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This issue of AVweb’s AVflash is brought to you by … GARMIN’S 196 GPS IS THE MOST UTILITY AMONG AVIATION HANDHELDS! WAAS-capable, the Garmin 196 has advanced mapping and logbook capabilities offering more utility as a cross-platform navigator than any aviation portable on the market. On land the GPSMAP 196 can navigate along roads or […]

IT’S SUN ‘N FUN!April 2 launches Sun ‘n Fun 2003, and Florida Aviation Month begins Tuesday by decree of Governor Jeb Bush. With all that to look forward to, AVweb’s special coverage begins today with a quick look at a few of the most interesting and influential players in general aviation. All are AVweb sponsors […]

Money Makes The World… Congress To Decide On Next Four Years Of FAA Funding… Tuesday, the Bush administration’s four-year funding plan for the FAA, known as the Centennial of Flight Aviation Authorization Act (Flight-100), went off to Congress. “Flight-100 will help increase capacity and efficiency throughout our aviation system,” DOT Secretary Norman Mineta said in […]

This issue of AVweb’s NewsWire is brought to you by … LightSPEED Aviation makers of the world’s best-selling ANR headsetsLIGHTSPEED 20XL GETS MAKEOVER! The 20XL/2 brings back the popular model with a new, even smaller, battery box and the Aux Audio 3G input, at a new LOWER price of just $395. HEAR for yourself during […]

War Plans Prompt More Restrictions New York Gets ADIZ, More TFRs Added… Well, we knew something was coming and compared to some of the scenarios speculated in the days before President Bush made his Monday-night speech, the flight restrictions imposed on GA are relatively mild. “There were reports that we were going to impose ADIZs […]

Club Airways Launches Service Offers Scheduled Inter-European Flights … A new European business aviation service has begun connecting Europe’s main business centers, via a high level of in-flight luxury. Geneva-based Club Airways is a members-only airline offering scheduled flights to major European destinations. Currently, the company offers two morning and two afternoon weekday departures for […]

Life In The ADIZ Pilots, Businesses, Officials Learn To Cope… Nancy Lynn, an aerobatic instructor out of Bay Bridge Airport in Maryland — and inside the D.C. ADIZ — told AVweb that on March 8 she waited 90 minutes for an open phone line to the Potomac TRACON to obtain the clearance and code required […]

The Fight To Stay In Business WMU Consolidates Aviation Programs… Western Michigan University (WMU) — which has held contracts with British Airways, Aer Lingus, Emirates Airlines and European Pilot Selection and Training, and is one of the largest aviation colleges in the U.S. — is giving up on its foreign pilot training program. At WMU, […]

Jeppesen Fixing Database Problem Some Airspace Boundary Depictions Flawed… Well, so much for the paperless cockpit. The FAA has issued a NOTAM warning pilots using Jeppesen NavData flight-planning information to use paper charts until the company sorts out a glitch in its database that might misrepresent the boundaries of several types of special-use and controlled […]

A New Generation? TCM, Honda Join Forces In GA Engine Project… On Monday, Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) and Honda Motor Co. announced they will join forces to study the feasibility of producing a next-generation piston aircraft engine for the GA market. Honda says it has developed a prototype piston engine with “the technical potential for […]