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The former Korean Air executive who offloaded a flight attendant at JFK in December over a bag of nuts is appealing the one-year prison sentence handed down Thursday, the Korea Times reportedFriday.A district court judge in Seoul ruled that Cho Hyun-ah, the daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho, was guilty of acts of violence […]

The main stage from SpaceX’s successful launch of a NASA spacecraft intentionally missed its attempt to land on a barge bobbing in rough seas off Florida by 30 feet Wednesday but everything else seemed to work right. “Rocket soft landed in the ocean within 10m of target & nicely vertical! High probability of good droneship […]

The European Space Agency had a successful test of its unmanned mini-spacecraft Wednesday, launching theIntermediate eXperimental Vehicle and recovering it after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The design of the IXV spaceplane, as the ESA calls it, will ultimately result in a reusable spacecraft. The big push now is to develop re-entry capability and data […]

As the industry falls further behind in equipping the general aviation fleet for the 2020 ADS-B mandate, Grand Rapids, Michigan-based L-3 Aviation Products officially launched its Lynx MultiLink Surveillance (MSS) line of ADS-B systems. The Lynx product line consists of several models, ranging from a basic Lynx NGT-1000 978 UAT ADS-B Out unit, to the […]

General aviation supplied 1.1 million jobs and contributed $219 billion to the U.S. economy in 2013, according to a study (PDF) conducted for eight major GA groups. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association released the study Wednesday at its annual news conference in Washington.The study, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, examined GA-related industries and their direct and indirect […]

GA manufacturing saw ups and downs in the past year with most of the positive numbers coming from piston airplanes, followed by business jets, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association said Wednesday in its annual review. Airplane shipments rose overall in 2014 from the prior year, although turboprops and the overall rotorcraft sector saw declines. Total […]

The team that founded Surf Air, known as an “all-you-can-fly private membership airline” in California, is now starting up a new venture, called Beacon, to provide a similar service between Boston and New York. The service is offering unlimited flights for $2,000 per month. Former Surf Air CEO Wade Eyerly says he has learned a […]

A fleet of more than 70 historic military aircraft will fly in formation above Washington, D.C., on Friday, May 8, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. TheArsenal of Democracy World War II Victory Capitol Flyoverwill feature 15 historically sequenced warbird formations, which will pass above the city […]

Beginning in 2017 any aircraft, GA included, with ADS-B Out transmitting at 1090 MHz will be automatically tracked and the precise location of its last transmission anywhere on earth recorded. At last week’s ICAO High Level Safety Conference, Aireon LLC, which is launching the first space-based global air surveillance system, announced that the headquarters for […]

DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has posted a video online that illustrates how it expects to deliver payloads of up to 100 pounds into orbit for less than $1 million, within 24 hours of call-up, using a conventional jet fighter plane that can take off from ordinary runways. In a news release last […]