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Vietnams (future) flying farmers, Tran Quoc Hai and Le Van Danh, passed a critical step in their bid to become the countrys first homegrown aviators last week when government inspectors appear to have given their backyard-built helicopter a passing grade. Specifically, within 30 minutes, the engine operated in a stable manner, the propeller ran at […]

Flight-training icon Martha King might have learned a thing or two about ultralights Wednesday when the aircraft she was aboard flipped over into Shasta Lake in northern California. King, 61, and pilot Dennis Chitwood, 54, were wet but virtually uninjured in the mishap, which occurred near Lakehead, Calif. According to the Redding Record Searchlight, King […]

Diamond Aircraft celebrated the first flight of its DA50 Super Star on Wednesday from the manufacturer’s headquarters in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, but the jaunt was only 15 minutes due to poor weather conditions, according to company CEO and owner Christian Dries. The five-place single-engine airplane took off at an mtow of 3,670 pounds with Dries […]

A diary that was kept by a journalist who was covering Amelia Earhart’s round-the-world flight when she disappeared has recently resurfaced and is fueling new speculation about her fate. Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished over the South Pacific 70 years ago in July 1937. The diary raises questions about the early hours of […]

American Legend Aircraft Company of Sulphur Springs, Texas, manufactures and sells the popular Legend Cub Light Sport Aircraft. Now the company has formed a new subsidiary, American Legend Aircraft Services, that will restore vintage tube-and-fabric airplanes. The new company will offer repair, overhaul, upgrades, annual inspections and showroom-quality complete restorations. Aircraft that can be worked […]

The Canadian government will invest about $800 million in aerospace and defense research and development over the next five years, Industry Minister Maxime Bernier announced on Monday. Companies based in Canada that are expected to benefit from the project include Bombardier, Pratt & Whitney Canada and training provider CAE Inc. The government will require companies […]

The airspace in Southern California is busy and complex, and according to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), a staffing crisis is eroding the margin of safety to “dangerously low levels.” A shortage of qualified staff is forcing many controllers to work overtime and six-day weeks, while more controllers are retiring and new hires […]

Melbourne, Fla.-based Liberty Aerospace promoted Keith Markley to the president and CEO position. Markley formerly was the airplane manufacturer’s chief operating officer. “Liberty Aerospace has grown significantly over the last two years, moving to a full production Part 23 aircraft manufacturer,” said former CEO Anthony Tiarks, who founded the company in 2000. “This appointment, which […]

Aircraft crossing the Arctic Ocean can now fly more direct routes, save fuel and achieve better on-time performance, the FAA said this week. The Alaska Air Route Traffic Control Center has completed the installation of Advanced Technologies and Oceanic Procedures (ATOP). The technology enables controllers to safely separate aircraft in areas outside radar coverage or […]

The legend that says the escorts flown by the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II never lost a bomber to enemy aircraft fire is just that — a legend, according to a report by an historian at the Air Force Historical Research Agency. The preliminary findings of the research became known last year, but the […]