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Boom Technology unveiled its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator in Denver on Tuesday, and said they aim to build the fastest-ever civilian aircraft, with a cruise speed of Mach 2.2. Boom is working with Virgin Galactic’s The Spaceship Company to build and test the XB-1. The demonstrator is “a technically representative 1/3-scale version of the production Boom […]

Many of today’s recommendations from the NTSB’s most-wanted list for safety improvements apply to general aviation, along with other modes of transport — reducing impairment from operator fatigue and alcohol, expanding the use of recorders to help document the causes of accidents, stronger structural protection for passengers and eliminating distractions. But the board singled out […]

New Zealand-based Pacific Aerospace has acquired the ownership and manufacturing rights of the E-350 Expedition bush plane from legendary Canadian company Found Aircraft. The E-350, which is certified in the U.S. and Canada, will be manufactured at Pacific Aerospace’s headquarters in Hamilton, New Zealand, starting next summer. The E-350 Expedition is a cross-country cruising aircraft, […]

The National Transportation Safety Board is trying a new tactic–patience–in its bid to have regulators respond to its recommendations. The board will announce its Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements at a press conference in Washington Monday. But instead of being replaced by another list a year from now, this one will languish for […]

The first female member of a Chinese military demonstration team died in in an unrelated accident on Sunday. Yu Xu was unable to eject from the J-10 fighter she and another pilot were flying. The other pilot was able to get out but was injured in the ejection. The mishap was the latest in a […]

Like everything else surrounding the future Donald Trump presidency, the predicted impact on aviation is as varied and as, well, unpredictable as the campaign that led the country to this point. Depending on who is being asked, the predictions range from doom and gloom, through cautious optimism to somewhat less cautious optimism. We didn’t find […]

As GAMA released another disappointing aircraft production report this week, the Teal Group’s Richard Aboulafia recently told the National Air Transportation Association that market data suggests next year won’t be much better. And although Teal says it’s “cautiously confident” that things won’t get worse, Aboulafia told us in this AVweb podcast that we’re far from […]

Textron Aviation continues to roll back its Wichita workforce, laying off an undisclosed number of employees this week amid a softer year for jet sales. The cuts follow previous layoffs amid a restructuring in October and the company’s announcement in September it is offering early retirement incentives.Textron, comprising the Cessna and Beechcraft aircraft lines, was […]

New aircraft shipments continued to slip this year as declining sales were reported for the third quarter, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association said Thursday. For the year to date, airplane shipments worldwide are down 3.5 percent compared to a year ago, with 1,504 units shipped from January through September- down from 1,558 in 2015, according […]

Now that he has won the presidential election, Donald Trump’s home in midtown Manhattan is within a Temporary Flight Restriction. The VIP TFR, effective Wednesday, closes open flights through the popular Hudson River area for sightseeing the city skyline. The FAA Notam is effective immediately through Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017. The TFR has […]