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Heli-Expo, the annual helicopter industry event organized by the Helicopter Association International, will be held in Orlando, Florida, March 2 to 5. The show will host more than 725 exhibitors, and pre-registration is on track to meet or exceed last year’s visitor numbers of about 20,000, HAI spokesman Chris Dancy told AVweb this week. Besides […]

EAA has created a new program for college students who want to participate in AirVenture 2015 as volunteers. EAA is working with aviation programs at Purdue University, University of North Dakota, Ohio State University and elsewhere to bring groups of students to the show, but volunteers are welcome from all schools. Students who log at […]

The first IMC Club will open in Australia in April with an inaugural meeting at a historic airport in Narromine, about 200 miles west of Sydney. The group, which features “hangar talk” get togethers where active IFR pilots swap stories that others can learn from, has grown from a meeting of four pilots in 2011 […]

While most general aviation advocacy groups had positive reviews overall this week for the FAA’s proposed new rules for commercial operations of unmanned aerial systems, reaction has been mixed on other fronts. One of the biggest disappointments was handed to Amazon, whose plans to develop autonomous delivery drones would be grounded by the proposed rules. […]

Leading advocates of electric technology for aviation will meet later this month at the Museum of Flight in Seattle to offer an all-day symposium that’s free and open to the public. The event will feature talks by Erik Lindbergh, founder of the Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize; George Bye, CEO of Aero Electric Aircraft Corp.; Dean […]

Quest Aircraft, which builds the Kodiak turboprop in Sandpoint, Idaho, has been acquired by Setouchi Holdings, the company announced on Tuesday. Setouchi, which has been an authorized Kodiak dealer, is part of the Tsuneishi Group, an international company based in Japan, which is mainly involved in shipbuilding. “We are very excited to have a strong […]

Spaceport America, which was built in a remote area in New Mexico to provide a site for Virgin Galactic’s space-tourism flights, hosted its first-ever general aviation fly-in over the weekend, and announced it will begin to offer more opportunities for private pilots to fly in for visits. Holding the fly-in event was prompted by a […]

Commercial operators of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) weighing less than 55 pounds will have to pass an FAA knowledge test every two years and their aircraft will have to be registered under regulations proposed in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released by the FAA and the DOT Sunday (PDF). In a telephone news briefing, […]

The FAA and Department of Transportation will hold a rare Sunday morning news conference to release the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the use of small unmanned aerial systems in the National Airspace System (NAS). In an even more rare Saturday night statement, the agency outlined what to expect:“The rule is specifically aimed at […]

The U.K.’s Paul Bonhomme won the opening race of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race series in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, edging Australia’s Matt Hall by eight one hundredths of a second in the final round. Canada’s Pete McLeod, who is now sponsored by Garmin Virb, came third more than a half second behind. Hannes […]