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In the immediate aftermath of World War II, many thought there would be an airplane in every garage. When that didn’t happen, hybrids capable of using the highways and the airways appeared, then all but disappeared. Many other attempts to come up with the right mix of technology and operational flexibility leading to a sky […]

Bell Helicopter Textron said last month its latest civilian helicopter, the model 210, will be ready for its first flight next month, with FAA certification expected to follow in January. The Bell 210 is a civil certified version of the company’s venerable UH-1H Huey, albeit with a few upgrades. For example, the 210 starts with […]

Gulfstream Aerospace announced last week it has received its FAA type certificate for the Gulfstream G350, the company’s latest large-cabin, mid-range business jet. The G350 was introduced eight months ago and is expected to enter service during the third quarter next year. The G350 is similar to its stable-mate, the G450, but has slightly (550 […]

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A confession: We really hate to give the TSA any ink in these pages, but it’s such a target-rich environment that we just can’t help ourselves sometimes. Most recently, the agency took some nine months to develop a new regulation then published it on Sept. 20 and gave small-aircraft operators only 30 days to understand […]

Prayer has always been a part of aviation, whether practiced by the student pilot before his or her first solo or by the grizzled vet facing an airborne emergency. On the off chance you believe genuflection and worship directed at aircraft is only the province of Judeo-Christians or Muslims, comes a report from Katmandu, Nepal, […]

Longtime NBAA staffer Frederick B. McIntosh, who retired from the association in 1983 after almost 20 years in its Operations Department, died Oct. 15 of congestive heart failure. He was 87. Funeral services were scheduled for Friday, Oct. 22, near his home in Leesburg, Va. McIntosh was the second recipient of NBAA’s “Lifetime Achievement Award,” […]

Business is booming at the FAA. It’s so good, in fact, that the agency last week signed a deal with Bombardier Aerospace awarding a fixed-price contract for a new Bombardier Global 5000 business jet. The decision marks the FAA as the first government operator to select the newly certificated bizjet. In fact, the announcement comes […]

If your company has a Part 135 certificate and you use a third-party marketing organization to sell trips to the public, listen up: The U.S. Department Of Transportation (DOT) has published a notice “on the role of air charter brokers in arranging air transportation” that puts many such companies on notice that they may need […]

Chicago just got a little bit unfriendlier to general aviation, thanks to the FAA. AVweb‘s Favorite Aviation Agency, the one that only now is taking the City of Chicago to task for bulldozing lakefront Meigs Field into oblivion on March 31, 2003, last week published a new rule reimposing restrictions on GA access to the […]