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“It was a tremendous week,” EAA Chairman Jack Pelton said on Tuesday, as the organization released its final figures for this year’s show. “We filled Wittman Regional Airport with aircraft for the first time in several years, with both aircraft camping and parking areas completely full at mid-week.” Pelton credited the first appearance of the […]

A Piedmont Airlines pilot who lost his ATP and his job after he flew extra-low over his house on his way to a landing in Maryland in 2012 now has his certificate back, USA Today reported this week. Edmund Draper’s Dash-8 flight, scheduled as US Airways 4343, was en route to Wicomico Regional Airport when […]

EAA says the FAA’s proposed policy on hangar use at federally funded airports is a lot better than the previous rule and, for the first time, offers homebuilders some protection. “It is in fact an improvement,” Doug Macnair, EAA’s VP of Government told AVweb. “It actually protects our community for the first time.” As we […]

As the market for refurbished and reconditioned aircraft gains momentum, both appraisers and banks face the daunting challenge of determining higher values for older airplanes brought to near-new standards by remanufacturing. “This is a fairly new thing and we’re just now going about how to value an airplane that is totally reconditioned. The problem we […]

The FAA says most of the work involved in building an airplane is a “non-aeronautical use” and it has singled out homebuilders in a new proposed policy statement issued July 22. Policy on the Non-Aeronautical Use Of Airport Hangars says homebuilders will have to build the components of their projects elsewhere and can only move […]

Jeppesen continues to leverage the investment it made in data-driven technology to improve its apps and chart coverage areas. At AirVenture this week, the company announced that it’s streamlining digital chart coverage choices down to just 10 globally. “Over the past couple of years, we’ve been making significant investment in our mobile platform. Last year, […]

The Perlan Project, a not-for-profit research company developed to research atmospheric conditions utilizing sailplanes flying at extremely high altitudes, announced today at AirVenture that aircraft manufacturer Airbus is teaming with it to further its scientific endeavors. Organized in 1992 by test pilot Einar Enevoldson, the company has been collecting evidence on the location, prevalence and […]

EAA chairman Jack Pelton said Saturday that attendance at AirVenture 2014 appears higher than last year and may be up as much as double digits for some days this week. Final numbers won’t be available for a couple of weeks, but everyone AVweb spoke to during a tour of the grounds Saturday reported good foot […]

Mike Busch, master aircraft mechanic and CEO of Savvy Aircraft Maintenance Management, introduced his first book during a forum at EAA AirVenture on Wednesday. “Manifesto: A Revolutionary Approach to General Aviation Maintenance” sets forth Busch’s minimalist, reliability-centered, cost-efficient philosophy of aircraft maintenance and ownership honed over 40 years of experience as an aircraft owner, maintenance […]

While all the attention at AirVenture tends to focus on the technology, every year the event brings together people who provide support for youth, for veterans, for the disabled and more, all united by their fascination with flight. On Friday, EAA and GoPro introduced a new flight-training scholarship and awarded it to Sara Benish, a […]