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Flight Explorer, the popular flight-tracking software company, announced an upgrade in capabilities this week with the release of Professional Edition 6.1. The new version offers extended route analysis and display capabilities and additional weather information, the company said in a news release. Beyond flight tracking, the system incorporates multiple data feeds, dynamic weather overlays, situational […]

The clock is ticking for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), which is facing a June 5 deadline for Congress to take action, or else the FAA’s contract will be unilaterally imposed on air traffic controllers. The union already has taken its case to the public via TV ads, but last week the union […]

The list of famous musicians killed in airplanes is a familiar one — from Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper to John Denver — but it seems politicians also have an unlucky record with GA flying. “It’s push, push, push. We think we’re so important and this admiring throng is waiting for us, we fly […]

Twenty-nine teams competed last week in the National Collegiate Flying Association’s annual Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference, hosted at Ohio State University. More than 400 students and 100 single-engine airplanes converged in Columbus to test their skills with short-field and power-off landings, message drops, E6B calculations and more. First-place honors went to the University of […]

People who live in Alaska are accustomed to paying more for lots of things, but the price of avgas has been rising so steeply that it’s having an impact on operations. Some fuel prices at Anchorage have almost doubled already this year, the Kenai Peninsula Clarion reported this week. “This is going to change the […]

The Berlin Air Show opened Tuesday at Schoenefeld airfield, featuring what has become Europe’s biggest exhibition of GA aircraft. General Aviation Avenue continues to expand its space for corporate, personal, and sport planes, and this year over 1,000 exhibitors from 40-plus countries will show 300 airplanes. The show also attracts commercial and military exhibitors, as […]

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