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A team from The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery has returned to Hawaii after searching a reef on a remote Pacific atoll in search of evidence to support their theory that Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan ditched their Lockheed Electra there. The team spent about a week exploring the site with a research ship, […]

It looks like politics will get in the way of the confirmation of Acting FAA Administrator Michael Huerta to the five-year appointment in the top job. Despite the unanimous endorsement of the Senate’s commerce committee earlier in the day, Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., has announced he’ll oppose the confirmation so the full Senate can more […]

One engine of a new Boeing 787 Dreamliner failed during a pre-delivery taxi test on Saturday, and the NTSB is investigating to find out why. The engine failure left debris on the active runway at Charleston (S.C.) International Airport and sparked a brush fire. The safety board said an investigator was sent to the scene, […]

The new H80 turboprop engine from GE Aviation, which was certified in March, has spawned two derivative engines, the company said last week. The H75 will be rated at 750 shaft horsepower (shp) for takeoff and maximum continuous operation, and the H85 engine will be rated at 850 shp. Both should be certified by FAA […]

Raikhlin Aircraft Engine Developments (RED) has developed a V-12 diesel for large singles, twins and whatever else can use 500 horsepower of takeoff power and 15.5 gallons an hour at cruise. In a podcast interview at AirVenture Oshkosh, a company spokesman said visitors to the booth tucked over by the vintage area suggested all kinds […]

iFlightPlanner.com, in cooperation with Sennheiser, now offers features, pricing and portability that may make it an appealing option for pilots seeking comprehensive one-stop flight planning on the go. The companies have created a new app for the iPad that allows pilots to plan and file with iFlightPlanner through a home computer’s full keyboard and mouse […]

Regional airline Comair will be closed down in September, its parent company, Delta, said on Friday. Comair operates about 50 regional jets on 290 routes. Ryan Gumm, president of Comair, said in a letter to employees that the company operates “some of the oldest 50-seat aircraft in the Delta Connection fleet, which also have the […]

A bill introduced by Senator James Inhofe, who in October 2010 landed on a closed runway, scattering workers, will now allow pilots easier access to evidence against them if faced with disciplinary action by the FAA — if President Obama signs it. The bill has passed both the House and Senate and awaits the president’s […]

The remains of up to five U.S. airmen lost when their PBY Catalina sunk in Quebec’s Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1942 have been recovered and sent for DNA identification. For the last three weeks the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC)’s USNS Grapple has been on station off Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan, a small fishing village on Quebec’s […]

The FAA on Friday released a proposed final policy (PDF) to address “through-the-fence” situations, where airplane owners who live adjacent to an airport are able to park their aircraft at home and access the field through a gate. The FAA had moved to stop all such access several years ago, and various interest groups have […]