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Sir Richard Branson says hes married the convenience of travel-booking sites like Expedia and Travelocity with the rating system of eBay and the online booking ease of Priceline to create his latest transportation venture, Virgin Charter. The company will tap into the availability of aircraft from more than 2,500 charter operators in the U.S. to […]

The Washington, D.C., Air Defense Identification Zone (DC ADIZ) last week made the Small Business Administration’s “Top 10” list of government reforms to be pursued this year by the SBA’s Office of Advocacy, which Congress created in 1976 to represent the interests of small businesses that are affected by Federal legislative and rule-making processes. A […]

The ink wasn’t even dry on the National Aeronautic Association‘s newest category for aviation records before a Husky pilot in Indiana took off to try for the top spot. The new category, “Aeroplane Efficiency,” officially went on the books March 1, and that same day, Kris Maynard departed Sheridan, Ind., in hot pursuit. Hot pursuit […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. A Lufthansa A320 with 130 passengers onboard nearly crashed during its landing approach to the Fuhlsbuettel airport in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday in winds gusting as high as 55 mph. Amateur video footage […]

Not everyone associated with the EADS/Northrop-Grumman victory in the Air Force tanker contract is celebrating. The union representing workers at EADS Toulouse factories claims the deal will cost French jobs because of the consortiums commitment to build an assembly plant for the tankers in Mobile, Ala. In 2006, EADS agreed to build a plant in […]

As we reported last week, Ian Wilkinson, a senior Cathay Pacific captain, was fired three weeks after he did a high-speed, low-level pass over a Seattle-area airport in a new Boeing 777 he was delivering from the factory. It wasnt the stunt that got him fired, it was the fact that he didnt have permission […]

Anyone who thought the drawn-out battle to choose the new generation Air Force tanker aircraft ended with the Pentagons decision Friday to go with the Northrop-Grumman/EADS consortium likely has another think coming. “This won’t be pretty,” Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., told The Seattle Times Saturday. “There will be a firestorm of criticism on Capitol Hill, […]

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The Transportation Security Administration says Sen. Chuck Schumer is wrong about claims that thousands of foreign nationals are getting flight training without the required documentation and background checks. “Each and every foreign national that applies for flight training at any FAA-certified school anywhere in the world is checked by TSA prior to beginning that training,” […]

Two experimental aircraft collided on the ground Saturday, at non-towered Arthur Dunn Airpark in Titusville, Fla. At about 8:30 a.m., one of the aircraft (a Velocity XL RG) landed, was attempting to land or was performing a low pass when it struck the other aircraft (an RV-8) as it taxied. Two occupants aboard the experimental […]