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They may be worlds apart in some ways, but Indianapolis and Atlanta have only an hour and nine minutes separating them in a Piaggio Avanti II. Piaggio Chief Pilot Arthur St. Clair exercised the new Pratt and Whitney Canada PT6-66B engines on the latest model of the pusher twin and he wasn’t disappointed. “Had it […]

As the business aviation community gets ready for the National Business Aviation Association convention in Atlanta next week, the Russians are having a show of their own, and it’s attracting some attention. Jet Expo starts today in the Crocus City Exhibition Center near Moscow and it appears most of the major business aircraft manufacturers and […]

Two pilots have filed a patent for a device that they say could help to prevent mid-air collisions like the one that killed two helicopter pilots and two videographers in Phoenix, Ariz., in July. The crews were covering a police pursuit for television news. Inventors Chris Morrison and Ralph Gannarelli knew two of the men […]

Adam Aircraft announced today that it will announce its training partner for its A700 very light jet and A500 push/pull twin at a news conference in advance of the opening of the National Business Aviation Association convention in Atlanta next week. Although Adam isn’t telling who that partner is just yet, it says it has […]

The House Ways and Means Committee has passed, essentially intact, a tax bill that supports the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s version of FAA reauthorization and does not include user fees. In a unanimous voice vote Tuesday, the Ways and Means Committee voted in favor of increasing the tax on avgas from 19.3 a gallon to […]

The chairman of One-Two-Go Airline, Kajit Hapananont, told reporters on Monday the pilot of the MD-82 that crashed at Phuket on Sunday was one of his airlines best. Wind shear has been speculated as the cause of the accident, which killed 89 people, including the captain, 56-year-old Arief Mulyadi. Forty-one people survived. The aircraft went […]

As the National Business Aviation Association prepares for its annual convention a week from now in Atlanta, its also preoccupied with a congressional process that has major implications for the aviation sector it represents. At 10 a.m. EDT today, the House Ways and Means Committee will vote on its version of the funding bill and […]

The highly modified F-8F-2 Bearcat Rare Bear, flown by John Penney, blew away the competition in the Gold final of the National Championship Air Races at Reno-Stead Airport on Sunday. The exotic machine finished the final with an average speed of 478 mph, 44 mph faster than second place Sherman Smoot flying Czech Mate, a […]

A European company that has studied the emerging very light jet market says it’s painting a rosier outlook for the sector than it has in the past but there are more caveats than a law library in his assessment. Phillip Butterworth-Hayes, of PMI Media, told AVweb Sunday in a podcast interview to be released on […]

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