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What appears to be the first of its kind report on the helicopter fleet in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan has been released by Asian Sky Group (ASG), an aviation consulting company based in Hong Kong, with offices throughout China. It notes that the civil helicopter fleet in what it refers to as […]

Women Can Fly, a series of four special Saturday events scheduled for May and June of 2014, will introduce aviation to more girls and women in the state of Virginia. Each is planned to be an enjoyable and educational event for girls and women to learn more about flight through a variety of experiences including […]

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) today released the worldwide 2013 year-end aircraft billing and shipment numbers. GAMA Chairman Steve Taylor, President of Boeing Business Jets, reported that for the year, total worldwide general aviation airplane shipments rose 4.3 percent, from 2,164 shipments in 2012 to 2,256 shipments in 2013. Billings for GA airplanes worldwide […]

A Beechcraft King Air B100 twin-engine turboprop crashed about 9 a.m. Wednesday morning while attempting to land at Pearland Regional Airport near Houston, Texas. The airplane burned on impact and was destroyed. The pilot was 39-year-old Joe Frank Lassiter III of Mountain Brook, Ala., according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The pilot had […]

Lightspeed said this week its entry-level $600 Sierra ANR headset is now compatible with FlightLink, their free app for the Apple iPad and iPhone. The app allows pilots to capture incoming and outgoing communications for instant playback or archiving. Adding FlightLink to Sierra creates “a great training tool,” Lightspeed said. “It will enhance the learning […]

The Citation Latitude, the first in the line of new midsized business jets that Cessna hopes will challenge Embraer in that market, made its maiden flight on Tuesday and it went well according to Cessna. The aircraft, which was announced a little over two years agoat NBAA 2011, flew for 2.5 hours, climbed to 28,000 […]

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association is holding its annual luncheon today to announce the sales numbers of its members from last year but some companies just couldn’t wait to spread their good news. On Tuesday, Piper jumped the gun with a news release saying its sales and revenue increases were in double digits in 2013, […]

Business jet activity is showing a steady increase in Europe and the biggest jump is being recorded by the smallest aircraft. WingX Advance, a German research and consulting company, says very light jets recorded (PDF) a whopping 23 percent increase in flights in January of 2014 compared to January of 2013. The Cessna Citation Mustang […]

More used business jets (2303) were sold in 2013 than in any previous year and asking prices are on the way up according to the annual review of bizjet sales by JetNet. The amount of used inventory has also dropped by 0.9 percent to 12.5 percent of the worldwide fleet. “We hope this trend for […]

The FAA is casting a wide net to find candidates for thousands of air traffic controller jobs — and in doing so, it’s trying some new strategies, which has caused distress among some who were on track to qualify under the old strategies. Students enrolled in any of the FAA-approved Collegiate Training Initiative programs at […]