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When famed aviator Steve Fossett went missing in Nevada last September, the scale of the search was humbling to many pilots who wondered, if I disappear one day, will the whole world come looking? Thanks to the Internet, it’s easier for even us regular folks to get the word out when a beloved pilot fails […]

All three occupants of two aircraft that brushed each other over Commencement Bay, off Tacoma, Wash., on Tuesday walked -and swam- away from the mishap. Cessna 182 pilot Bud Williams said he felt a thud that sent his charts and paperwork flying all over the cabin and looked out to see another aircraft in a […]

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) placed two half-page ads in USA Today, yesterday, drawing a connection between “falling levels of experienced controllers and the rising number of arrival delays,” according to NATCA Director of Communications Doug Church. The actual graph associates a 105-percent increase in arrival delays with a 12-percent decrease in veteran […]

Comprehensive pilot and ground crew training for customers of the eight-person Phenom 100 very light and nine-person Phenom 300 light jets will soon be available following formalization of a joint venture agreement between Embraer and CAE. Embraer CAE Training Services LLC will provide initial and recurrent training for pilots and maintenance crew with a program […]

In support of an expansion for the VLJ air-taxi market currently budding in the East, key industry players will meet in San Diego Nov. 27 and 28 to continue discussion (initiated in a May forum) of popular business models for VLJ operators. The event offers an opportunity to interact with industry peers and business partners […]

Charter operators have been the FAA’s target for random unannounced audits for more than 19 months. Recent audits show there are curveballs operators may not expect but for which they must be prepared. It has recently been demonstrated that companies operating with dba names approved through local FSDOs should still be concerned. If those dba […]

Early next year, TAG Aviation (which has traditionally specialized in management of mid-size to VIP airliner business aircraft), plans to begin pushing its light jet management program as an alternative for customers currently flying anything up to the size of a Cessna Citation CJ3. The company plans next year to formally launch its “VLJ Flying […]

Dubai’s Air Show 2007 at Airport Expo Dubai from Nov. 11-15 collected more than 45,000 industry-related visitors from over 131 countries in a largest-ever showing that eclipsed the 2005 event (the show is biennial) by 30 percent. The show saw record numbers for exhibitors (850) and display aircraft (140); on-site orders exceed $100 billion, one […]

While sales of business jets are at record highs and forecasters predict strength in that segment throughout the next eight years, economists are questioning the near-term viability of the aerospace industry … and it’s not just oil prices. Airbus sells its products in U.S. dollars but pays its employees in local currencies. With the value […]

With the bankrupt Columbia aircraft company due to go up for sale on November 27, Cirrus CEO Alan Klapmeier told AVweb on Tuesday that his company won’t be making a bid after all. “We have done our due diligence, and we think there are a lot of problems that would have to be solved,” he […]