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Since the Wright brothers first began building airplanes over 100 years ago, aviation and warfare have been intimately entwined. The first airplane designed for military use flew in 1908, and in the years since, thousands of aviators have launched their careers in military aircraft. Thousands more, in the U.S. and around the world, lost their […]

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said on Monday it will extend the time period for public comment on its proposed Large Aircraft Security Program for general aviation by an additional 60 days, a change that was lobbied for by GA advocacy groups. The new deadline for public comment is Feb. 27, 2009. The proposed rules […]

Lots of pilots enjoy the aerial views possible in Google Earth, and now a company called ChartGeek is offering a way to see aeronautical chart info displayed right inside your Google Earth view. The ChartGeek charts allow pilots to “see” details such as VFR flyways, weather, and airspace classifications, rendered in 3D and accurately placed […]

Glasair’s controversial Two Weeks To Taxi program, in which builders of Glasair Sportsman aircraft build an almost-complete aircraft in two weeks at Glasair’s facitlity in Washington State, has been endorsed by the FAA’s Production and Airworthiness Division after a week-long audit. “The FAA’s on-site team found that the “lean manufacturing” processes employed, combined with the […]

He calls himself an “equal opportunity antagonist” and he’s ready to get down to business with the new Democratic regime – even though he’s spent his whole career as a top Republican advisor. In a session with the aviation media at AOPA Expo in San Jose on Saturday, incoming AOPA President Craig Fuller said bipartisanship […]

As you ponder your own economic circumstances don’t forget that non-profit groups are especially feeling the pinch and the good work they do in all facets of aviation is at risk. For instance, volunteers at Keystone Heights Airport in Florida are aggressively fund raising to build a warbird restoration center, and they’re raffling off a […]

There’s been a strange sight on highways and byways of Massachusetts and it could soon be an airborne apparitition. Transition, the so-called roadable aircraft conceived by Terrafugia has been undergoing road tests for the past few weeks and AOPA Online is reporting that a first flight could occur in early December. The prototype, with functional […]

The FAA recently commissioned its 1,333rd WAAS approach (technically known as Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance or LPV) and that means there are now more of them than ILS approaches. The agency calls it a milestone in the transition to universal space-based navigation. The system is in use at 833 airports and the agency says […]

Jim O’Neill, 65, was flying at 15,000 feet in clear weather over the UK when he suffered a stroke that compromised his vision. The pilot of 18 years sent a mayday and eventually made contact with an RAF base at Leeming in Northallerton. During that contact, O’Neill complained of trouble seeing the instrument panel. “At […]

Soloy Aviation Solutions, of Olympia, Wash., received FAA certification on Oct. 28 for its Soloy 206 Turbine Mk II, a turbine version of the piston-powered Cessna 206H. Powered by the Rolls Royce 250-B17F/2 turbine engine, the Mk II provides an increase of 110 hp over the standard Cessna 206H, Soloy said this week. With the […]