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This year’s heavy rains have made the lake at Fantasy of Flight unsafe for Sun ‘n Fun’s seaplane splash-in, Sun ‘n Fun CEO John Leenhouts told AVweb this week, but plans are already in the works to ensure the event won’t have to be cancelled again in the future. “The big issue is, can you […]

General aviation aircraft and installed equipment will be exempt from New York’s sales and use tax starting Sept. 1, under reforms passed Wednesday by the state legislature. The measure was approved in the wee hours as part of New York’s state budget and is expected to be signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The tax exemption […]

Aviation and Hollywood will mix together for a night on May 30 to celebrate the contributions of public benefit flying, with a fundraising gala at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Host for the evening is actor Greg Kinnear, and the evening’s theme is “aviation goes to the movies.” Other hosts of the event […]

The seaplane splash-in event has been cancelled for this year’s Sun ‘n Fun fly-in, officials said on Wednesday, because of heavy rains that have flooded the site. The water level at Lake Agnes, at Fantasy of Flight, in Lakeland, Florida, is more than two feet above normal, flooding the dock and the ramp, and causing […]

GAMA has been working for several years now to change the way small aircraft are certified by the FAA, and this week, some progress in Europe has encouraged their effort. On Tuesday, the European Aviation Safety Agency issued a notice that it intends to modernize its CS-23 certification process, which is similar to Part 23 […]

First officer Andreas Lubitz, who was at the controls of the Germanwings A320 that crashed last week, had told his employers at Lufthansa in 2009 that he had suffered from severe depression, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Lufthansa officials said they had searched their records and found an email from Lubitz to its flight-training […]

As investigators probe into the history of first officer Andreas Lubitz, searching for insights into why he apparently crashed a Germanwings A320 into a mountain last week, workers at the crash site are still recovering debris and human remains, and searching for the flight data recorder. They also are building a road into the remote […]

A Boeing B-52H Stratofortress will take center stage at EAA AirVenture this summer, marking the first time one of the big bombers has ever been on ground display during the event. The B-52H will visit from the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 93rd Bomb Squadron of the 307th Bomb Wing, based at Barksdale Air Force Base, […]

The Air Canada A320 that crash landed at Halifax’s Stanfield International Airport early Sunday touched down about 1,000 feet before the runway threshold and hit an antenna array before tearing off the gear and sliding to a stop about 1,000 feet down the runway, according to crash investigators. Mike Cunningham, of the Transportation Safety Board, […]

A 62-year-old Swiss adventurer who was attempting to fly around the world in an LSA-sized aircraft died Saturday in an accident in Ecuador. Eric Guilloud’s Aerospool WT9 Dynamic aircraft hit a volcano shortly after takeoff from Latacunga airport, south of Quito. Guilloud was trying to fly around the world in a series of sidetracking flights […]