweb apologizes for the error and its longevity on our […]

It never got more than 17 feet off the ground, and 59 seconds plus 391 meters later it was back on the pavement. (The time matches Orville and Wilbur’s third attempt on Dec. 17, 1903; the distance is better by about 214 meters.) Sunday, a team of engineers and students at the Tokyo Institute of […]

When the Europeans who are working to develop their own GPS system stalled on a promise to release the signal code to U.S. researchers, a team at Cornell University decided to figure it out for themselves. “Even Europeans were being frustrated,” said Mark Psiaki, leader of the Cornell engineering team. “Then it dawned on me: […]

If the new Light Sport Aircraft rules leave it up to manufacturers to certify that their airplanes comply with the required standards, how much confidence should buyers place in those products? They can go by company reputation and their own personal assessment, but soon they’ll have another option as well. The Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association […]

Honeywell will introduce a new datalink weather receiver, the KDR 610, at next week’s AirVenture show, the company said yesterday. The 610, which is expected to be available later this year, will provide real-time weather information via XM satellite radio. It adds to Honeywell’s current line of general aviation weather receivers by providing satellite-radio weather […]

Development of the Sport-Jet will continue, despite a recent crash that left the lone prototype with substantial damage, the company said on Tuesday. That aircraft had already flown 25 hours, testing more than 95 percent of the projected performance envelope. “We discovered that the integrity of the aircraft and its systems were proved. We can […]

Determined to get to Farnborough, England, for the big European air show this week, Sino Swearingen fueled up its new SJ30 light jet in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday, made a quick fuel stop in Goose Bay, Labrador, then zipped on across the North Atlantic. It was the first time a “VLJ” (the jet can […]

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