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Those who own and fly old, rare and discontinued aircraft are being urged to comment on a draft order (MS Word document) under consideration by the FAA that would determine how the agency handles what it calls “abandoned” and “orphaned” type certificates and supplementary type certificates. The agency’s preamble makes the point that it needs […]

An actor who’s won wide acclaim for that talent (including an Oscar) has been recognized for his lifelong devotion to aviation. Cliff Robertson will be awarded the Wesley L. MacDonald Elder Statesman of Aviation Award at NAA’s annual awards night Oct. 29. Throughout his acting career, Robertson has made numerous aviation-related shows but his list […]

The South African media is sorting out the facts after at least one news outlet reported that the occupants of a vehicle hit by a Tiger Moth in an accident on a road south of Johannesburg Wednesday attacked the injured pilot while he was still strapped into his seat. The pilot, Glen Simpson, is reportedly […]

Brad Morehouse, of Afton, Wy., has been identified as the pilot killed when his L-39 Albatros went down during the second heat of the jet class competition at the National Championship Air Races at Reno-Stead Airport. Although no cause has been determined for the crash, KRNV television is reporting unnamed race officials as speculating he […]

Pity the lower-class Silicon Valley billionaires. While their drivers have to battle traffic for an hour to get them to their private jets at public-use airports, The New York Times is reporting that Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have exclusive access to a NASA airport that is seven minutes from their offices. While […]

Seawind Aircraft has written at least some of its business associates to say that the company is closing and there will be no resumption of the long effort to certify the unique amphib. As AVweb reported last month, the Seawind certification test aircraft crashed during a test flight near Winnipeg, Manitoba. Glenn Holmes, the experienced […]

Bombardier said on Wednesday that some older Q-400 turboprops — those with 10,000 or more cycles on the landing gear — should not be flown until inspections are completed. The advisory follows two recent incidents in Europe in which the landing gear failed on landing. A Scandinavian Airlines aircraft was damaged when it skidded off […]

Running into volcanic ash aloft might not be high on your list of things to worry about, but a bunch of folks working for our federal agencies are very aware of the dangers and are finding better ways to track dangerous ash plumes so aviators can keep their distance. “The risks include degraded engine performance, […]

The National Aeronautic Association announced on Wednesday that retired Navy Captain Eugene Cernan is the winner of the 2007 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy. The trophy, presented annually, is awarded “…to a living American for significant public service of enduring value to aviation in the United States.” Previous winners include Charles Lindbergh, Igor Sikorski, Juan Trippe, […]

With dozens of aircraft scouring the Nevada desert, and thousands of Internet volunteers perusing fresh satellite images for a clue, the hunt goes on for missing adventurer Steve Fossett. Hundreds of airplanes are heading to nearby Reno for this week’s air races, raising concern that ad hoc searchers might go looking in the desert — […]