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An Oklahoma woman who was eight years old when the man popularly known as D.B. Cooper made his famous 1971 hijacking has come forward to say she is the man’s niece, that he was really L.D. Cooper, and he’s been dead since 1999. D.B. Cooper is the name that has stuck with a man who […]

Congress adjourned on Tuesday night without taking action to fully fund the FAA, leaving 4,000 workers on furlough, and officials were not happy. “It’s a sad day for America,” said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt, according to CNN. “I’ve been around this business a long time. I’ve never seen anything like this,” Babbitt said. “And I […]

The KAI KC-100, a four-seat general aviation aircraft that is the first of its kind to be designed and built in South Korea, is now in flight testing, the company announced recently. The airplane, called the Naraon, aims to be 10 percent more fuel-efficient than others in its class, with a top speed of about […]

Icon this week announced the first flight of its A5 amphibious LSA with the new spin-resistant wing that will go on the production model. The flight took place last Thursday, following “many months … [of] development and fabrication,” according to the company’s Facebook page. The airplane will remain wings-level in a stall, the company said, […]

The latest business aircraft market report from JETNET suggests the long, slow recovery is continuing and could be in full swing by 2012. With prices hitting rock bottom almost across the board, it’s perhaps not surprising that sales have increased by 15.3 percent in the first half of the year. Nevertheless, the speedy depletion of […]

Aviation was spared user fees and changes to the bonus depreciation measures currently in effect but both issues could be back as early as this coming fall. In the lead-up to the dramatic debt ceiling debate there was considerable saber rattling from the Democrats suggesting general aviation was being targeted for increased revenue. Among the […]

Until 2001, air traffic controllers were welcome to ride jump-seat in airline cockpits under a program that aimed to familiarize them with flight-crew procedures. This week, the FAA said it is reviving that program. “This [Flight Deck Training] gives our new generation of air traffic controllers a chance to see and hear what the pilot […]

AOPA, GAMA, and Garmin added their comments to a roster of more than 2,700 on Monday to protest FCC plans that would allow LightSquared to broadcast over frequencies that would interfere with GPS signals. Garmin said the “laws of physics prevent the results LightSquared desires,” adding that “no workable filters currently exist” that would eliminate […]

Reports are trickling in that visitors to EAA AirVenture last week were in a buying mood. Piper Aircraft spokesman Jackie Carlon told EAA the show was “fantastic.” Leads were up 90 percent over the year before, according to Carlon, and the company sold two twin-engine Seminole trainers, two Meridian turboprops, and took two orders for […]

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined together on Monday to “demand that Congress pass an FAA funding bill before getting on airplanes to fly away for vacation,” according to an FAA news release. The two officials joined with local contractors and construction workers at LaGuardia Airport to make their announcement. […]