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A Canadian company hopes to have a consumer “hoverboard” on the market by Christmas, a little more than a year after setting a Guinness record for flying a prototype of the device almost a thousand feet. Alexandru Duru, a Montreal software developer, stood aboard the hoverboard and flew about 20 feet high over Lake Ouareau, […]

Airbus is ordering engine software checks on A400M military aircraft after one of the four-engine turboprops crashed in Seville, Spain, on May 9 during a test flight, killing four of the six on board. According to a Reuters report, Airbus found data from the crash indicating a possible problem with the installation of the system […]

The FAA this week issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive for Avidyne Integrated Flight Display units due to cases of incorrect course indications during RNAV approaches where the final fix is not aligned with the final approach course. The AD (PDF)affects some software versions of 10- and 12-inch R9 displays and the IFD540. It requires adding […]

Dynon Avionics, the maker of experimental and light-sport panels, has rolled out anew Remote Magnetometer for its SkyView panel as well as a software update for its transponder. The new magnetometer providesprimary flight instrument data in a compact unit that will make installation easier and save panel space, the company said. It’s offering the SV-MAG-236 […]

Doug Hughes, the Florida mail carrier who landed his gyrocopter at the U.S. Capitol last month, pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday to six felony and misdemeanor charges including illegally flying an aircraft and breaching Washington, D.C., restricted airspace. A grand jury indicted Hughes on the charges stemming from his April 15 flight, which […]

The FAA is forming a working group to examine the medical certification of pilots and other airline workers in reaction to the Germanwings pilot who crashed an A320 in the Alps to commit suicide, killing all aboard. According to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday, the panel will include U.S. and international representatives of the air […]

AOPA last year launched a series of regional fly-ins to replace the annual Summit, and this year they’re doing it again. The season launched last weekend with a fly-in to Salinas, California, and continues June 6 at AOPA headquarters in Frederick, Maryland. A pilot information packet with the fly-in procedures for Frederick is posted (PDF) […]

Horizon Unmanned Systems, a drone company based in Singapore, says it has developed micro fuel cells powered by hydrogen that will enable small multi-rotor drones to fly for up to four hours, instead of the 20 to 30 minutes that’s typical with lithium batteries. The prototype Hycopter stores compressed hydrogen fuel inside its tubular structure, […]

The move to separate the air traffic control function from the FAA is gaining momentum and it now appears that Congress is seriously considering a stand-alone air traffic organization that, by definition, would be independently funded. Although it’s a long way from reality, there is clearly widespread support for the idea in general to get […]

Carter Aviation Technologies, which has been working for years to develop the technology in its rotorcraft, announced this week the company is now moving out of the flight-test phase and will focus on moving the CarterCopter into production. “The time has come, and some would say overdue, to shift gears and focus on getting the […]