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After being inundated with criticism from all sides after a NASA official refused to release safety data to an Associated Press reporter who requested it, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin told a congressional panel on Wednesday that the information will be made public after all (PDF). “I regret any impression that NASA was or would in […]

Pressure for general aviation to clean up its emissions or face restrictions is growing, especially in Europe, and aircraft manufacturers are responding. On Wednesday, Embraer said it will create a new division, the Environmental Strategies and Technologies Office, with the goal “to achieve new levels of sustainable development.” There is a growing concern within the […]

“The number of fatal general aviation accidents declined by 5 percent this year,” the FAA announced in a news release on Monday. But a closer look at the FAA data showed that 5 percent was the difference between the number of accidents they had projected for the fiscal year — 331 — and the number […]

Some of the 130 residents who have been forced to move out of their apartment building in British Columbia after a Piper Seneca crashed into the ninth floor earlier this month have launched a class-action lawsuit, CTV Canada reported on Tuesday. The 82-year-old pilot was killed in the crash, and no cause has yet been […]

Affordable collision avoidance for general aviation. The Zaon XRX/Garmin solution….(Note: If the video is not visible, below, click here to view.)

Despite a decision by European air carrier SAS to stop flying its fleet of 27 Bombardier Q400 Dash 8 turboprops, airlines in the U.S. have said they intend to keep theirs in the air. Frontier Airlines, based in Denver, is working to launch a new turboprop service, Lynx, which will fly the Q400s. Five new […]

Prosecutors don’t have a case to charge pilot Brent Caldwell with first-degree manslaughter for the three deaths in a crash last December, a judge in Delaware ruled on Tuesday. Caldwell was flying a high-performance 300-hp Bellanca 17-30A, which he had bought about nine months earlier, according to the NTSB’s final report, when the engine died […]

CAE SimuFlite has won a five-year contract with Dassault Falcon Jet as a “preferred provider” for maintenance training for Dassault Falcon Jet employees. The contract sets up CAE as the provider for maintenance training associated with Dassault’s Little Rock production facility, Dassault Aircraft Centers, and Dassault Falcon Jet Customer Support, with on-site classroom training in […]

Raytheon last Thursday reported the sale of Flight Options along with its quarterly earnings. Miami-based H.I.G. Capital, a private equity firm, currently holding several aviation interests, is the buyer. The purchase price wasn’t available last week but analysts expect the deal should close by the end of the year. H.I.G. managing director, Doug Berman, put […]

The Indian Air Force is slated to begin testing in 2008 for its first $60 million Boeing Business Jet after it is equipped with a system designed to protect the aircraft from attack by ground or air based threats. The aircraft’s intended duties will include transport of India’s “VVIPs” — its prime minister and top […]