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Thirteen teams applied to compete in next week’s Green Flight Challenge, with $1.65 million in prize money at stake — the largest aviation prize ever offered — but now the field is down to five competitors, NASA and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation said on Tuesday. Only those five teams met all of […]

Bombardier is cutting production of its CRJ regional jet series due to a slowdown in orders, but there won’t be any layoffs as a result. The company says it has more than enough work for the about 350 workers who will be affected at the company’s Mirabel, Quebec, CRJ plant. Bombardier currently has the CSeries […]

A San Francisco-based company said last week it has developed a new way to make jet biofuel from renewable materials that is “highly cost-effective.” AliphaJet said its catalytic method uses materials derived from plants and animals such as triglycerides and fatty acids. “Our strategy fundamentally improves the economics of making 100-percent drop-in renewable jet biofuel,” […]

A deficit-reduction plan proposed by President Barack Obama on Monday includes user fees for some general aviation flights, a move quickly opposed by GA advocates. Nine groups, including AOPA, EAA, GAMA, and NBAA, issued a statement on Monday expressing “unified opposition” to the proposal. “We believe this per-flight tax not only imposes a significant new […]

Cirrus Aircraft announced on Monday that co-founder Dale Klapmeier is now the CEO, and Brent Wouters, who held that post since 2009, is no longer with the company. “Along with our new owners, our commitment is stronger than ever to the same goals and ideals that we had when we started the company more than […]

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click for larger image Crash investigators have recovered memory cards that might have come from an on-board camera on Jimmy Leeward’s P-51 that crashed at the National Championship Air Races in Reno last Friday. There was also a flight systems telemetry set-up on board that transmitted information on the aircraft’s health and performance to his […]

A decorated former Air Force pilot has been identified as the pilot killed Saturday when a T-28 performing at an airshow in Martinsburg, W.Va., crashed and exploded. Jack “Flash” Mangan, 54, was known as a meticulous and safety-conscious pilot. No one on the ground was hurt. The crash occurred more than a mile from the […]

The launch customer for Boeing’s new 747-8F is refusing to take delivery of the first airplane, prompting cancellation of a ceremony that was scheduled for Monday. Cargolux hasn’t responded to media inquiries about why it’s turning the aircraft down but Boeing officials said on Saturday there was a contract dispute between the planemaker and the […]

click for a larger image A photo by Tim O’Brien of the Grass Valley Union appears to show that Jimmy Leeward’s Galloping Ghost P-51 race plane lost a trim tab before crashing at the National Championship Air Races in Reno on Friday, killing Leeward and eight others and injuring scores of others. Officials now say […]