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While pilots across the country continue to gripe about Lockheed Martin’s handling of the Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) contract, the FAA says it’s taking corrective actions to ensure pilots get the information they need, according to a report submitted to Congress. Lost or misfiled flight plans and lackluster briefer knowledge of a pilot’s proposed […]

It might seem like a sensible solution, especially at big airports with a complex array of taxiways and runways — embed red lights into the runway pavement at the intersections. It’s been tried at Dallas-Fort Worth and in San Diego, and reports are positive. But the technology is simply a “a stopgap measure,” according to […]

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) gear will be up and running in the Gulf of Mexico by the end of next year, Acting FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell told the HAI Heli Expo crowd in Houston this week. The installation aims to improve safety for helicopters serving offshore oil platforms. Sturgell said the system, designed by ITT, […]

The Russian government is poised to liberalize aviation regs and customs laws to make it easier for Russians to register their business aircraft in Russia. According to Russia Today, Russians spent $2.5 billion on private aircraft, almost all of them bizjets, last year but most are registered elsewhere. Government spokesman Sergey Stepashin says thats about […]

DayJet has expanded its reach in the Southeast with the addition of Macon, Ga., Montgomery, Ala., and North Miami/Opa Locka Airports as DayPorts. The expansion brings to 10 the number of hubs operated by the per seat, on demand service, which began flying in October. The company uses Eclipse 500 very light jets on its […]

Air Partner has announced plans to build an upscale $14 million terminal and FBO at Biggin Hill Airport 14 miles from downtown London. Three other London-area airports, Farnborough, Luton and London City, are at capacity for business jet traffic. With other private-jet airports straining at the seams and turning away existing business, we have decided […]

As the stars and their entourages headed to Los Angeles for the Academy Awards a real-life melodrama was playing out in British Columbia and a corporate jet flew to the rescue. Officials with the B.C. Transplant Society told the Globe and Mail that last Thursday when they tried to charter a jet from any of […]

One of the more interesting landmarks to spot while flying in a small airplane is a blimp hangar. There aren’t that many of them, they are huge and unmistakable, and they bring to mind the kind of low and slow treetop flying that many GA pilots find appealing. One of those hangars can be spotted […]

The Accomack County, Virginia Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Monday night to approve funding that will literally pave the way for long-awaited runway and apron improvements at the Tangier Island Airport, located in the lower Chesapeake Bay. Over the years, pilots have developed a love-hate relationship with the lumpy, bumpy runway at Tangier Island, which […]

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