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China continues the expansion of its involvement in aviation with its first helicopter convention next September. Officials of the China Helicopter Exposition held a news conference at HAI Heli-Expo in Orlando on Monday to outline plans for the meeting, which will run from Sept. 15-18 in Tianjin. The first show will be a modest one, […]

Justin “Jack” Cox, known for his work as a writer and editor for EAA’s Sport Aviation magazine and his own Sportsman Pilot quarterly, died on Sunday at a hospital near his home in Asheboro, N.C. He was 77 years old. Cox worked for EAA from 1970 until his retirement in 1999, serving as editor-in-chief of […]

EAA says its Young Eagles program, which aims to introduce youngsters to general aviation, has been successful at inspiring those youngsters to become pilots. By checking FAA’s pilot registry against its list of Young Eagles going back to 1992, EAA said it found that Young Eagles are 5.4 times more likely to become a pilot […]

The FAA recently changed its bank of test questions without notice, causing a spike of up to four times the usual rate of failures in recent weeks, according to the National Association of Flight Instructors. The content of test questions was significantly altered, NAFI said, for at least three tests — the fundamentals of instruction […]

The U.S. Marine Corps has approved development of an “unmanned aerial truck” that is an adaptation of the Kaman Helicopters’ K-MAX heavy-lift helicopter. The K-MAX has interlocking twin rotors that eliminate the need for a tail rotor and give the aircraft impressive lifting ability. In its UAV form, the aircraft will be able to lift […]

It may be a good time to refresh that resume, as a report released at Heli-Expo in Orlando on Sunday suggests most aviation companies will be hiring in the coming year. The report, by Fort Worth-based JSfirm LLC, is based on a survey of 325 companies of all sizes. “We are certainly encouraged by the […]

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Two groups are currently suggesting that their site of interest may mark the final resting place of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan … and they’re more than 2,000 miles apart. Thursday’s report of an aircraft resembling Earhart’s sitting 230 feet below the surface of the ocean comes from near Earhart’s point of departure, Papua New […]

Friday, the FAA proposed changes to the program that blocks certain public access to real-time flight tracking by allowing it only for operators with a “Valid Security Concern,” and NBAA immediately opposed the plan. The FAA’s proposal notes that “the Privacy Act does not protect general aviation operators” from public access to their flight information. […]

The Chinese government has announced plans to invest more than $228 billion to improve its aviation industry over the next five years, according to the head of China’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC). The improvements translate to the addition of about 45 airports and almost 2,000 aircraft, CAAC’s Li Jiaxiang said. China began localized tests to […]