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Conflict over GA airports is one of those recurring issues that just won’t go away, but with real-estate markets around the country at record highs — pushing builders farther into urban outskirts, where the small airports are — and with more and more GA aircraft being built and sold and flown, the outlook is for […]

A new rule proposed by the FAA would begin a process to set what are essentially life limits for transport-category aircraft. The new rule would require manufacturers to develop an operational limit and substantiate that widespread fatigue damage will not occur prior to airplanes’ reaching that limit. Once the operational limit is set, airplanes cannot […]

Aircraft Engine Services (AES) said this week it will market the V220 and V300T aircraft engines under the trademarked REV brand, and officially unveil them at EAA AirVenture in July. The all-aluminum, FADEC-controlled (the REV 220 and REV 300T are not limited to leaded aviation fuels) geared V-6s first made a splash at Oshkosh in […]

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COLUMNS The Pilot’s Lounge #99: Turn Back? You Bet!Press on. Finish what you started. You’re better than the rest. What do the voices in your head tell you when you’re considering turning around in the middle of the flight? AVweb’s Rick Durden had to fight those voices during a winter VFR flight, as he tells […]

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Francie Rehwald’s new Malibu digs may be the only house in the neighborhood that comes with a disclaimer that can be read from a passing plane. The Mercedes-Benz dealership heiress is having her $2 million spread built from parts of a scrapped Boeing 747-200. The FAA says the “strewn” design chosen by architect David Hertz […]