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Airgyro of Spanish Fork, Utah, intends to focus on the fun and affordability of sport aviation and turn out some sport pilots in as few as 15 days. The company has alliances with Higher Class Aviation, which produces a two-seat tandem light sport aircraft and Australian Light Wing, which produces the Outback SP2000, but it […]

The NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) has gone online. Now from the ASRS website, pilots can receive CALLBACK in their inbox by signing up online. The monthly safety bulletin includes excerpts from ASRS incident reports with supporting commentary as well as occasional research studies and aviation safety information. The ASRS website also offers an […]

Cirrus Design has opened a sales center in Athens to provide sales and service of its products to the region. The facility’s mission is to drive sales growth and showcase Cirrus aircraft to “inspire” and improve the Greek general aviation market, according to Robert Alchanatis, managing director of the new sales center. “We hope to […]

A commercial aircraft at New Zealand’s Paraparumu Airport suffered the loss of 26 gallons of fuel and theft is the suspected cause. The thief or thieves are suspected to have made off with about $200 worth of avgas. Fuel prices in the area had risen 20 percent in the past month, rounding the figure to […]

Proponents suggest that raising fuel taxes on aviation fuel would raise nearly $1 billion for the government and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but opponents say the idea seems unlikely to succeed in its environmental goals. The tax makes no bones about reducing emissions by increasing costs associated with air travel, thereby discouraging it. And therein […]

Rising oil prices have India’s recently booming aviation industry seeking governmental intervention through application of lower taxes to help stem losses that have been piling up since last year. Fuel accounts for roughly half the cost of operation for Indian carriers, according to some sources, and the steadily rising costs of air travel passed on […]

In an unveiling at ICON Aircraft‘s company headquarters in Los Angeles-in fact, directly across Jefferson Avenue from the defunct Hughes Airport-the A5 Light Sport amphibian was introduced to a crowd of 500-plus trendy Angelenos, investors, powersport stars, and designers packed cheek-to-diesel. After a short speech from Eclipse Aviation CEO Vern Raburn, who’s also on ICON’s […]

When the gigantic WhiteKnightTwo spaceship-hauling airplane rolls out of the hangar in Mojave on July 28 — the opening day of EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. — the event will have “real-time ties… back to Oshkosh,” EAA President Tom Poberezny promised this week. “We’ve been in regular communications with our friends at Virgin Galactic and […]

Time to blow off a little steam — FAASTeam. That’s shorthand for FAA Safety Team, a relatively new program promoting aviation safety. Test your knowledge of the program and some of its hotter topics. Take the quiz. More Brainteasers

The local-area knowledge of Flight Service Station briefers is still not as good as it should be, says Andy Cebula, AOPA’s executive vice president for government affairs. But the system is working much better than it was last summer, when pilots frequently were having problems with lost flight plans and long hold times. Since then, […]