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Rotax has issued a manadatory service bulletin (PDF) affecting specific 912 and 914-series engine gearboxes after a fault was found with the material used in making the gears. Under severe operating conditions, it’s possible for gear teeth to break. The fix calls for replacement of the gears but the good news is that Rotax is […]

Western Michigan Universitys College of Aviation is offering higherpay and benefits to its flight instructors, who have been leaping toregional airlines with increasing regularity. “A few years ago we kept a flight instructor for an average of 24 months,” said WMU chief flight instructor Tom Grossman. “In the past six months, its become common for […]

Has the dream of generations been tucked away in a garage in Dawsonville, Ga., for 20 years? The last remaining Sky Commuter proof-of-concept flying car is for sale on eBay. The Sky Commuter is a two-place carbon-fiber vehicle with a single front and two rear fans that was hoped to provide VTOL performance. By late […]

Elliott Aviation last month announced a partnership with Rosen Aviation to provide a combination Sound Management System (SMS) cabin-noise-cancelling system and in-flight entertainment system for King Air 200-, 300- and 350-series aircraft. Elliott’s SMS is a cabin-space noise-cancellation system that dampens noise levels throughout the cabin using strategically placed speakers to counter the undesirable noise […]

Adam’s A700 carbon composite twin-jet has completed a series of environmental tests that exposed the aircraft to extreme weather conditions — the results will be used to improve the aircraft’s design before it heads to hot and cold weather certification testing. Those tests, says the company, will be completed later this year. The extreme weather […]

By year-end, severely disabled passengers flying on Canadian airlines will no longer have to pay for extra seats needed to accommodate them. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) ruled Thursday that Canadian carriers must offer a single fare under a “one-person, one-fare” policy that apparently can include a second person provided that second person is a […]

RAM Aircraft LP of Waco, Texas, has earned authorization as a designated alteration station (DAS) under DAS-700100-SW, placing RAM “amongst the elite group of American aviation companies who are known for aviation engineering and excellence,” according to RAM’s news release. The engine overhaul and general aviation support center located at Waco Regional Airport has 31 […]

The FAA last month granted operations approval for the software package SafeRoute, which works with the electronic flight bags being installed on UPS-operated 757, 767 and 747-400 aircraft. The company expects to have six aircraft flying with electronic flight bag/SafeRoute software by Jan. 21 and 55 by year-end. But the first operational flight is scheduled […]

Eight passengers and two crew members aboard Air Canada Flight 190 were injured Thursday morning when the Airbus 319 suffered a sudden loss of altitude and rolled sharply left and right. One passenger told Canadianpress.com “all of a sudden there were three big drops,” explaining that items (and people) that were not strapped down went […]

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association Thursday held a news conference and declared a staffing emergency, stating that controllers “do not have enough trained and experienced personnel on the ground to safely handle the volume of traffic” to work Atlanta, Chicago, New York and Southern California airspace. Faced with the statement that the situation is […]