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Our sister magazine, Aviation Consumer, is conducting a research project on diesel aircraft engines. If you’re flying one, we would like to know what your impressions of it are. Has the performance been what you expected? How about the economy? We would also like to know about service history. For a questionnaire, e-mail avconsumer@comcast.net. The […]

The NTSB has completed its first investigation into an accident involving an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and on Tuesday, the board issued 22 safety recommendations and expressed concern about operating these vehicles in the National Airspace System. NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker said the high number of recommendations reflects “a wide range of safety issues involving […]

When the Sport-Jet prototype crashed during a test flight in 2006, it wasn’t due to any flaw with the aircraft or a mistake by the crew, says Excel-Jet in a suit filed against the FAA. It was because air traffic controllers cleared the jet to take off behind a large commercial aircraft (a deHavilland Dash […]

Among all the sports videos on the Internet — from CBS, ESPN, and more, about football, and car racing, and scandal — it was AVweb‘s behind-the-scenes coverage of the San Diego Red Bull Air Race that ranked number one in a worldwide online poll. The web site WeShow lets viewers around the world choose their […]

For pilots who have experienced waiting for things to happen on an FAA time scale, the thought of waiting behind bars for the FAA to act could be daunting. One pilot in Virginia faces that situation, as a judge says he’s not willing to let him out until the FAA revokes his pilot certificate. The […]

Sir Richard Branson said this week that he knows his friend, adventurer Steve Fossett, probably will not be found alive. “I think the chances are that he’s no longer with us,” Branson told Matt Lauer on NBC’s Today Show on Monday. “I think everybody involved has pretty well given up hope, sadly.” Fossett was last […]

The FAA’s recent action to suspend operations at AMI Jet Charter was “driven more by arrogance and a failure to understand how Part 135 is different from Part 121” than by any concerns about safety, according to James Coyne, president of the National Air Transportation Association (NATA). Coyne, in a letter to NATA members dated […]

Indian business tycoon Vijay Mallya says he intends to build Epic’s line of turboprops and light jets in India to serve the Asian and Middle Eastern market. Mallya bought a 50 percent stake in Bend, Ore.-based Epic earlier this year and says he wants to bring the operation, or at least part of it, home. […]

New thunderstorm warning technology will be installed at 11 airports in the U.S., Canada and Thailand by the end of the year. The TWX 300 by Vaisala is a third generation detection system and is designed to warn airports and other vulnerable facilities of pending storm activity. The system gathers information from lightning detection equipment […]

Helicopter passengers can now enjoy their favorite tunes, movies and other types of entertainment thanks to what Avionics Innovations calls a “breakthrough” in in-flight entertainment (IFE) technology. The Integrated Cabin Entertainment system is designed to withstand the high-vibration environment of helicopters without skipping a beat. The unit is also mounted vertically to take up less […]