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A 1928 Boeing Model 40C biplane, lovingly restored by Pemberton and Sons Aviation of Spokane, Wash., flew this Monday for the first time in 80 years. “The airplane is very controllable and pleasant with excellent ground handling, good elevator and rudder, and heavy but effective ailerons,” Addison Pemberton said in the Nordo News. “The visibility […]

AERO-Friedrichshafen, the popular European general aviation event that has been attracting growing interest in recent years, will now be held annually, instead of every other year, and EAA and IAOPA will play a greater role in organizing the show. “It’s an outstanding general aviation event that serves the new light sport aircraft (LSA) category very […]

A shift of airspace responsibilities from Chicago Center to Milwaukee should have little impact on the annual migration to EAA AirVenture, EAA’s Dick Knapinski told AVweb Monday. “A review of the situation indicate[s] that this particular issue involves IFR operations,” Knapinski said in an e-mail. “The vast majority of AirVenture operations are VFR, and we […]

D-Diamond Aircraft confirmed on the weekend that its five-passenger D-Jet will be built at its London, Ont., facilities after the Canadian government announced it was giving the company a $19.6 million strategic, repayable investment. The money is being provided under a new aerospace business incentive program. This investment will play a vital role in enabling […]

There were apparently no serious injuries but it looks like it might be awhile before an Aserca Airlines DC-9 is back in service after a bizarre accident at Simon Bolivar Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, last week. According to the aviation Web site volarenvenezuela.com,the aircraft apparently left a hangar with both engines running and crossed a […]

With the future of 100LL avgas looking ever more iffy, Teledyne Continental’s new president, Rhett Ross, says the company is planning to aggressively develop a diesel or heavy fuel engine for certification in late 2009 or early 2010. “We are kicking off a major aerospace engine project this year with some realistically aggressive targets,” Ross […]

On Friday, the FAA published the final report (PDF) from the Amateur-Built Aircraft Aviation Rulemaking Committee that outlines plans to keep the “home” in homebuilt. There will be a public comment period, which EAA predicts will be announced in April or May, and the FAA intends to have a final rule by October. The report […]

The Leesburg Executive Airport in Leesburg, Va., (JYO) was closed for nearly two days last week after a Raytheon 390 Premier 1 business jet slid off the end of an ice-slicked runway on Tuesday night. No injuries were reported. While it normally takes just a few hours at the most to tow a disabled aircraft […]

Two entrepreneurs have developed JetCombo.com to take their stab at the airline hub-and-spoke system by offering a new online point-to-point trip planner designed to tap into “the other 5,400 public airports” in the U.S. JetCombo mines a database of aircraft and operators ranging from jets to small propeller aircraft through an online interface that allows […]

Composite Engineering Inc. of Sacramento, Calif., has announced the successful flight of its newest supersonic unmanned aerial target system, the BQM-167X. The aircraft achieved sustained supersonic flight Jan. 31, 2008, at the U.S. Navy Pt. Mugu Test Range. The aircraft is powered by a Microturbo turbojet and equipped with an avionics suite from Microsystems. CEi […]