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Performances Limited To Single Direction? Proposed revisions to air show regulations could not only make the shows a lot less interesting, they could make the photos in magazines and newspapers a lot more pedestrian. EAA has responded to FAA Draft Order 8700.1, Chapter 49, with a shopping list of requests to eliminate rule changes that […]

Mooneyham told AVweb it was a lucky thing he decided to fly to Tucson that day because it provided irrefutable evidence of his airplane’s whereabouts. “What if I hadn’t flown that day? How would I have proven that the airplane didn’t leave Arizona?” he wondered. Those questions may be pertinent for all pilots as the […]

Arizona ADIZ “Violator” Cleared Faced with overwhelming evidence, it seems even the FAA can admit it’s wrong … sort of. In September, AVweb brought you the strange tale of Arizona pilot Dale Mooneyham, who was facing the FAA’s wrath for alleged violations in the Washington Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on the same day that […]

Of course, losing a single sale to your home state is a lot easier to take when the rest of the world can’t seem to get enough of your airplane and some customers buy them by the dozen. Western Michigan University’s College of Aviation was so excited about the arrival of the first of its […]

Perhaps of more immediate concern (irritation might be a better word) to Cirrus is how to get more respect at home. It was revealed last week that the Minnesota Department of Transportation recently bought a brand-new $727,000 Beech Bonanza to replace the 27-year-old Bonanza it had been using for airport safety inspections. A top-of-the-line Cirrus […]

Mustang (or Eclipse) Killer In The Works? Cirrus Design spokeswoman Kate Dougherty says the company has “not been shy” about prospects for a personal jet but we have to wonder if navel-gazing is giving way to a nuts-and-bolts (or fiberglass-and-epoxy) reality, since middle managers are now talking to reporters about the company’s future jet-fuel needs […]

On Friday, the body was in the county coroner’s office, being carefully thawed from the 400-pound block of ice in which it was encased. Investigators were searching for clues such as a military identification number that would positively identify the man. The body may be that of aviation Cadet Ernest Munn, who was blond, and […]

Airplane Was Lost In 1942 A body found in a receding glacier last week on a remote California mountain may be that of a crew member from a military airplane that crashed nearly 60 years ago. The body, that of a blond-haired man in his 20s, was intact and still wearing a parachute when it […]

At the same time, infrastructure is growing in support of the nascent industry. Last week, the FAA held its second annual International Aviation Safety Forum in Washington, D.C., and commercial space flight was added to the other more traditional topics on the agenda. Speakers for the space forum included SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Virgin […]

Meanwhile, the new space industry has been building the infrastructure it needs for the future it envisions, and inch by inch, it is moving forward. SpaceX, which plans to offer payload delivery into orbit for all kinds of customers, plans to launch its small Falcon I rocket on its maiden flight on Halloween — next […]