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Burt Rutan announced through a November 2010 Scaled Composites press release his plans to retire in April, 2011, and that day has come … but there may be at least one more aircraft up his sleeve before he goes. Rutan’s career began in earnest in 1974, with a $15,000 loan from his father and an […]

Strong demand from the corporate sector, plus interest from emerging countries and high-net-worth individuals, translated to a sharp rise in fourth-quarter profits at Bombardier that have so far continued in 2011. The company earned 88 net orders in the last quarter of 2010 and most (74) were for business jets. That compares to 33 orders, […]

Honda Aircraft Company announced that an FAA-conforming prototype HondaJet recorded 425 KTAS at 30,000 feet, on March 11, exceeding the company’s performance goal of 420 KTAS for production models. The jet is currently participating in system, handling and in-flight mechanical tests at the company’s world headquarters in Greensboro, N.C. Michimasa Fujino, Honda Aircraft President and […]

Well-known Arizona-based aircraft broker, Barron Thomas, 55, and his mother, 78, are facing charges after allegedly receiving more than $8 million over 16 years by way of fraudulent short-term investment programs. A pre-trial conference has been set for May 11. State attorney general Tom Horne says Thomas placed an ad in Trade-a-Plane soliciting contributions of […]

RunwayFinder owner Dave Parsons says he’ll return contributions made to a legal defense fund now that he and the owners of FlightPrep have settled a patent infringement lawsuit out of court. He’s also clearly signed a confidentiality agreement with FlightPrep, which was the flashpoint in his well-publicized battle against the suit, launched by FlightPrep late […]

Passengers and flight crew of an Arcadia Aviation-managed Gulfstream V held against their will in the Democratic Republic of Congo since Feb. 4 have been released after an investigation by authorities there. The event began with reports that attached the flight to a business transaction involving significant quantities of gold and cash. That was followed […]

The FAA said on Tuesday it is investigating an incident in which a Southwest 737 crew allegedly flew too close to a Cirrus at the request of a controller. The incident took place about 5 p.m. on Sunday, when a controller in the Central Florida Tracon asked the 737 crew if they would check on […]

Peter Maurer, president of Diamond Aircraft, said this week he has laid off 213 workers at the company’s facility in London, Ontario, while waiting for a decision on a loan from Canada’s government. “We are disappointed and frustrated in the extreme to have to take this action,” Maurer said in a news release on Monday. […]

Reacting to last week’s incident at Reagan National Airport when a sleeping controller supervisor failed to respond to radio calls from two airplane crews late at night, FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt has announced an “interim plan” that he says will ensure it won’t happen again. The plan requires controllers at radar facilities to contact towers […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. A member of the Red Thunder demonstration team died Saturday when his Yak-52 reportedly failed to pull out of a maneuver and crashed at the Wings Over Flagler airshow in Palm Coast, Fla. […]