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Against a backdrop of international tensions over Russia’s involvement in Georgia, Russia’s biggest business aviation exhibition opens today. Geopolitics notwithstanding, Jet Expo 2008 promises to be bigger than ever with all the major manufacturers represented in the static display at Vnukovo Airport and hundreds of exhibitors filling the Crocus Expo exhibition center. The message seems […]

Things appear to be happening in the correct order for Embraer as the company prepares for the entry into service of its first very light jet, not to mention aircraft barely off the drawing board. On Monday, Embraer opened a 47,700-square-foot service center in Mesa, Ariz., to look after the Phenom 100, Phenom 300, Legacy […]

The NTSB on Tuesday released a special report identifying several recurring safety issues with parachute jump operations, and recommended improvements in aircraft maintenance and pilot training. The report was prompted by a crash in July 2006 in Missouri, when an engine failed shortly after takeoff in a de Havilland DHC-6-100. The pilot and five parachutists […]

The FAA has posted online its report reviewing the certification of the Eclipse E500 jet. FAA Acting Administrator Bobby Sturgell said last week the FAA is committed to acting on each of the six recommendations from the review team, headed by former Boeing executive Jerry Mack, but the full text of the report was not […]

The Thielert engine factory in Liechtenstein is continuing to build and deliver diesel engines and spare parts while sorting through various offers from new investors who hopefully will rescue the company from insolvency, company representatives told the media in a conference call from Europe on Tuesday. Asked whether a new owner will honor the warranties […]

When we talked to Jay Carpenter, secretary of the Texas Aviation Association on Sunday, reports of damage to airports in the path of Hurricane Ike were sketchy. By late Monday, a much clearer picture of the damage was available. Airport facilities, aircraft and hangars were damaged in a swath of northeast Texas that took the […]

Its engine problems obviously licked, the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum’s reproduction of the pioneer aircraft manufacturer’s massive flying boat America lifted off Keuka Lake in upstate New York on Saturday. It was the culmination of more than 16 years of effort by a volunteer group of builders who faithfully recreated an aircraft which was generations […]

P-51s were 1-2 in the Breitling Gold Unlimited final a the National Championship Air Races at Reno Stead Airport on Sunday. Bill Destefani’s Strega was more than nine seconds ahead of Dan Martin’s Dago Red to claim the top prize at Reno. Destefani and Strega averaged a brisk 483.062 mph in a time of 8:19.249. […]

Hurricane Ike inundated parts of Texas and Louisiana on Saturday and general aviation pilots were ready for a call that likely will not come. In a podcast interview with AVweb on Sunday, Texas Aviation Association Secretary Jay Carpenter said there has not only been no request for GA assistance, it’s actually against the law. TFRs […]

The FAA has upheld the certification process for the Eclipse 500 very light jet but says problems with the trim and fire-extinguishing systems need to be addressed and issues with certification process itself should be tweaked. The agency ordered a review of the certification last month amid allegations by the FAA inspectors involved with the […]