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As the Northwest Flight 188 saga continues to unfold in standard leak-it-to-the-media fashion, we were treated over the weekend with the convincing denial by the First Officer that neither he nor the Captain were sleeping. I say “convincing” because he looked sincere to me. He offered no other details, nor would I expect him to. […]

Sometime later today or early next week, we should learn of the results of what has to be the biggest slam dunk investigation in the history of aviation: Whether the crew of Northwest Flight 188-which sailed 150 miles past its destination Wednesday night– was snoozing or discussing airline policy.Either way, both of these guys are […]

One company that’s conspicuously absent from this year’s NBAA convention is Eclipse. In years past, Eclipse erected lavish displays that tended to dominate the skyline at all of the major shows. This year, it looks as if the new management is focused on getting the company righted, modifying the existing fleet and then hammering out […]

Trade shows like the NBAA Meeting and Convention running this week in Orlando often have a press day, during which companies make announcements about new products and present assessments of the coming year. Not a lot of new products at NBAA this year and the market assessments aren’t especially rosy. In fact, as I toured […]

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Leave it to the bizarre to bring out the best and worst in all of us. And this week’s boy-lost-in-a-balloon is about as bizarre as it gets. Fortunately, the story had a happy if somewhat wacky ending, but at least no one got hurt. (It could’ve been worse.)Let me dispense with one thing right away. […]

For better or worse, live news events are now broadcast in real-time not only to those sitting at home in front of their TVs, but also to everyone working on a wifi’d computer anywhere in the world, or even carrying an iPhone. This week’s breathless coverage of the runaway “balloon” in Colorado, which CNN reporters […]

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In a blog last month, I opined on the state of play in the very light jet market, such that a sustainable market really exists for such aircraft. Sustainable is the key word, for at the right price, you can sell anything. But that doesn’t mean you can sell enough of it to make a […]

Last month, in a survey published here on AVweb, I tried to ignite some discussion about user opinions of the various EFIS systems that are now more or less common for new light aircraft. The results of this survey appeared in the September issue of Aviation Consumer and the October issue of Aviation Safety.I was […]