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Embraer reports that during the first quarter of 2014 it delivered 14 jets to the commercial aviation market and 20 to the business aviation market, for a total of 34 aircraft, compared to 29 aircraft delivered in the same period of 2013. On March 31, 2014, the firm order backlog totaled $19.2 billion, an increase […]

Southwest Airlines has completed its investigation into an incident in January when a 737 crew landed at the wrong airport, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The captain is now back at work and the first officer has chosen to retire, the airline said. Airline spokesperson Brandy King said Southwest is continuing to work with the […]

As the revision of aircraft certification rules gains momentum, both the Flight Design C4 and Pipistrel Panthera will benefit from less onerous cert requirements, according to GAMA. At last weeks Aero in Friedrichshafen, Germany, GAMAs Greg Bowles, whos based in Brussels, told AVweb that the regulatory revision, known as CS23 worldwide, will directly benefit the […]

Ten World War II veterans, age 89 and up, all of them former B-17 crewmembers, went for a flight in EAA’s Boeing B-17G Aluminum Overcast on Monday afternoon, in Oshkosh, Wis. Chris Henry, who helps coordinate the annual B-17 tour for EAA, came up with the idea. He called it a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. “A plane […]

Greater China’s business aviation fleet almost doubled to 371 aircraft from 2011 to 2013 but even that world-leading growth rate has been severely hampered by government and regulatory roadblocks, according to a leading Asian aviation company. Asian Sky Group issued its annual report on bizjet activity in the region at the Asian Business Aviation Conference […]

Gulfstream set the tone for the Asian Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition Tuesday with the formal announcement of a $3 billion, 60-plane deal to supply G280, G450, G550 and G650 aircraft to Minsheng Financial Leasing. The deal was actually cut in late 2013 but a signing ceremony was held as ABACE got underway in Shanghai. […]

Police in Springfield, Ohio, said a drone operator who was shooting video of a car crash on Saturday refused to give way to an approaching medical helicopter, and arrested him on a felony charge of obstructing official business. Authorities said firefighters and a sheriff’s deputy both asked Kele Stanley to stop flying the drone because […]

Textron Aviation doesn’t agree but AOPA apparently thinks the Cessna 152 may be the trainer of the future and it has embarked on a “non-profit” project to see if it’s right. AOPA Monday confirmed widespread rumors that it’s refurbishing “several” 152s (we’ve heard three) by an undisclosed shop to see if affordable training aircraft can […]

ADS-B is now installed nationwide, the FAA said on Monday, although services won’t be available at all air traffic facilities until 2019. “The installation of this radio network clears the way for air traffic controllers to begin using ADS-B to separate equipped aircraft nationwide,” said FAA Administrator Michael Huerta in a statement. “It will also […]

The Balloon Federation of America is rejecting an NTSB recommendation that the FAA assume direct oversight of commercial balloon ride operations. Last week the NTSB recommended the FAA require all fly-for-hire balloon operations be covered by a Letter of Authorization as a means to improve safety. The move was prompted by its investigation of three […]