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It was 40 years ago, in December 1968, that the three Apollo 8 astronauts became the first people from our planet to reach Moon orbit, and they brought home the famous photo of the beautiful blue Earth rising above the Moon’s horizon, surrounded by dark, vast, empty space. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders […]

The results of a government audit released last week show that many of the FAA buildings that house air traffic control staff and equipment are aging and deteriorating. “While the average facility has an expected useful life of approximately 25 to 30 years, 59 percent of FAA facilities are over 30 years old,” according to […]

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Earlier this year Viking Air, of Victoria, B.C. Canada resumed production of the de Havilland Twin Otter and now it has its sights set on an even more ambitious project. The company, which owns the type certificate to seven de Havilland models, is proposing to start building the DHC-5 Buffalo, a large twin-engine utility aircraft […]

Embraer has come up with an innovative way to ensure timely parts delivery. The Brazilian planemaker has teamed with UPS to create a new certified parts distribution center in Louisville. UPS Supply Chain Solutions will operate the distribution center, which will supply parts to service center throughout North America, serving the continent and the Caribbean. […]

The National Business Aviation Association says the continuing economic downturn has prompted it to skip next year’s edition of the Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition in Hong Kong. The event was planned for Feb. 11 and 12. Last year’s ABACE attracted 50 exhibitors and about 800 registrants. NBAA President Ed Bolen didn’t say what […]

At least one analyst says Cessna and Bell Helicopter’s parent company Textron is ripe for a takeover after its stock price slipped another 18 percent on Tuesday. The latest decline was prompted by Textron’s prediction that it will post a net loss of 80 to 90 cents a share in the fourth quarter and that […]

It was just back in April that the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) announced it would be organizing a new annual event to focus on light aircraft and small business operators, and scheduled it for next March in San Diego. Now, with all the turmoil in the global economy and the business sector, NBAA announced […]

WhiteKnightTwo, the twin-fuselage all-composite aircraft designed by Scaled Composites to carry SpaceShipTwo aloft, flew for the first time on Sunday morning, at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Southern California. The flight lasted about an hour. “Today Virgin Galactic passed a huge milestone in its mission to create environmentally benign, safe and affordable access […]

Air show pilot Patty Wagstaff says she’s sorry for the “undue or unwanted attention to EAA or the local community” her incident with Oshkosh authorities may have caused on July 31 when she was arrested for driving drunk on a runway at Wittman Regional Airport after the airport had closed. Wagstaff pleaded no contest to […]