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The FAA’s plans for TRACON consolidation may have been derailed in the House; new technology, diesels, and FADEC mean new red tape for STC hopefuls; Delta’s pensions may take a dive today; Cessna has its first customer-demonstrator Mustang; the spaceport count hits six; a privately owned airport may fall to power lines; farewell, Firewall Forward; […]

Today’s in-depth interview: Hear what Hal Shevers of Sportys Pilot Shop has to say about Cessna’s unveiling of its “Cirrus Killer”; and get his views on the TSA, the FAA, user fees, and the fizzle he thinks the very light jet market will be. Duration: File Size: download here

AOPA seeks to reduce medical barriers for recreational and sport pilot candidates; NATCA plans to “fight” the FAA until work rules are overturned; two survive a ditching in the Pacific; ADS-B is coming to the Gulf of Mexico; there’s new hope for commercial pilots who plan to fly past age 60; a fuel tanker driver […]

Today’s in-depth interview: The president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, John Carr. Contract negotiations between air traffic controllers are over, and the has FAA won — or has it? For the future of ATC staffing, labor negotiations, imposed working conditions, and flying in American airspace — this is an interview you won’t want […]

The FAA may impose its contract on controllers today, Congress will vote on the matter Wednesday; there are fewer certificated pilots and student pilots, AOPA is invoking countermeasures; a small SoCal airport may raise hangar rents by one third; the FAA is slowing progress in wind turbine expansion; a Piper Dakota may have broken up […]

AVweb talks with Jim Bass, the new(ish) CEO of New Piper. With hurricanes, crankshaft recalls, and labor problems behind (hopefully), hear this upbeat non-pilot’s plans to keep contemporary the Piper name, standing in rank with younger designs and Very Light Jets. Duration: File Size: download here

Lycoming owners have a new Airworthiness Directive to look out for … with a twist; a House committee wants to give the FAA money it seemingly didn’t ask for; airlines, AOPA, and business interests generally don’t agree on general aviation user fees; Wisconsin allows avfuel price wars; a 727’s wing tank exploded; helis may be […]

Is there a Light Sport Aircraft in every pilot’s future? Today – Friday, May 25 – AVweb talks with Dan Johnson, Light Sport Aircraft marketing consultant to EAA and LAMA (the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association). How many designs are presently approved? What sort of aircraft are they? How many made-in-America designs are there? Are any […]

The FAA has issued an Airworthiness Directive for specific ECi parts in Lycoming engines, legislation in Congress may favor air traffic controllers as a contract deadline looms, virtual controllers stage a fly-in for a departed friend, a student pilot solos at 91, light sport aircraft show their range, a Canadian flight academy will train Chinese […]

Your first personal jet. Today – Friday, May 19 – AVweb talks with Excel Jet’s Bob Bornhofen, who explains the difference between his company’s Sport Jet and the emerging field of Very Light Jets. From the standpoint of performance, to cost, to insurance friendliness, you may like what you’re about to hear. But is certification […]