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Four airlines in conjunction with a British airports operator last week announced formation of the Aviation Global Deal Group (AGD), which supports a “fair and effective global policy solution” for aviation emissions not currently managed by any existing global agreements. Air France, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and Virgin Atlantic, along with the UK airport operator […]

Recognizing and rewarding teachers for “outstanding achievement in aerospace education,” the National Aviation Hall of Fame is accepting submissions for the annual A. Scott Crossfield Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year Award. Founded by Crossfield in 1986, the award is open to active K through 12 teachers from any public, private or parochial school. The […]

A state senate and local assembly joint resolution in Las Vegas is urging Congress to authorize a ban on flights of experimental homebuilt aircraft to and from the North Las Vegas Airport. The resolution points to increased residential density in the neighborhoods “directly in the flight paths” of aircraft arriving and departing at North Las […]

Air traffic control tapes indicate a Continental Express enroute from Newark to Buffalo crashed without warning Thursday night in Clarence Center, New York, near Buffalo. Only normal transmissions between the flight crew and controllers are heard before controllers and other crews realize something went wrong. The last call from the flight, operated by Colgan Airlines, […]

A commuter aircraft identified in first reports as a Bombardier Q400 Dash 8 twin turboprop (also identified by FlightAware.com as a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400) out of Newark for Buffalo and operating as Colgan Air (Continental Express) Flight 3407 crashed Thursday at about 10:20 pm local time in a residential neighborhood not far from […]

Piston cylinders produced by Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM), installed in certain Model 470, 520 (including turbo-normalized models) and 550 engines shipped since November 2007 are the subject of the manufacturer’s voluntary recall. The company expects to replace some 9,600 cylinders currently in the field. According to TCM, “new cylinders will be provided at no cost […]

As improbable as a midair collision is, the chance of two satellites finding each other is, well, astronomical. But it happened in the sky over Siberia Tuesday when a dead Russian spacecraft and a perfectly functional and likely highly expensive Iridium communications satellite turned into about 600 pieces (at last count) of orbital space junk. […]

Hawker Beechcraft has launched an ad campaign promoting business aviation but it’s taken a different tack from Cessna’s challenge to CEOs to keep their jets. Instead, Hawker Beechcraft is recommending CEOs to ditch their jets-and buy a King Air. “If the three Detroit CEOs had arrived in Washington in the Beechcraft King Air 350, they […]

A new bill that would reauthorize the nation’s aviation programs for another four years was introduced in the U.S. House on Monday. The bill does not call for any new aviation user fees, and would authorize nearly $70 billion in spending for the FAA through 2012. “This legislation is long overdue,” said U.S. Rep. James […]

Click for video of the Falcon 7X interior Here’s an example of what Cessna’s campaign is up against — on Wednesday, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit apologized during a U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing for almost taking delivery on a $50 million Falcon 7X bizjet. “I would also like to say something about the airplane […]