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An alternative means of compliance is in the works that might help ease the impact of an FAA airworthiness directive (PDF) affecting about 6,000 general aviation aircraft with cylinders from Superior Air Parts, AOPA said this week. “Superior is working to develop and submit an alternative means of compliance that, if it can be successfully […]

AOPA held the first in its series of new regional fly-inson Sunday, at theSan Marcos Airport, midway between Austin and San Antonio, Texas.Thunderstorms and IFR weather in the region reduced the number of arrivals, AOPA said — they had expected about 700 aircraft to fly in, but only about half that number arrived. Many of […]

Dreadnought, a heavily modified Hawker Sea Fury race plane and a Cessna 210 were flying together when they touched over San Francisco Bay on Sunday. NTSB spokesman Howard Plagens told local media the accident happened in a “passing maneuver” and that the unidentified Sea Fury pilot felt a “thump” and saw the other aircraft fall […]

Three people aboard a Cessna CJ3 escaped injury but the same can’t be said for the jet after it overran the runway at Spruce Creek aviation community near Daytona, Fla., on Saturday. It ended up in a golf course water hazard. Circumstances of the landing accident weren’t immediately clear but the aircraft, registered to a […]

Transport Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are asking for public assistance to identify the operator of a small drone that shot a video of an airliner on final approach to Vancouver International Airport from above the airliner. A person who goes by the name of Quadrotor Dragonfly on his YouTube account posted the […]

The Navy is accusing former Blue Angels commander Capt. Gregory McWherter of tolerating, and in some cases encouraging, “an inappropriate work environment within the squadron which may have violated the Navy’s sexual harassment, hazing and equal opportunity policies.” The Navy issued a more detailed statement a week after announcing that McWherter had been relieved as […]

The EPA has been petitioned (PDF) to reconsider its current position on leaded aviation fuel and start the process to regulate lead emissions from general aviation aircraft. Friends of the Earth, Physicians for Social Responsibility and Oregon Aviation Watch filed the latest petition last week. An earlier petition filed by the three in 2006 was […]

Airbus announced this week that it has successfully test flown a prototype electric aircraft called the E-Fan and the company says it’s bullish on building an electric-powered airliner for the regional market, possibly with a hybrid drive. The E-Fan is a composite, tandem two-seater with a pair of ducted fans on the tail driven by […]

A jury in federal court in Denver has ordered Jeppesen Sanderson to pay $43.1 million to a husband-and-wife app development team after determining that the aviation giant breached terms of a contract and committed fraud. The Denver Post is reporting that the decision came after Foxborough, Mass.-based SolidFX argued that Jeppesen stole its idea for […]

Three-time national aerobatic champion and International Aerospace Hall of Famer Patty Wagstaff will speak at Build A Planes 2014 Teachers Day event on Tuesday, July 29 at EAAs AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. The annual event brings teachers together from across the nation to examine ways to use aviation to motivate kids to learn science, math, […]