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The National Aviation Hall of Fame has named its Class of 2008, honoring four individuals for their aviation achievements. The 2008 class of inductees includes Col. Clarence “Bud” Anderson, USAF (Ret.), veteran WWII triple ace and experimental test pilot; Herbert Kelleher, co-founder, former CEO, and Executive Chairman of Southwest Airlines; the late William A. Moffett, […]

Next week in New Zealand, the first Air Sports Live event will feature 10 different competitions, including paragliding, skydiving, helicopters and hot air ballooning, all set against a spectacular alpine backdrop. Event organizers promise “high-adrenalin viewing,” with skydivers competing in a race around pylons, helicopter pilots performing “phenomenal stunts” and dramatic high-G aerobatics. If you […]

Associated Air Center (AAC) has delivered its tenth Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ) VIP interior — and the first U.S.-based ACJ — to a customer in Florida. The aircraft’s interior colors are “similar to the customer’s personal DC-9” and boast a spacious master bedroom and lavatory with shower. Other sleeping positions are provided by sofas in […]

At a summit organized by Canadian think tank Aero Montreal, Pratt & Whitney Canada made it known it is among those concerned that a falling dollar — plus strong local currency, rising fuel prices and environmental demands — is pushing cost-cutting methods for production (outsourcing). At the same time, those pressures are demanding investment in […]

Following on the heels of the largest-ever Dubai Air Show and with strong growth projected for business aviation in the Middle East, two private U.S. equity funds plan to use $436 million to take over Landmark Aviation from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise to form one of the largest FBO networks, AVweb has learned. The deal is […]

TAG Aviation signed the head lease in 2003 and has now acquired the freehold for Farnborough Airport (EGLF) — home of the Farnborough Air Show — from the UK’s secretary of state for defense. Fans of the Farnborough Air Show need not expect a change of venue; TAG says it intends to keep the airport […]

The Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has entered into an agreement with Rolls-Royce Deutschland and Gulfstream Aerospace to “conduct research relevant to the potential development of a supersonic business jet.” While specific details are confidential, “Illinois is involved in research to mitigate the sonic boom from supersonic business jets,” […]

Season’s Greetings … you’re going to lose your job. Meggitt acquired Aircraft Braking Systems in March and last week announced it will, over the next two years, shift certain operations from Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems’ Akron, Ohio, facility to a new facility in central Mexico. Meggitt’s nearly 370 hourly employees working in Akron learned, through […]

ATG, which hopes to one day see production of its tandem-seat twin-turbofan executive Javelin jet, announced yesterday that it will halt the jet’s development. “Due to circumstances beyond ATG’s control, it is unlikely that adequate funding can be secured in a timely manner,” the company said through an e-mail, Tuesday. It seems a 12-month search […]

An alternative to the Cessna Caravan — the mission-specific unimproved short-field champion, Quest’s Kodiak…. (If you do not see a video, below, click here.)