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Cessna has stopped calling its NGP design project a next-generation piston, and this week instead identified it as a “next generation propeller” aircraft. With the addition of the former Columbia single-engine airplanes, now the Cessna 350 and 400, Cessna said it is working on re-positioning the NGP to “fit logically” into its product lineup. Our […]

Since getting its program underway to build the long-awaited LoPresti Fury a few years ago, the LoPresti company has been looking for just the right place to build a new facility. This Tuesday, at Sun ‘n Fun, CEO Curt LoPresti announced the company will move to the airport in Sebastian, Fla., by the first quarter […]

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 […]