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Sen. Charles Schumer of New York on Tuesday asked the Senate’s aviation subcommittee to schedule a hearing in response to last week’s release of email exchanges relevant to the 2009 Colgan Air crash. “The fact that [these emails] were not shared with [NTSB] investigators compels us to take a closer look at how we investigate […]

A leading lawmaker says he thinks long-term reauthorization of the FAA is possible before the current interim funding package expires Jan. 31. Rep. John Mica, R-FLa., the chairman of the House Transportation Committee, says he thinks a four-year deal is possible by the end of the year. But even though the FAA has been without […]

Bombardier has announced that major components of its flagship Global 7000 and 8000 business jets will be built in its Queretaro, Mexico plant. The company said Tuesday that the rear fuselages of the large long-range jets will be built in Queretaro. The decision was expected since the aft fuselages of Global 5000 and 6000 models […]

Boeing will lift the curtain a little today on the financial aspects of its 787 program, but that didn’t stop pundits from predicting what it will take to make the world’s most expensive civilian aircraft development program make money. Rather than make its own prediction, Bloomberg tallied up the crystal balling of 18 analysts, averaged […]

Representatives from both parties in Washington agreed on something this week — the European Union shouldn’t be allowed to unilaterally impose a carbon tax on aircraft flying there from the U.S. On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed a bill that prohibits all U.S. airlines and general aviation operators from taking part in such a […]

Piper Aircraft announced on Monday it is “indefinitely suspending” further work on its Altaire single-engine business jet and will cut more than 200 jobs at its plant in Vero Beach, Fla. The news was not unexpected, coming just a week after the company appointed a new interim CEO and said it would “review” the program. […]

Opposition to a $100-per-operation user fee for business and commercial aircraft continues to mount among lawmakers. Last week, Republican members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee sent a letter to the Congressional Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction saying the fee proposed by the administration is arbitrary and could hurt the aviation industry. “The president’s […]

Those who use iPads for charts and approach plates are advised to pre-flight their devices before counting on them for navigation, thanks to Apple’s latest operating system upgrade. iOS5 includes a file-management feature that might be handy if you’re downloading a movie, but could be inconvenient at the very least if it messes with your […]

Video appeared to show that the thrust reversers of American Airlines Flight 2253 were slow to deploy before the 757-200 slid off the runway at Jackson Hole Wyoming last December — now we know the crew thought so, too. The NTSB Friday released a transcript of the flight’s cockpit voice recorder. The airliner had touched […]

Video memory cards and equipment recovered from the wreckage of Jimmy Leeward’s P-51 at the National Championship Air Races last month in Reno were too badly damaged to be of any help in the investigation of the crash, the NTSB said Friday. However, a card retrieved from flight data equipment and telemetry received by the […]