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The FAA has partially granted an exemption that EAA sought to allow Young Eagles pilots to be reimbursed for fuel costs, but EAA says the requirements the FAA would impose are too onerous. “Meeting [the exemption’s requirements] would literally be impossible for EAA,” said Sean Elliot, EAA’s vice president of advocacy and safety. To comply […]

While pilots and aviation enthusiasts in the U.S. haveannual conclaves like AirVenture and Sun N Fun to sustain their passions, Chinas emerging aviation industry has no equivalent.But that may be changing with Thursdays launch of the China International General Aviation Convention (CIGAC), sponsored by the district of Shaanxi in the central Chinese city of Xian. […]

The president of the company that will provide the funding to resume production of three models of Mooney aircraft says he can’t release details of the transaction at the moment. AVweb reached Cheng Yuan (Jerry Chen), president of Soaring America Corporation, at his other business, a hobby and RC aircraft dealer in Alhambra, Calif. “I […]

OpenAirplane, a service that aims to make it easier for pilots to rent airplanes when away from home, has been growing since its launch this summer, co-founder Rod Rakic told AVweb in an interview at AOPA Summit on Saturday. The system now has 80 aircraft available in 22 cities, and more than 4,100 pilots have […]

The federal government’s budget woes have affected aviation in many ways this year, but EAA President Jack Pelton says the cash crunch was no excuse for the FAA to refuse to staff the Oshkosh tower during AirVenture this summer. “We have an active lawsuit,” Pelton told AVweb during an interview at AOPA Summitthis week, in […]

New rest rules for pilots approved by the European Parliament Wednesday and now seeking approval of the EU Council of Ministers may face another hurdle — BALPA, a British pilots union, says it is preparing a legal challenge, Express.co.uk reported Thursday. BALPA believes the new rules could create circumstances that would allow for pilots to […]

A new free app from King Schools makes it easy for users to transfer their content to a variety of electronic devices, John King told AVweb in an interview at AOPA Summit in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday. “You can now be in an airliner and put on your earphones and take a course on […]

One way of attracting a crowd at shows like AOPA Summit is to have a clever gadget and Anthony Chan definitely has one in his clever wirelessly controlled aircraft tug. Chan was putting the tug through its paces on the exhibit floor in Fort Worth this week and drawing plenty of interest. Unlike most tugs, […]

If youre interested in comparing the top-performing noise-cancelling headsets, AOPA Summit is the place to be. A mysterious booth called Giant of Quiet offers all of the major brands for a trial against a noise generator and you can compare five of the top models from Lightspeed, Sennheiser, Bose and David Clark. If you buy […]

SocialFlight, a free app and web tool that helps aviators find local aviation events, now will be listing online events such as interactive seminars or webcams at airshows, company president Jeff Simon said Friday, at AOPA Summit in Fort Worth, Texas. “Now anyone can host an event,” said Simon. “That’s the key.” A variety of […]