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The mechanics of airplane windows got some attention on the campaign trail this week after presidential candidate Mitt Romney made a remark at a Beverly Hills fundraiser over the weekend, saying “It’s a real problem” that you can’t roll the windows down in an airplane. He was talking about the recent experience of his wife, […]

Boeing recently showed off its ecoDemonstrator project at a news conference in Washington, D.C. The airplane is a modified 737-800. “The ecoDemonstrator is a Boeing technology demonstrator that we’re using to test cutting-edge technologies that will hopefully reduce our carbon footprint, lower our fuel burn, lower our emissions, and also reduce our community noise impact,” […]

Just about everyone involved in aviation in the adjoining cities of Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, Wash., is urging the FAA to put the brakes on a surprise airspace change that would give aircraft using Portland International priority over those using Vancouver’s Pearson Field. They’re also wondering about the uncharacteristic speed with which the FAA is […]

The pilot of a Beech Baron that successfully ditched in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday is praising the response of rescue personnel after he and his passenger spent more than three hours in the open ocean 28 miles south of the tip of Louisiana. Theodore Wright said if the crews hadn’t persevered until just before […]

An unidentified man who apparently bluffed his way into the jump seat of at least one airline flight was arrested in Turin, Italy, Saturday wearing a pilot’s uniform and carrying fake ID. The man, a 32-year-old Italian, is alleged to have concocted an elaborate alter ego as Andrea Sirlo, a Lufthansa captain, that got him […]

The FAA has issued an Airworthiness Directive, effective immediately, seeking to prevent failure of a critical component found on GE GEnx-series engines after one failed on a B787 Dreamliner during ground testing. The failure was contained and the engine threw debris out of its tailpipe. The source of the failure was determined to be the […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. The University of North Dakota’s (UND) Aerospace Sciences department Thursday showed off “sense and avoid” software fitted to a piloted NASA Cirrus SR-22 as it flew courses that conflicted with a stock Cessna […]

The IMC Club International has announced creation of a “Special Membership Group” as an instrument pilot safety initiative targeting “elite” pilots “dedicated to the consistent and constant improvement of their instrument flying skill.” The new group will operate within the IMC Club as the “Inner Marker Circle.” Current, proficient IFR pilots are invited to join […]

The Bugatti 100P was a purpose-built aircraft designed to set world speed records, but in more than 70 years since its conception it has never flown — now, a project based in Tulsa, Okla., aims to change that this year. Enthusiast Scotty Wilson is the self-described “guy at the pointy end of the Bugatti 100P […]

A collaboration agreement announced Wednesday between Lufthansa and Algae.Tec Limited will create a large-scale production facility in Europe for the creation of aviation biofuels from algae. The agreement forms the foundation of a long-term partnership between the carrier and the alternative fuel producer. Lufthansa will fund the project, entirely, and Algae.Tec will manage it, retaining […]