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Senior officials in the government of Laos, including its defense chief Douanchy Phichit and head of security Thongbane Sengaphone, were killed in the crash of a government aircraft Saturday. At least five people, all of them ranking officials of the authoritarian government, were killed. There were 18 people aboard the AN-74TK-300, a Ukraine-built 50-passenger regional […]

Pilatus will start taking orders for its new PC-24 business jet at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva next week. The Swiss planemaker announced the aircraft at EBACE 2013 and company chairman Oscar Schwenk told Corporate Jet Investorthe rugged new design has attracted a lot of attention.“The interest from potential customers […]

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association is suggesting the FAA rethink its new ATC hiring protocol after the first attempt netted only a fraction of the controller trainee candidates it expected. As we reported in February, the agency revised its recruitment policies in the hopes of attracting a more diverse pool of prospective controllers. More […]

Just Aircraftof Walhalla, S.C., announced that has shipped out its 500th kit, a SuperSTOL. Kits have gone to all 50 states and over 20 foreign countries. Though the company is still shipping out kits for the Highlander, the majority of sales in the past year have been of the two-place SuperSTOL model. Since the SuperSTOL […]

A Beechcraft MC-12 Liberty reconnaissance aircraft began flying missions earlier this week over northeastern Nigeria in the search for more than 250 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram. It has been joined by unmanned surveillance aircraft, a Global Hawk, as well, reflecting a growing U.S. participation in the search efforts for the girls, though Pentagon officials […]

Our weekly review of the news in aviation revealed that attitude information is now available for the Garmin aera 796/795, Aero Electric Aircraft Corp. has been created to produce a two-place electric airplane, Europe-American Aviation is upgrading its training capabilities in Naples, Fla., and General Atomics announced new technology to allow drones to sense and […]

Eclipse Aerospace Inc. has partnered with Jeppesen to offer a web-based delivery system for E-Chart and navigation subscription data updates. This digital download solution eliminates the shipping of physical disk media to Eclipse subscribers, and also puts an end to manual data entry by these subscribers into their avionics system.“This secure, web-based delivery system automates […]

ICON Aircraft announced that it has selected Vacaville, Calif., as its new home. It will be moving into a 140,000-square-foot facility adjacent to the airport in Vacaville later this year. Currently headquartered in Los Angeles, ICONs move to the new facility is intended to consolidate all company functions, including aircraft design, manufacturing, sales, training, service, […]

As part of its efforts to increase awareness of women in general aviation, Cirrus Aircraft will equip “Racing Aces” team pilot Dianna Stanger, copilot Joyce Wilson and teammate Erin Cude with an SR22 to take on the 38th annual Air Race Classic in June. One of the longest continually operating air races in the world, […]

Calling it a “new paradigm in aviation propulsion,” test pilot Dick Rutan completed the first flight of the quiet new Graflight V-8 diesel engine from the Mojave airport, on May 2. The engine was installed in a modified Cirrus SR22. The test flight took about 20 minutes, staying at altitudes 5,000 feet and less. The […]