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As the major stakeholders in the future of the National Airspace System get ready for their teeth-gnashing session in Washington in a few weeks, the Government Accountability Office has chimed in with its assessment of the state of the system, particularly the effort to reduce flight delays. Unfortunately, there is no beacon of light in […]

“Rightsizing” Forum Looks At Future It seems like everyone wants to talk about what to do about the future of the National Airspace System and the next in a parade of forums is a meeting sponsored by the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) — not to be confused with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association […]

Either way is fine with Adam Aircraft’s Rick Adam. Now that the company’s push/pull piston aircraft, the A500, has been certified, Adam is starting to talk about the future of the A700 jet project and Adam’s place in the VLJ market. “Our plans are quite modest,” Adam told the Tribune. “If we do nothing more […]

“Aviation, as we have seen it traditionally, is going away,” FAA Chief Spokesman Greg Martin told the Salt Lake City Tribune. Rolls Royce predicts that more than 8,000 VLJs will be built in the next 20 years. The FAA, which has a significant interest in the potential of thousands of little jets mixing it up […]

Company Rebounds–Again There’s a never-say-die attitude and then there’s New Piper CEO Chuck Suma. Crushed by the 9/11-spawned recession, staggered by the Lycoming engine recall and blown away by hurricanes, Suma told the Palm Beach Post in a recent interview that the company’s next step is to join the increasingly crowded business jet (or would […]

The next step for security officials and legislators may be to make it quicker and easier to shoot down offending aircraft. Under the current setup, the Customs Blackhawk helicopter normally dispatched to warn away errant aircraft doesn’t have the authority to shoot at them or even fire warning shots. The Department of Homeland Security is […]

The TSA rule is coming down two days after the FAA took the rare step of issuing an emergency revocation of Hayden “Jim” Sheaffer’s certificate — the pilot in command of the Cessna 150 that breached the ultra-sensitive airspace around the White House on May 11. It also came two days after a Canadian-registered Cessna […]

Onerous Security Restrictions Set GA will likely return to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) as early as this coming fall, but most of us won’t notice. According to The Washington Post, those who purport to guard the capital from airborne threats don’t want private aircraft landing there, and that’s reflected by the onerous security […]

The Following Is A Press Release And Was Not Written By AVweb Staff EDITOR’S NOTE: AVweb, over the weekend became aware of a Yahoo web page supporting a “press release” from Hayden ”Jim” Sheaffer and Troy D. Martin, issued Friday regarding their May 11, 2005 breach of restricted airspace in the nation’s capital. The statement […]

Meanwhile, Be A Pilot, the nonprofit industry group, is expanding its marketing efforts. A new marketing and business-practices e-newsletter for its 2,114 participating flight schools will debut this summer, BAP President Drew Steketee told AVweb on Saturday. Also, BAP is teaming up with one of its sponsors, AOPA, to provide to flight schools all the […]