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Antonov The Offroader Of Bizjets

Although reliability and performance are always mentioned in promotional material for business jets, Russian planemaker Antonov has carved out a pretty difficult niche for competitors of its Antonov Business Jet to match. “The head of Russia’s Business Aviation lobby Maksim Fedotov admits he’d rather have [a well-known business jet] than a domestic jet,” Russia Today […]

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Eclipse Drops Blogger Hunt

Within a week of the departure of former CEO Vern Raburn, the new management of Eclipse Aviation has reportedly dropped all court actions aimed at uncovering the identities of bloggers who had uncomplimentary things to say about Eclipse. The company had asked the courts to order Google to release the identities and IP addresses of […]

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Controllers As Airspace Police?

If you’ve ever missed a turn, set the altitude bug incorrectly or committed any of thousands of sins that air traffic controllers routinely catch and help correct every day without much fuss, those days are apparently over. The FAA has apparently ordered controllers to violate pilots for any and all errors and has threatened to […]

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China, Meet GA; GA, Meet China

Corporate aircraft have been flying into China for years, of course, but the launch of the Olympics in Beijing this week will bring general-aviation aircraft into the country in unprecedented numbers, and the country’s aviation infrastructure will never be the same. U.S. officials are pressuring China to open up its skies, which are 80 percent […]

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AirVenture Attendance Holds

Attendance at this year’s EAA AirVenture was “on par with last year,” EAA President Tom Poberezny said Sunday. He said that at the start of the show the expectation was that high fuel prices and the generally poor economy would sap attendance but the numbers have held and he credits the quality of the show […]

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Qantas to Undergo Safety Review

Qantas has long enjoyed a reputation as just about the safest airline on Earth — it launched in 1920 and its last fatal accident was in 1945 — but a string of three in-flight emergencies in eight days has prompted Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority to conduct a safety review. “There have been a number […]

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FAA Flight Plan Open For Comment

The FAA has posted its 2009-2013 Flight Plan online, and will accept comments on it until August 22. The plan details the agency’s strategy to meet goals such as deploying NextGen airspace technology, and improving safety. The plan sets a goal to reduce general aviation accidents by 10 percent by 2018, by providing better cockpit […]

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Teenage Pilots Reach 70 Degrees North

A group of young pilots flying a Cessna 172 in an international air rally last week flew beyond the Arctic Circle to the 70th parallel, as they wrapped up a 10-day, 3,500 nm journey across Canada. Camil Dumont Jr., 15, of Quebec; Martin Leroux-Dennebouy, 19, of France, and Michaelle Dumont, 17, of Quebec, were taking […]

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FAA Shuts Down Juneau Charter Operator, Citing Safety Concerns

An Alaskan charter and commuter service based in Juneau that has been in operation since 1956 has been shut down by the FAA by an emergency order citing safety concerns. L.A.B. Flying Service ran a fleet of small aircraft including several Cherokee Sixes, a Britten-Norman Islander, and a Piper Navajo Chieftain. The FAA alleges that […]

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