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Its no surprise that the market for regional and corporate jets is strong and growing in Asia, but Cessna is finding an increased interest in piston aircraft as well at this week’s Singapore Airshow. “Not only has demand expanded for Cessna’s line of products in the Asia-Pacific region, that demand covers many countries and spans […]

We’ve heard about airline pilots falling asleep in flight before, but this report is even stranger than usual — it was 9 o’clock in the morning, and the flight was a 45-minute hop from Honolulu to Hilo. Local TV station KGMB9 said it obtained a radar track of the flight, which showed it stayed at […]

The FAA proposed an Airworthiness Directive this week that would require owners of more than 3,000 Taylorcraft airplanes to inspect the wing strut attach fittings and check for cracks or corrosion. The proposal follows the investigation of a fatal crash in Oregon last July, in which it was found that the wing fabric was wrapped […]

Helicopter enthusiast message boards continue to buzz this week with posts from disgruntled former students of Silver State Helicopters, who are organizing themselves in what appears to be several class-action lawsuits as massive as the training school itself. Daniel R. Reed, an attorney working with the firm Harward & Associates to file a class action […]

U.S. pilots who fly internationally are being asked to hurry up and apply for replacement airman certificates that state they are English proficient, according to an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) rule that takes effect on March 5. But a source at the FAAs General Aviation and Commercial Division (AFS-800) told AVweb yesterday that the […]

Thirty-one of the 117 pilots who violated the Washington, D.C., Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the last six months did so while operating to or from the Leesburg Executive Airport in Leesburg, Va., according to the FAAs National Capital Regional Coordination Center (NCRCC), which monitors ADIZ traffic for security violations. The FAA Safety Team […]

To no ones surprise, Adam Aircraft quietly filed for Chapter 7 (liquidation) bankruptcy last Friday and the next question is who will be in the running for the assets. In news releases prior to the suspension of operations last week, Adam claimed to have orders for its A700 very light jet and A500 piston twin […]

The order books for Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft fattened considerably on the first day of the Singapore Air Show with what is being described as the largest business jet order ever placed in Asia. Singapore-based Bjets, a start-up fractional, ordered 20 Citation CJ2 aircraft from Cessna worth about $150 million as well as nine Hawker […]

A Canadian company has developed an air tanker conversion for the popular Bombardier Q400 turboprop airliner. Cascade Aerospace, of Abbotsford, B.C., says the aircraft combines speed, payload and loads of power to make it a modern replacement for aging tankers. The aircraft will drop up to 2,600 gallons of retardant on a fire with a […]