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RunwayFinder, a popular online flight planning website, announced Tuesday that it was shutting down in the face of a lawsuit from FlightPrep, an Oregon company that successfully patented online flight planning almost a year ago. RunwayFinder developer Dave Parsons said he had hoped to reach a licensing deal with FlightPrep which included the dropping of […]

Pratt & Whitney Canada says it will spend up to $1 billion to create a new generation of fuel-efficient and lighter-weight engines. It confirmed the program in a news conference Monday. Although no actual engine projects were announced, the research cuts a swath across P&WC’s traditional market. “P&WC is developing the most advanced propulsion technologies […]

In honor of aircraft designer Burt Rutan’s retirement, which he announced last month (PDF), EAA says it is planning a tribute to his work at AirVenture next summer. “Burt is certainly an aviation icon and a pioneering visionary in the homebuilt movement,” said Tom Poberezny, EAA chairman. Rutan has been attending the annual event since […]

The tax bill now working its way through Congress will help to boost manufacturing and restore lost jobs in the general aviation industry, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association said this week. The plan will also provide tax benefits to companies that invest in business aircraft, according to the National Business Aviation Association. Businesses will be […]

Teledyne Continental Motors has been sold to Technify Motors, a subsidiary of AVIC International, a Chinese government-owned holding company with diverse business interests in the aerospace sector. The sale price, according to AVIC and Teledyne Technologies, was $186 million, and terms of the sale included a commitment to remain in Mobile, where Continental has been […]

It’s an ambitious plan, but a group of pilots based at Enstone Flying Club in the U.K. hopes to build a dozen 90-percent-scale Spitfire replicas by the end of next year. The result will be a “living history” squadron of aircraft that will perform at events around the U.K. The Supermarine MK26B Spitfires will be […]

As aviation’s leading member organization, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has become the unchallenged defender and guardian of everything to do with general aviation. But it’s also a multi-faceted $60 million business run, in part, as a non-profit organization owned by its members. Thus its tax filings are in the public record. This allows […]

AOPA President Craig Fuller says members need easier access to information about the organization’s governance and finances and has pledged to make that possible. In direct response to AVweb‘s enquiries about AOPA finances over the past month and member reaction to his blogs on the subject, Fuller has promised to establish a governance section on […]

Cessna has suspended deliveries of the Corvalis line of high-performance singles after the composite structure of the wing of a newly built aircraft unbonded during the plane’s shakedown flight. “During a production flight of a new Corvalis 400, a wing fuel leak was detected,” Cessna spokesman Doug Oliver told AVweb. “Working closely with the FAA, […]

Boston authorities said Friday that at a teenager whose body was found in a Boston suburb last month appeared to have stowed away inside the wheel well of a 737 arriving from Charlotte, N.C. The remains of Delvonte Tisdale, 16, were found in Milton, Mass., below the approach path to Boston’s Logan Airport, according to […]