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Flying supplies to U.S. diplomats in Baghdad and Kabul’s war zones, Vision Airlines collected $21 million in federally subsidized hazard pay for pilots and a class action suit now claims it’s money the pilots never saw. According to the suit, federal hazard pay was standardized at $2,500 for every arrival and departure at airports in […]

Statistics on business aircraft identified by arrival and departure information on all IFR flights for December 2007 and compared to December 2008 show a 22.8 percent drop, according to the Aviation Research Group/U.S. Inc., but there may be some surprises. The data includes both Alaska and Hawaii and segregated data between Part 91, Part 135 […]

Feb. 1, 2009, marks the end of satellites’ ability to notice your 121.5 MHz-specific emergency locator beacon (ELT), but — in the U.S. — changing your equipment to the satellite-monitored 406 MHz is optional. After January, voluntary use of 121.5 MHz equipment, only, means that those operators accept they will be depending on ground stations […]

At Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Gobosh Aviation has introduced a glass panel version of its 700S Luxury Sport Aircraft that’s actually $10,000 less expensive than the steam model. With a single Dynon primary flight display (PFD) and a Garmin 196 GPS, the Gobosh 700X is priced at $99,990. The steam version, the 700S, was […]

At Sport Aviation Expo, Garmin has introduced non-certified multi-function displays based on the portable GPSMap 695 and 696 platforms that offer owners of experimental and light sport aircraft the utility of high-end panel models at the portable price. The GDU 370 and GDU 375 are also expandable with products coming down the pike that will […]

Among the seminars available for those attending the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Fla., this week, is one about how to find financing for your aircraft. Pilots may be ready and eager to buy, but with the tightening financial markets, can they get the loan they need? Tammy Hand, founder of Aviation Capital Experts, […]

If you think about something you spent 18 days doing in your life, chances are you don’t envision a completed aircraft at the end of it. But that’s what Texas Sport Aircraft is offering participants in its KwikBild program available when they buy a Texas Sport CUB kit. The 21-day total (Sundays are off) program […]

The accident rate in Light Sport Aircraft is “horrid” but it’s getting better according to an insurance industry executive. Mike Adams, vice president of underwriting for Avemco Insurance told AVweb in a podcast interview that experienced pilots continue to underestimate the challenges of putting lightweight, draggy and low-powered airplanes on the pavement and the majority […]

Among the dozens of light sport aircraft that will be on exhibit this week at the annual Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Florida will be the Roko Aero NG IV, making its U.S. debut. The airplane, designed by Milan Bristela, who also designed the CZAW SportCruiser, has been purpose-built to be “the ultimate training […]

Last week, the NTSB released its probable-cause reports on four of the nine helicopter emergency-medical-services flights involving 35 fatalities that occurred since Dec. 2007, an event that quickly became somewhat overshadowed, as an A320 ditched in the Hudson River that very same day. The safety board said that flying at night in bad weather was […]