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As the aviation industry looks for ways to make becoming a pilot easier, a 28-year-old New Jersey woman is proving there are few barriers to someone who really wants to fly. As NBC 40 reported last week, Jessica Arrigo caught a virus when she was seven that cost her both legs and hands. She’s had […]

There’s a new airport opening in Nevada today (Aug. 29, 2011) but you’ll need a ticket to fly there and it will be gone without a trace in 10 days. Burning Man, the formerly impromptu, uh, cultural gathering in the Blackrock Desert, runs until Sept. 5. About 50,000 people create an almost instant city where […]

The FAA Friday approved certification of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, launch customer ANA is expecting delivery on Sept. 26, and three years of delays mean Boeing’s profit on the design is still a long way off. ANA has scheduled the first commercial flight for Oct. 26, out of Tokyo for Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Boeing is currently […]

Industry groups have petitioned the FAA, saying changes should be made to the sport pilot rules to fix flaws that prevent the regulations from meeting their stated goals. According to language in the rules, their intent is, in part, to create public access to general aviation and increase the population of eligible professional pilots. According […]

The U.S. military Thursday moved aircraft from bases aligned with the forecast path of Hurricane Irene as private pilots organized emergency services for the already-stricken Bahamas. An estimated 78 military aircraft were to be moved off of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base at New Hope, N.C. The exodus included F-15Es and KC-135 Stratotankers. In Jacksonville, […]

A former Chinese farmer with little formal schooling who later worked as an automobile mechanic has designed and built at least one ultralight that briefly flew (before crashing) — he has now moved on to a flying saucer. Shu Mansheng’s project is a structure powered by eight motorcycle engines mounted vertically. They drive individual fixed-pitch […]

The Florida Air Museum, at the Sun ‘n Fun campus in Lakeland, Fla., is offering a weekend aviation experience to introduce new pilots to their first flight in the left seat. The program, called Destination Aviation Seminar, is designed for adults, and aims to prepare prospective students with the confidence and knowledge they need to […]

EAA this week released more details about their plans to develop a new first-flight program for adults, similar to Young Eagles. The program will launch in January, will provide the same insurance protections as Young Eagles, and will be driven by the organization’s local chapters, EAA said. “The new program will have a lot of […]

LoPresti Aviation Engineering introduced their new “NeverFlat Lifesaver” aircraft tires recently at the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association annual fly-in, held in Colorado Springs, Colo. “We named it the NeverFlat because that’s what it does — it never goes flat,” RJ Siegel, LoPresti’s CEO said. “It’s the first aviation tire with a wound carbon fiber […]

The launch customer for Bombardier’s new Learjet 85 is Bombardier. Flexjet, Bombardier’s fractional ownership subsidiary, will get the first seven of the mostly composite bizjet, which is currently under development and on schedule to be available for deliveries in 2013. Flexjet is now booking fractional positions for the new aircraft at rates competitive with those […]