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The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) late last week directed DOT Secretary Mary Peters to investigate allegations by air traffic controllers at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport that management has covered up ATC operational errors at the facility. According to the OSC, air traffic controller Anne Whiteman told the special counsel in 2004 that managers […]

Sean D. Tucker will be at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., later this month flying his spectacular aerobatic routine in the Oracle Challenger biplane, but he will also be debuting the world premiere of a new project, called The Collaborators, with four airplanes flying together. The show will include Tucker in the Challenger, Bill Stein […]

The US Sport Aviation Expo, which is held annually in Sebring, Fla., announced on Wednesday that Cessna Aircraft Co. has agreed to be the sponsor of Expo 2008, to be held January 17 to 20. “We are extremely proud to have Cessna, the primary manufacturer in the general aviation community, as our prime sponsor,” said […]

Q, an air-taxi service owned by North American Jet Charter of Illinois, will be the first operator to offer MedAire service aboard a fleet of Eclipse 500 very light jets, the companies announced on Wednesday. Each of the Q Eclipse jets will carry a MedAire first-aid kit specially designed to fit the VLJ’s three-passenger, two-pilot […]

Gulfstream International, a regional airline based in Florida with no affiliation with business aircraft maker Gulfstream Aerospace, operates a fleet of Embraer and Beech twin turboprops in scheduled airline service throughout the Sunshine State. But with DayJet about to debut its Eclipse 500 air-taxi service on the same turf, Gulfstream is worried that it will […]

Columbia Aircraft is ready to offer optional TKS anti-ice and de-ice “weeping wing” protection for its line of single-engine piston aircraft, the company said on Monday. The TKS system works by exuding a measured amount of glycol-based fluid through microscopic holes in wing leading edges. A separate mechanism disperses the fluid for the prop. The […]

Linear Air of Bedford, Mass., has been proving for several years that its air-taxi concept is viable, flying a fleet of Cessna Grand Caravans while it waited for delivery of its Eclipse 500 very light jets. The wait is over, as the company’s first Eclipse jet is scheduled to arrive later this week and enter […]

Many potential buyers of light sport aircraft have been disappointed that these “entry-level” airplanes have gone on the market for $100,000 and up. But that could be changing soon, says Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association (LAMA) Chairman Dan Johnson. He expects that at least two ultralight manufacturers will seek LSA approval for their designs by the […]

Quiz #122: Welcome To Brainteaser Refresher Camp Camp Wannaflybettah is open to pilots who obey a few camp rules: Don’t drink from the seaplane pond, believe anything in the pilots’ lounge or swallow the occasional red herring in the following questions.

Tuesday morning’s fatal crash of a Cessna 310 in Sanford, Fla., soon after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit, should be a reminder to pilots of how fast smoke and fire can travel in an airplane. According to a January 2006 article in AVweb sister publication Aviation Safety, “an in-flight fire is a bona […]