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Somewhat Navion-like but altogether new, the Cobra is a 4/5 place very roomy, very comfortable looking aircraft that may also offer great visibility a 1000nm range and 155kt cruise speeds. Useful load for the 200hp version is 1105 pounds (there’s a 315hp version that can carry 1260 lbs at 175kts). Evektor America is billing the […]

The first “zero-time” Navion to be built in 30 years is expected to be on the grounds at Sun ‘n Fun today. According to an email from Navion Aircraft International’s Wes Sanda, the plane was to have arrived in Lakeland last night from the factory (yep, that’s the right word) in St. Paul, Minn. Details […]

Details were still sketchy at our deadline, but yesterday morning at about 10:30 Sean D. Tucker was practicing a routine in Red River Parish, La., when the airplane had a problem, and he had to bail out. Expected to fly the Columbia 400 at the Sun ‘n Fun this weekend, at least one early report […]

AVweb’s latest audio newscast is available today. Click here to listen. Hear FAA spokesman Greg Martin in his own words as air traffic control contract negotiations reach new levels of dissonance. Listen to an update on the possibility of user fees for general aviation as Marion Blakey talks to Senators, hear Columbia’s plan to stir […]

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PROBABLE CAUSE Probable Cause #3: Trapped On TopThere are some among us who like to tempt fate by skirting the rules. But a Bonanza pilot who did that got more than he bargained for, as this report of Probable Cause explains. This report first appeared in AVweb’s sister publication, IFR Refresher. _____________WHAT’S NEW What’s New […]

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A former RAF pilot who cheated death much more than most of us ever will finally passed away at the ripe old age of 102. Sqn. Leader Eric Foster died peacefully at his home in England, outliving Steve McQueen, the actor that played him in The Great Escape, by more than 50 years. McQueen died […]