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The FAA’s final rule regarding Cessna seat rails applies to all serial numbers of Cessna aircraft ranging from Cessna 150A to T337H-SP models — 36,000 aircraft, according to the FAA — and is effective as of June 17, 2011. The Airworthiness Directive (AD) supersedes a prior one; it clarifies inspections that look for cracks in […]

The Paris Air Show opens next Monday with 2,100 exhibitors, the most ever for the show, which is held every other year at Le Bourget. The event features commercial and military aircraft as well as a handful of GA exhibitors. Airbus will introduce its “concept cabin” for the airliner of 2050, which features a fuselage […]

The public will get a look inside Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner for the first time, at EAA AirVenture 2011. The airplane will fly in to Oshkosh on Friday morning, July 29, and depart that same day at about 6 p.m. During its stay at the show center, now called ConocoPhillips Plaza, the 787 will be […]

Diamond Aircraft is recalling workers and rapidly accelerating its D-JET personal jet program thanks to an investment from an unnamed source. The money will also enable resumption of the flight test program and the construction of one more test aircraft as the company works toward certification. The amount of the investment was not immediately disclosed […]

The Canadian government says it will pass a law ending a strike by Air Canada ticket agents if the airline and its employees can’t reach a contract settlement. The 4,500 members of the Canadian Autoworkers Union walked off the job at kiosks and call centers at midnight Tuesday and within 12 hours, the government had […]

Boeing executives say they’ll let Airbus take center stage on its home turf at next week’s Paris Air Show although some industry watchers say Boeing will have to respond somehow to its arch rival’s aggressive move against its bread-and-butter 737. With a lot of winking and nudging, Airbus has apparently let it be known that […]

Dassault says it has a fix for the runaway trim problem that grounded the fleet of Falcon 7X business jets three weeks ago. The company announced earlier this week it developed a combination software and hardware mod for its flagship aircraft that will address the glitch. It’s tested and validated the fix and is now […]

Legislatures in 29 states have passed resolutions in support of aviation, the Alliance for Aviation Across America said this week. The resolutions reflect the efforts of aviation advocates to educate officials about the value of the industry, said Selena Shilad, executive director of the nonprofit group. The Alliance comprises about 5,700 members, including both groups […]

Aircraft operators who want to block their registration data from being displayed to the public in real-time flight-tracking websites must provide the FAA with documentation showing more than a “speculative or abstract fear,” the FAA told NBAA this week. “A generalized, non-specific security concern is unlikely to be found valid,” the FAA wrote, in response […]

A Goodyear A-60+ blimp caught fire in Germany on Sunday evening as the pilot tried to land; the three passengers were able to leap to safety, but the pilot was killed. Witnesses said they heard a loud engine noise and smelled fuel as the blimp hovered about six feet above the ground at Reichelsheim Airfield, […]