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Although a lot of news about Eclipse in recent months has focused on various delays in the production and delivery of its aircraft, the company says it has produced its “first 100 airplanes faster than any GA jet aircraft manufacturer in history.” In a news release, in which CEO Vern Raburn describes the effort as […]

Former National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) President John Carr says on his web site that the FAA recently made an offer to the union to resolve issues resulting from the contract it imposed in 2006. The jargon used in the memo (PDF) Carr says he obtained from someone in senior management is difficult to […]

Gulfstream says it’s getting ready to move on to the next phase of testing for its sonic boom-suppressing technology. As AVweb reported last year, the company successfully tested a 24-foot retractable nose boom that all but eliminates the shockwaves that create the big (and illegal over the U.S.) noise. The boom was originally tested on […]

Indias aviation ministry is teaming with Farnborough International, the company that organizes the famous air show in England every two years, to organize a show on a similar scale and scope in Hyderabad, India in October. India Aviation 2008 will be modeled after the English show and will run from Oct. 15 to Oct. 18. […]

If you’re one of the hundreds waiting to get your hands on the real thing, an Illinois firm has come up with an Eclipse 500 Avio NG flight simulator to help you pass the time and tune up your skills for the mandatory type rating course. Commercial Level Simulations delivered its first PC-based simulator to […]

Thomas Leveque, a Cirrus Design demonstration pilot and sales representative, died Sunday morning when the SR22 Turbo he was flying alone crashed near Creston, Calif. Representatives from the NTSB, FAA, Cirrus and engine manufacturer Teledyne Continental were on the scene. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined, an NTSB investigator told the […]

Well, suppose they held an aviation safety study and nobody (except, perhaps, one particularly ticked-off news agency) cared? NASA Administrator Michael Griffin told a news conference today that it has no intention of trying to glean anything meaningful from a four-year, $11.3 million survey of pilots on air safety and that if anyone else wants […]

The Royal Air Force maintains its pilot corps is the epitome of crack professionalism after a pilot trainee was seriously burned at a graduation party when someone set fire to the sheep costume he was wearing. According to metro.co.uk, the 26-year-old man was celebrating his new wings with other freshly minted pilots at a “family-oriented” […]

The FAA moved on Friday to cast doubt on the accuracy of aviation safety data that will be released by NASA today. NASA will release results of four years of telephone surveys with pilots taking part in the National Aviation Operations Monitoring Service (NAOMS). The report is expected to suggest that close calls in the […]

In a 269-page report released last month (28.5 MB PDF), the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) took a thinly veiled stab at reciprocating engine manufacturers, alleging that industry-wide “poor communication, complacency, lack of knowledge, distraction, lack of teamwork, fatigue, lack of resources, pressure, lack of assertiveness, stress, lack of awareness, and accepted norms” contributed to […]