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Cessna is defending its decision to have its 162 SkyCatcher LSA produced in China after fielding a volume of feedback that has “taken us to task,” according to Cessna’s interactive SkyCatcher Web site. According to Cessna, much of the feedback was “emotionally charged,” and some of it was decidedly negative. “I won’t go within 10 […]

Boeing shattered its previous single year record for orders in 2007, tabling some 1,413 for its commercial aircraft a year over year increase of close to 40 percent — 369 of the orders were for the 787 Dreamliner. The company’s prior net order records sat at 1,044 and 1,002 in 2006 and 2005, respectively. Boeing […]

The FAA has granted approval for Gulfstream’s PlaneView equipped business jets to fly Required Navigation Performance Special Aircraft and Aircrew Authorization Required (RNP SAAAR) approaches. The approval allows PlaneView equipped G550, G500, G450 and G350 aircraft to fly approach procedures using both global positioning and inertial navigation reference systems “to fly predetermined paths preloaded in […]

Commercial aviation in India is booming, as is the demand for professional pilots, but the development of “Hobby Flying” shows that the industry’s growth is not restricted to the commercial side. Though infrastructure still serves as the key bottleneck, some 50 private aircraft were added over the last year to the country’s flock of 208 […]

Congratulations! Here’s your pilot certificate, and here’s your desk. About 120 Air Force pilots may be wondering how they’re going to “do something amazing” (an Air Force advertising slogan) after being transferred to “fly” unmanned drone aircraft. Unmanned aerial drones have now logged more than 500,000 hours aloft and the swift demand for even more […]

Because a lot of snow fell, travel retailer itravel2000.com will be handing out nearly free trips (travelers must pay taxes) to all customers using Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International airport. The company’s promotion gamble hinged on 12.7 centimeters or more of snow falling in Calgary, Halifax, Montreal or Toronto on Jan. 1. The other cities […]

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) wants nothing to do with a quiet offer from FAA Acting Administrator Bobby Sturgell to raise the pay of some members and offer other incentives to “settle” ongoing labor strife. The proposed deal was outlined in a memo to FAA managers on Monday. The FAA has declined detailed […]

The lead NTSB air safety investigator looking into last weekends fatal crash in California of a Cirrus SR22 Turbo piloted by Cirrus salesman Thomas Leveque told AVweb that she has “no reason to believe there was loss of any flight control prior to impact.”Investigator Zoe Keliher, who works out of the NTSBs Gardena, Calif., office, […]

The future of a small municipal airport in Biddeford, Maine, will go on the ballot this year, so voters can decide if it should stay or go. The City Council is expected to decide this week whether a special election will be held, or if the question can wait until the general election in November. […]

Garmin International told its dealers this week that the GNS480 GPS navigator will be discontinued due to declining sales, a development many owners had feared. Compared to Garmin’s mega-selling GNS430 and 530 series navigators, the 480 sold in fractional numbers. But according to our sister magazine, Aviation Consumer, the product had a small but loyal […]