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ADS-B In, Out, And Portable

A new product joining the ranks of ADS-B offerings may have particular appeal to individuals and operators who own multiple aircraft as well as renters who own none, because it’s portable. SkyVision Xtreme this week introduced its fully portable ADS-B In and Out system that delivers all ADS-B traffic (in 3-D presentation) and weather “to […]

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IMC Club Adds New Chapters

IMC Club International Inc. will be opening additional chapters in the next few weeks at CP Aviation in Santa Paula, Calif., Aug. 25, RedBird Skyport in San Marcos, Texas, Sept. 13, and MotionAir Aviation in Midlothian, Texas, Sept. 14, for the inaugural meetings. Also, new chapters and meetings are planned for North Carolina, Nevada, Michigan, […]

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Pipistrel Back In Business In U.S.

Pipistrel Aircraft is back in business in the U.S. after the FAA re-examined its position on the manufacturing site of the speedy composite LSAs and ended an import ban on the aircraft. As we reported in Wednesday’s AVwebBiz, Pipistrel spokesman Michael Coates said the FAA imposed the ban after a staff member was unable to […]

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A Hover Bike?

A southern California company has gained new attention after posting video clips that show manned flight testing of its proof-of-concept VTOL vehicle, which it says could lead to “personal flight as intuitive as riding a bike.” The vertical takeoff and landing vehicle employs no artificial intelligence, or electronic flight control, or software of any kind. […]

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Sikorsky Issues Entrepreneurial Challenge (And Reward)

The Entrepreneurial Challenge is a competition organized by Sikorsky Innovations to promote emerging revolutionary technology in the advancement of rotorcraft, and the application period ends this fall on Oct. 10. This year’s challenge comes in the form of five questions, all of which address increased efficiencies or new technology that leads to higher or more […]

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FAA Misses Drone Deadline

The pressure is on for the FAA to allow drone operations in the National Airspace, and this week a major unmanned systems advocate complained that the agency is already behind schedule. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International wrote to the FAA that legislation (PDF) passed earlier this year set a deadline of Aug. 12 […]

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SAFE To Expand Pilot Proficiency Project

At EAA AirVenture last month, the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators debuted a series of forums and simulator sessions it calls the Pilot Proficiency Project, and this week SAFE said it plans to expand the project to other venues. SAFE said based on its analysis of feedback from participants, the effort was a “resounding […]

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Embraer Wants 30 Percent Of Bizjet Market

Embraer, which only really got started in the business jet industry five years ago, says it wants up to 30 percent of the market and it’s most of the way there. “We don’t want to be greedy,” Ernie Edwards, head of Embraer’s executive jet business, told Reuters in an interview at LABACE last week. “Twenty […]

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Import Ban Frustrates Pipistrel

A European light aircraft manufacturer is claiming the FAA has suspended imports of its aircraft to the U.S. because it couldn’t locate one of its factories with a Google Earth search. Michael Coates, who handles U.S. distribution for Slovenia-based Pipistrel Aircraft, said the company has since provided ample proof that the factory does exist but […]

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Cessna Boosts Latitude Range

When Cessna introduced the mid-sized Latitude at last year’s NBAA convention in Las Vegas, much of the hallway discussion was about its relatively modest range of 2,000 nm. Cessna apparently heard that chatter and a few months after the convention boosted the range to 2,300 nm, matching that of the Embraer 450. At LABACE in […]

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