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Cessna 182 Hits Blimp Wire, Three Killed

Pilots in South Florida have said for years that it’s been an accident waiting to happen, and now it has. Three people died Friday when the Cessna 182 they were in hit the cable used to tether a surveillance and propaganda blimp over Cudjoe Key in the Florida Keys. The blimp, known locally as Fat […]

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Seaplanes Stroll Down Lakeport Streets

Visitors to downtown Lakeport, Calif., were treated to an unusual site Thursday afternoon when two aircraft emerged from Clear Lake and taxied through the streets of downtown. The pilots and their aircraft were participating in a rehearsal for the Western States Seaplane Festival — also known as the Clear Lake Splash-In — that will take […]

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Eclipse 500’s European Debut

On Thursday, the Eclipse 500 first very light jet (VLJ) made its European debut at AERO 2007 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. According to Eclipse Aviation, this is the first time that the Eclipse 500 has been outside of North America. The twinjet left Eclipse’s headquarters in Albuquerque, N.M., on April 14 and flew the North Atlantic […]

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Navy: Blue Angels RTB After Fatal Crash

The U.S. Navy Sunday said it will be at least three weeks before it can release significant information on the fatal crash of Blue Angel No. 6 during an airshow at Beaufort, South Carolina on Saturday. Although the Navy didnt officially identify the pilot, news reports identified him as Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis, 32, of […]

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User Fee Compromise in the Works

Capitol Hill pundits are predicting the compromise on general aviation user fees that will be sent to Congress will spare the piston crowd any increases, but sock business aviation with charges for their use of the airspace. (Hear what Cessna chairman, CEO and president Jack Pelton has to say about aviation user fees. [3.3MB mp3]) […]

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Blind Pilot On His Way to Sydney

Miles Hilton-Barber landed in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sunday, having launched on March 7 from London, heading halfway around the world in a microlight aircraft. Barber has been blind for 25 years, and is flying with a co-pilot. The team hopes to raise $1 million for Seeing Is Believing, a charity that aims to restore the […]

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ViperJet Executive Edition Unveiled

Viper Aircraft Corp., which has been selling kit versions of its personal jet for several years now, will showcase its new ViperJet MKII Executive edition on May 17 at the Porsche Aviation Jet Preview in Van Nuys, Calif. We listened to our target audience and created the ViperJet MKII Executive to meet and exceed their […]

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User Fees Debate Airs in Mainstream Media

“The federal government has taken billions of dollars from the taxes and fees paid by airline passengers every time they fly and awarded it to small airports used mainly by private pilots and globe-trotting corporate executives.” That was the opening line in an Associated Press story that was reprinted widely in newspapers and distributed online […]

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Starling Offers In-Flight Wireless Options

To back the surge for high-speed airborne internet access, Starling Advanced Communication announced it will present at the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2007 (held this week in Hamburg, Germany) “the world’s fastest low-profile, fuselage mounted antenna,” according to Net4now.com. The 16-inch-diameter by 4-inch-tall appendage is part of the MIJET series of antennas and designed as a […]

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