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Sandel Avionics, a niche player best known for its TAWS units and other specialized cockpit instrumentation, plans to take on the likes of Garmin, Collins and Honeywell with what it describes as the most advanced and sophisticated glass cockpit yet. At the NBAA convention in Las Vegas Monday, Sandel’s Gerry Block unveiled the new Avilon […]

Textron Aviation is rumored to be one of the big newsmakers at NBAA in Las Vegas this week with the potential for two major airframe announcements. Of course, the company didn’t directly respond to AVweb’s inquiries about the new aircraft but it did encourage us to attend its news conference Monday at Henderson Executive Airport, […]

Phoenix-based Bad Elf is best known for its portable remote GPS receivers for tablets, but now it plans to disrupt the portable ADS-B market with products costing as little as $299 for ADS-B In displaying traffic and weather on tablets. The company has been testing prototypes for several months and this week, it’s launching a […]

NBAA has launched a social media campaign to try to convince Congress to reject a proposal to privatize air traffic control in the U.S. The #NoPrivatizedATC Twitter campaign hopes to show legislators the widespread opposition to the notion of an air traffic organization run outside the government, possibly funded by user fees. It’s being heavily […]

A former Allegiant Airlines pilot who was fired after ordering an aircraft evacuation in June is suing the airline. Jason Kinzer was captain on the MD-80 that departed June 8 from St. Petersburg, Florida, when flight attendants reported smelling smoke. Kinzer declared an emergency, the jet returned to the airport and the crew deployed emergency […]

The latest version of pilot medical reform legislation is slated for markup and discussion in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Nov. 18, after which S. 571 could move to the Senate floor. The Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2, proposed by Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., would exempt pilots who have current third-class […]

Lightspeed Aviation on Thursday unveiled a first GA wireless headset that appears similar to the other products in its line, but without the plug-in cord. The Tango headset operates via a proprietary connection system called Lightspeed Link that delivers audio and noise cancelling to the headset from a small unit called the panel interface. This […]

Cobalt, a small aviation company based in California, today introduced its Valkyrie, a five-seat pusher with a canard, a wide bubble canopy, winglets and a twin canted tail. The company has planned a launch party for tonight in San Francisco, where it will roll out the latest version of the design. Cobalt brought an earlier […]

The charter jet that crashed into an apartment building Tuesday in Akron, Ohio, was banking to the left when it clipped power lines, hit structures and an embankment, its left wing striking the ground first, the NTSB said Wednesday, citing a surveillance video from a nearby business. All nine on board the Hawker jet — […]

If you’ve been to an airshow featuring Chuck Aaron and the Red Bull aerobatic helicopter, you might have a sense of deja vu watching the opening scenes of the new James Bond film, Spectre — that’s Aaron in the pilot seat, flying his signature barrel rolls and a series of outrageous maneuvers. Aaron, who is […]