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If Congress doesn’t act before next Friday, March 1, the automatic spending cuts that would take effect would result in cutbacks for air traffic controllers, President Obama said on Tuesday. The FAA budget could be cut by $600 million, and controllers would likely be furloughed for one day per pay period through the end of […]

ATP Flight School has opened a database aimed at helping pilots find jobs and also to help airlines find pilots. PilotPool.com allows pilots who want to join the airlines to register and keep their qualifications updated so that they may be considered by airline recruiters monitoring their progress and that of others registered on the […]

A leaner and financially fit Beechcraft Corporation has emerged from bankruptcy protection with an eye to launching new products and supporting the existing fleet. In a podcast interview with AVweb in advance of today’s announcement, Beechcraft spokesman Shawn Vick said the new company has more than $600 million in capital to work with and encouraging […]

The FAA will move forward with plans to establish six test sites for unmanned aerial systems, Administrator Michael Huerta said on Friday. “We expect to learn how unmanned aircraft systems operate in different environments and how they will impact air traffic operations,” he said. “The test sites will also inform the agency as we develop […]

The new Editor-in-Chief of AVweb‘s sister publication, Kitplanes magazine, says he intends to build on the magazine’s long history of home-built know-how and adapt it to an evolving market. Paul Dye began tinkering with airplanes when he was 13 and has finished two RV projects, one of which he built with his wife, Louise. He […]

The English farmer who claims there are more than 100 Spitfires buried in Burma vows to continue his search for the aircraft even though his financial backer has pulled out. David Cundall says the reason the six-week effort to find some of the Second World War aircraft has failed is that the government won’t allow […]

Airbus says it has abandoned lithium ion batteries for its new A350 airliner and it’s because of all the problems rival Boeing is experiencing with its 787. “Airbus considers this to be the most appropriate way forward in the interest of program execution and A350 XWB reliability,” spokeswoman Mary Anne Greczyn said. The flight test […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to watch on YouTube. The cellphone videographer who kept the camera rolling as he and four others, including his seven-month-old baby, made a rough off-airport landing in Utah Feb. 2 has defended the pilot’s choice of a field […]

The Air Power Over Hampton Roads airshow and open house held at Langley Air Force Base, Va., has been cancelled due to “threat of operating under a continuing resolution and a potential sequestration,” the Air Force announced Friday. The event was scheduled for May 3-5 and may be among numerous other military airshows cancelled. No […]

Aerodynamic testing organized by Aerion Corporation in conjunction with NASA began Jan. 31, and may contribute to the design for the “world’s first supersonic business jet,” Aerion announced Thursday. Aerion is working with NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center on the project. It seeks “to measure the real-world robustness of supersonic natural laminar flow,” which the […]