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TERPS means terminal instrument procedures, and procedure designers (a.k.a., TERPSters) build safe arrival and departure paths to clear ridges, trees and tall shrubbery near many airports. Test your TERPS savvy or prepare to bring us that shrubbery. Take the quiz. More Brainteasers

A hiker in a rugged off-trail region near Mammoth Lakes, California, has found some items that may have belonged to missing adventurer Steve Fossett, authorities said on Wednesday. A weathered fleece pullover, about $1,000 in cash and an FAA pilot’s certificate bearing Fossett’s name were found Monday, close to Minaret Lake and Minaret Mine, according […]

A gang of about 20 men, heavily armed, have stolen five Cessna 206 aircraft from an unpaved airfield in the town of Navolato in Mexico, in the Pacific Coast state of Sinaloa. The gunmen tied up a guard who was on the site to watch the airplanes, according to a statement released on Tuesday from […]

“Things are slow, no question,” Dan Johnson, chairman of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, told AVweb on Wednesday, “but nobody’s bailing out.” The current economic slowdown is the first significant downturn since the Light Sport Aircraft sector launched just a few years ago, and so far the industry seems to be coping, Johnson said. “One […]

There will be the usual high-profile announcements, hundreds of millions of dollar worth of hardware on display and a who’s who of the aviation industry present as the National Business Aviation Association celebrates its 61s convention in Orlando, starting Monday, but it will be tough to ignore the big elephant in the room. Although the […]

An aggressive program to weed out drug and alcohol use in the Australian aviation industry could have some unintended consequences for passengers flying to the remote locations served only by air. The Australian government is imposing a zero tolerance stance and, for the first time, is conducting random testing in the country’s far-flung regions. If […]

Midway Airport in Chicago will become the first major airport in the U.S. to be privatized and it will be run by a Canadian company. Vancouver Airport Services, which runs Vancouver International Airport and 17 other airports in British Columbia, the Caribbean, South America and Europe, was the successful bidder for a $2.5 billion deal […]

After years of expansion, is the business jet charter business in for some rationalization? The owners of Corsair Aviation LLC and ACM Aviation say mergers like the one they completed last week are helping the business weather a decline in business. “By combining fleets, we will be able to add more services and efficiencies,” ACM […]

Several Aero Clubs around the country, most notably in Washington and Atlanta, have proven to be valuable networking assets to their local aviation community. Aiming to follow that pattern, a consortium of business, government and educational organizations in the greater Wichita area has announced that it will form the Wichita Aero Club. “Aviation is the […]

The CEO of Embraer, of Brazil, said at a media briefing in Singapore this week that it’s getting harder for some buyers to get access to the credit they need to place orders. “We see signals that the customers’ financing options are getting scarce. But so far we have had no direct impact,” said CEO […]