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Symphony Aircraft Industries has filed for creditor protection under Canadian bankruptcy laws. The company produces the Symphony 160 (a $160,000, 130 KTAS, two-seat high-wing) and is now seeking $6-10 million in fresh capital to continue operations at its Trois Rivieres plant in Quebec. CEO Paul Costanza told AVweb yesterday he’s been having trouble raising venture […]

The FAA is ignoring the wishes of the House and breaking a promise to four Florida congressmen with a secret plan to speed up consolidation of the Palm Beach terminal radar approach control center into Miami, according to Rep Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.). Hastings says on his Web site it’s unbelievable that the agency would pursue […]

Excel-Jet officials say it might have been wake turbulence or some kind of freak meteorological event that turned their Sport-Jet prototype on its wing and sent it cartwheeling along the runway at Colorado Springs Airport on June 22. According to a news release from Excel-Jet, witnesses reported the plane rolled 90 degrees about 30 feet […]

The FAA says it’s willing to work with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department in its quest to use a surveillance drone on official police business. But the feds left no ambiguity about who rules the skies when they ordered the Skyseer unmanned aerial vehicle grounded just before the department was about to launch a demo […]

U.S. airports will spend at least $927 million to prepare for the arrival of the Airbus A380, and the chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee says not a nickel of it should come from federal coffers. Rep. John Mica said last week the Airport Improvement Fund shouldn’t be used to beef up runways and bridges […]

The endurance and fortitude of two Wisconsin pilots (not to mention the wearability of certain parts of their anatomy) was put to the test last week as they raised money for sick children and (possibly) set an aviation record. Matt McDaniel and Dr. Bruce Kaufmann took a total of 17 hours to land at all […]

A bill that’s been lurking under the legislative radar in New York for almost four years has been revived by the state Senate and will hurt the flight training industry there, according to local schools and pilot organizations. In 2002, New York, like many other states, thought it prudent to step into federal jurisdiction by […]

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COLUMNS Say Again? #64: Flying HigherYou wanna go high? Wanna take that single-turbroprop or new VLJ into the the rarefied air above FL240? Things are a little different there, as AVweb’s Don Brown explains in this month’s Say Again? column. ___________SKYWRITINGS First Solo StoriesLast week in AVweb’s Brainteaser we invited readers to submit short stories […]

Coming, Friday: Teledyne Continental Motors talks about FADEC and the future of general aviation engines, TCM-style. Check AVweb.com tomorrow for the podcast link at the top of the page. Online Now: Exclusive interviews featuring New Piper’s Jim Bass, Excel Jet’s Bob Bornhofen, Adam Aircraft’s Joe Walker, FAA administrator Marion Blakey, Cirrus Design’s Alan Klapmeier and […]