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The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) is warning pilots they should be concerned that revisions to a regulation’s wording could mean mandatory installation of 406 ELTs in all Canadian aircraft — and transient aircraft, too. In a letter from Kevin Psutka, president and CEO, Canadian Owners and Pilots Association, Psutka states that “low-cost alternatives […]

The Department of Environmental Protection Dec. 25 formally requested that the EPA take action including “removal and remediation duties” at seven facilities that house radium dial instruments. The facilities, owned by Strube Inc. and located in Lancaster Country, Pa., had been the subject of visits and inspections by the DEP, which found Strube uncommitted to […]

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but Sentient Flight Group Thursday announced completion of its acquisition of TAG Aviation USA and the formation of the Sentient Aircraft Management Division. Former TAG President and CEO J.W.P (Jake) Cartwright will lead the division. The new division will integrate Sentient’s existing fleet management team and TAG USA’s […]

Bombardier Aerospace’s future president and CEO, Pierre Beaudoin (son of current president and CEO Laurent Beaudoin), says his business has not been impacted by economic worries in the U.S. “On the contrary, we see demand that continues to rise,” he told reporters in late January. The younger Beaudoin, who is slated to take the reigns […]

Click for a larger image Air Canada has retired one of the most famous Boeing 767s in pilot lore. Fleet no. 604 was flown to a storage area in the Mojave Desert, Thursday, 25 years after surviving, along with its crew of eight and 61 passengers, one of the most amazing dead-stick landings ever attempted. […]

Aviation is a growing industry, and that means manufacturers, flight schools, airlines and maintenance shops all need trained workers. To fill that need, a coalition of business and education leaders in central Florida is working on a plan to build a new aviation-themed campus at Orlando International Airport, the Orlando Sentinel reported on Tuesday. The […]

Almost twice as many light sport aircraft were sold in 2007 as in 2006, according to numbers compiled by Dan Johnson at bydanjohnson.com. By year’s end, 565 new fixed-wing LSAs had been registered, bringing the total fleet to 1,118 airplanes. Johnson said he expects the numbers to continue to grow. “I’ve forecast 1,000 units in […]

When Congress last year hurriedly passed the Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act, which raised the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots to 65, nobody read the small print, say some age-60-plus pilots who have lost their jobs. About 3,000 pilots who were required to retire between Nov. 23, 2006, and Dec. 13, 2007, were […]

New technology now being studied in Europe can track aircraft by detecting tiny changes in the Earth’s magnetic field, according to a recent report in ICTWeb. Structures that cause “shadows” for today’s radar systems — a problem for ground surveillance at large, sprawling airports — do not impair the magnetic field detectors. Recent tests of […]

A German travel agency says it will offer the country’s first-ever nude tourist flight in July, flying up to 55 passengers to a Baltic beach resort in a chartered aircraft. “It’s an unusual gap in the market,” travel director Enrico Hess told Reuters. Passengers cannot undress until they are on board, he said. “But then […]