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Insurance options for those who fly powered parachutes and weight-shift aircraft (trikes) have long been scarce, but new plans now available should cover most needs, EAA announced at Sun ‘n Fun on Tuesday. Bob Mackey, lead representative for the EAA Aircraft Insurance Plan, said the new plan is very flexible, and will cover pilots from […]

Liberty Aerospace will be Aspen Avionics’ first original equipment manufacturer customer for its innovative Evolution primary flight display. In a news release earlier today, Aspen said the display will be standard equipment in the IFR model of the two-place touring and training aircraft. It will also be available as an upgrade. “The Evolution Flight Display […]

Cessna announced Monday that it will offer Garmin’s synthetic vision technology on its full line of products and will start with the Mustang. In doing so, the Mustang will become the first business jet with Garmin’s new box. It’ll be available on the Mustang later this year and for the other aircraft by this time […]

Movie pilot Corkey Fornof is used to making others look good, so he doesn’t mind a bit that his latest ride, the Lopresti Fury, is hogging the spotlight. You may not know Corkey by name, but it’s likely you’ve seen his work, including the scene in the James Bond movie Licensed to Kill, in which […]

While pedestrians have the right of way, you dont see many sticking their arm out and marching across a freeway. Likewise, military pilots who use military operating areas to hone their skills and get a little afterburner time are asking that civilian pilots understand the kind of screeching halt their presence in MOAs can cause. […]

AirGator Inc. says its new NAVAir Approaches 3D offers “unparalleled situational awareness” to pilots by offering a three-dimensional view of the aircraft during approach, viewable on certain pocket- or tablet-PC products. The system shows the aircraft’s position in both the plan view and on the vertical profile and works with AirGator’s NAVAir moving map or […]

The NTSB is proposing changes to regulations that concern reporting and notification with regard to aircraft incidents, accidents, or collisions, because they currently do not adequately cover unmanned aircraft. The notice of proposed rulemaking seeks comment prior to July and suggests that the definition of “aircraft accident” be made to include “unmanned aircraft accident.” Specifically, […]

After three years of operation, Wathen Aviation High School (WAHS) is expanding to include more students in grades 9-12 on the grounds of Flabob Airport, in Riverside, Calif. Children at the school have the opportunity to develop hands-on skills through a variety of airport projects (like restoring a Stinson 108 to airworthiness) and can earn […]

Boeing has successfully flown the worlds first fuel-cell-powered aircraft and it took its time announcing it. The Diamond Dimona motorglider has flown three times since February out of an airfield at Ocana, south of Madrid. The aircraft took off on a combination of battery power and the fuel cell but used the fuel cell alone […]

U.S. Aviation Group claims to be the first nationwide program catering to general aviation pilots seeking fractional ownership of an aircraft. Each share begins with one pilot, in any community between the two U.S. coasts, according to the company. That pilot may purchase a 1/6 share of a 237-knot Mooney Acclaim, a Diamond DA40 XLS, […]