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Virgin Galactic will partner up with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to use the fleet of SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo vehicles for scientific research, Virgin announced on Tuesday. “We need data and observations to understand how our climate changes,” said NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher. “This affords us a new and unique opportunity to gather […]

The annual trade show of the National Business Aviation Association is the place where new corporate jets often are introduced — but at this year’s NBAA Expo, coming up next week in Orlando, Fla., a light sport aircraft also will be on display, for the first time. Flight Design USA says their new all-metal MC […]

An Egyptian expatriate entered the cockpit of an aircraft at Kuwait International Airport by impersonating a Brazilian pilot, “failed to operate the plane,” and moved on to impersonate a Brazilian engineer using the identity card he found in the first aircraft’s cockpit, according to Arab Times Online. However the suspect’s second attempt was thwarted by […]

The eighth medical helicopter crash in the past 12 months took place in a suburban Washington park Sunday during fog and rain, killing four of five aboard and lifting the 12-month medevac helicopter death toll to near 30 for that period. The crew of the flight, conducted by the Maryland State Police, reported that it […]

Two suspected terrorists on a KLM flight out of Cologne, Germany, allegedly intent on waging jihad, were pulled from their flight before it departed for Amsterdam, Friday. A Berlin paper reported that the suspects planned to fly on KLM to Uganda and on to Pakistan, but that report was not readily confirmed by authorities. Authorities […]

… For now. AOPA has announced that a Sept. 23 bill passed by the House of Representatives extends the current taxes on fuel and airline tickets until April 2009. That means, according to AOPA, that “we can declare victory in the battle against user fees” and won’t face the threat again until, maybe, April Fools’ […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. Following two weather delays, Yves Rossy, 49, Friday successfully flew across the English Channel from France to England strapped to a set of eight-foot, 120-pound carbon fiber wings on his back, powered by […]

Formal ramifications from a Sept. 17 congressional hearing that heard criticism of the FAA’s certification of the Eclipse 500 from Department of Transportation Inspector General Calvin Scovel may be few, but that doesn’t mean the issue is going quietly into the night. A recent take on the events remains critical of the hearing’s direction, stating […]

The project that hopes to ultimately send a manned aircraft around the world in nonstop flight utilizing solar power has reached the concrete phase through delivery of final first aircraft components. The first large components now exist for the yet unbuilt aircraft registered HB-SIA, and composite fuselage has run through stress tests including static flexion […]

A falling dollar and faltering economy may not be all bad for some U.S. businesses … especially one pilot training facility that caters to foreign countries with blooming aviation markets. Chinese nationals will be trained in Denton, Texas, at the US Aviation Group for careers as commercial pilots, arriving by November and returning to China […]