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Former FAA official George Donohue and co-author Russell Shaver have written a book, “Terminal Chaos: Why U.S. Air Travel Is Broken and How to Fix It,” addressing problems with the national airspace system and air traffic control — and their proposed solutions are attracting attention. Paul Fiduccia, president of the Small Aircraft Manufacturers Association, said […]

Homebuilders and kit manufacturers have been in a kind of limbo since March, when the FAA issued a report on its review of the “51-percent” rule and said it wouldn’t change the rule but would issue new “guidance” on how to interpret it. EAA now says those new FAA guidelines should be published within the […]

The grand old lady of aviation expositions starts July 14, and AVweb will be on the ground covering the highlights of the huge show. Keep an eye on your inbox for the latest from Farnborough.

Hailed as the ideal combination of speed and convenience for the business traveler, the BA609 tilt rotor aircraft, which has been prominently displayed at most major aviation trade shows in the past year, may be an aircraft whose time hasn’t quite come yet, according to Bell. The Fort Worth Star Telegram reported this week that […]

Freight Feeder Corp., an Albuquerque company that is developing a purpose-built short haul aircraft to carry containerized freight has announced its launch customer will be Britain-based MK Airlines. The airline, which operates a fleet of Boeing 747 freighters, says Freight Feeder’s FF5000 will make an important link in the freight network more efficient. “The Freight […]

EADS has announced that it has opened exclusive negotiations with DAHER, a diversified company that dabbles in nuclear energy, the automotive sector, defense and industry along with aerospace, to sell its Socata division. Although Socata is best known in GA circles for its high performance TBM-series turboprop singles, the company also makes parts for Airbuses […]

In the intense competition to lure business aircraft traffic, FBOs offer all kinds of amenities to rise above the rest. Well, the new Million Air facility in Victorville, Calif. has all the leather couches, refreshments, flight planning rooms and other facilities one might expect in a destination that hopes to serve the lucrative Southern California […]

When two GA pilots, one flying a Pilatus PC-12 and the other in a Beechcraft Premier jet, encountered an F-16 in a Military Operations Area used by Luke Air Force Base in Arizona last March, they had to take abrupt, evasive maneuvers to avoid the military jet. The incident, after it was first reported in […]

The NTSB said on Tuesday it is investigating a near midair collision at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Saturday in which two airliners flew in close proximity to one another — but the FAA says no such incident took place. The NTSB, citing “initial reports,” said that at 8:36 p.m. local […]

Some owners of SOCATA’s new TBM 850 single-engine turboprop may be facing extended grounding following the company’s service alert on cracked compressor drive shafts. Alert SB70-161 was released June 20 after a report of a driveshaft shear failure on a TBM 850. The June alert limited drive shafts to 80 flight hours before replacement while […]