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Embraer’s first manufacturing plant in the U.S. earned its production certificate this week. The Melbourne, Fla., facility has been shipping Phenom 100s since last December but the aircraft were certified under the type certificate for Brazilian-made Phenoms. The aircraft are assembled using assemblies made in Brazil. The plant was opened a little more than a […]

NTSB chairman Deborah Hersman has criticized some of the actions of Gulfstream staffers during an investigation into a fatal crash during a flight test of a G650 in New Mexico last year. In a letter dated April 4, 2012, that was recently posted to the NTSB’s public docket, Hersman says that while interacting with Gulfstream, […]

A constellation of 66 new satellites that will be launched starting in 2015 will make it possible for operators to track their aircraft anywhere in the world, even across oceans and remote regions where coverage is not currently available, the project partners announced on Tuesday. Iridium Communications is providing the technology, and NavCanada is the […]

A research team from Harvard University has developed a treatment for metal surfaces that will keep them free of ice and frost, the Harvard Gazette reported on Monday. “The technology prevents ice sheets from developing on surfaces, and ice that is present slides off effortlessly,” the Gazette reports. The researchers’ new technology, called Slippery Liquid […]

The lawyer for one of two F-22 pilots who went public with their concerns about breathing the air supplied by the aircraft is calling for his full reinstatement and the withdrawal of a letter of reprimand on his record. The Newport News Daily Press is reporting Virginia Air National Guard Capt. Josh Wilson complained to […]

Organizers say they’re expecting the grass next to the runway at William T. Piper Airport in Lock Haven, Pa., to be a sea of yellow starting Wednesday as the Sentimental Journey to Cub Haven Fly-In settles near the birthplace of the J-3 Cub. Although this is the 27th time Cub owners have flocked to Piper’s […]

Hawker Beechcraft plans to hang on to its piston and turboprop business but will shed at least some of its turbine production under three reorganization scenarios presented to bankruptcy court last month. The Wichita Eagle reported that a common thread of the reorganization plans is the demise of the Premier jet and the Hawker 200, […]

Cargo carriers and manufacturers oppose a proposed fix for a problem the NTSB says likely caused the in-flight explosion of TWA Flight 800 near Long Island, N.Y., in 1996. That event killed all 230 aboard. The FAA has applied a fix for passenger aircraft and now wants to apply changes to cargo jets. The NTSB […]

Cluster balloonist Kent Couch has a new partner and a goal to set a new Guinness World Record for longest two-man cluster balloon flight when he sets out from Bend, Ore., for a landing somewhere in Montana. Couch, who has since 2007 made no less than four public cluster balloon flights, will be joined on […]

Two pilots who had previously had their certificates revoked are related to the fatal crash of an L-39 jet on May 18 near Boulder City airport, Nev., the FAA said Wednesday. Douglas Edward Gilliss was killed along with his passenger in the crash. Investigators now say Gilliss had previously had his certificate temporarily revoked for […]