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Tough Times Budget Crunch Squeezes FAA… Money’s tight all over, and as the U.S. House and Senate wrangle over the latest version of a budget bill for 2003, the cash deficit could translate to staff cuts for the FAA. Last week, the Senate passed a $390 billion “omnibus” budget bill, lumping together all the departments […]

New Rule Gives TSA Power Over Pilots Can Order FAA To Pull Certificates… If he wants to, Transportation Security Administration head Adm. James Loy can now have your airman’s certificate pulled, or prevent you from obtaining one — and he doesn’t have to tell you why. For now, it seems you’ll just have to trust […]

Big Companies, Big “Rumors” Boeing and BAE In Merger Talks?… With all of the obstacles Boeing has faced over the last year or so, it seems interesting to note some reports that indicate that the company may join forces with a rival manufacturer. The Sunday Times of London broke the story when it reported that […]

Size Does Matter Cessna Chooses Pratt and Whitney For Its Thoroughbred … On January 9, Pratt and Whitney Canada announced it will build a new type of small, efficient turbofan to power Cessna’s new entry-level Mustang, which is seen as a direct competitor to the Eclipse 500. Trying to beat Eclipse at its own game, […]

Missile Watch Public Enlisted To Spot Potential Terror Attacks… Last Wednesday, The Washington Post reported the existence of a task force created to assess the ground-based threat to air travel and try to prevent the use of shoulder-launched ground-to-air missiles that could theoretically be launched against airliners from beyond the airport security perimeter. While military […]

Diamond Joins The Jet Set Single Engine, Less Than $1 Million… Diamond Aircraft has entered what has become a crowded field. The company announced Wednesday it will have its own single-engine mini-jet in the air in 2004 and start delivering it in 2006. “This is a natural progression for us,” said Peter Maurer, Diamond’s North […]

Mustang Runs With Pratt & Whitney Eclipse To Follow?… They share the same basic philosophy and their performance and capabilities are almost identical: Will Cessna’s Mustang and the Eclipse 500 now share the same basic engine? Pratt & Whitney Canada announced Thursday it will build a new type of small, efficient turbofan to power Cessna’s […]

A Very Bad Day Beech 1900 Down In Charlotte, RJ-100 Down In Turkey Two aircraft disasters yesterday brought a one-day death toll of near 100 to commercial aviation. US Airways Express Flight 5481, a Beech 1900 with 19 passengers and two crew aboard operated by Air Midwest, out of Charlotte-Douglas for Greenville-Spartanburg, crashed yesterday morning […]

TECHNICAL SNAGS WITH AVWEB? WE’RE WORKING ON FIXES A number of readers have contacted us noting problems reading the new AVflash and the AVweb Web site itself. For starters, some find the text too large … for others, it’s too small. Beginning this week, both the HTML version of AVflash and the site itself have […]

Lycoming Denies Insurance Threat Your Calls Are Welcome Lycoming is denying claims by a Texas law firm that owners of IO-540 engines affected by its crankshaft recall are risking future insurance coverage by accepting a compensation package. “We strongly disagree with this position and are certain that accepting our Customer Care Program with its general […]