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The FAA proposed a rule Thursday that would put your picture on your pilot certificate and (for most pilots) will remove the current requirement to also carry another photo ID; it extends to students and it will cost you something. The agency has the authority to charge a maximum fee of $22 for renewals and […]

Wednesday, news broke that Congressman John Mica had on Nov. 5 sent a letter to more than 150 airport managers suggesting they adopt private security — but that would not remove the TSA from the equation. Mica appears headed to chair the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Thanks to an older law he helped write, […]

The wreckage of an F-22 lost Tuesday may have been found 100 miles north of Anchorage, but as of Wednesday evening the Air Force could not account for its pilot. The missing aircraft was part of the 3rd Wing at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. A report from the Wing’s public affairs office Wednesday evening said […]

Researchers from Harvard University have developed and tested specific, patterned, nanostructured materials that reject supercooled water droplets before that water can freeze to a surface. When supercooled droplets hit smooth surfaces, the researchers found they spread out and freeze. That was not the case when the Harvard team applied the same tests to nanostructures created […]

China’s low-altitude airspace will open up for civilian use over the next five years, the State Council and the Central Military Commission announced this week. “This is the beginning of a new chapter in China’s general aviation development,” Martin Lin, China president of Textron, told the Financial Times. The new rules will allow aircraft flying […]

A new rule adopted by the FAA this week stops short of requiring “life limits” for transport-category aircraft, but in practice that may be the result. The rule requires manufacturers to set a “limit of validity,” the number of flight cycles or hours that an airplane can operate before it must be subjected to additional […]

Boeing says it can’t say when it might resume flight testing of the 787 Dreamliner after an onboard fire forced an emergency landing in Laredo, Texas, last week. The company has received ferry permits from the FAA to fly two 787s back to Seattle, one from Victorville, Calif., and the other from Rapid City, S.D. […]

Air Show China started Tuesday in Zhuhai and it may be the one to watch in terms of how the market there will evolve. China seems determined to be a player in aerospace and will use this show to announce “hundreds” of orders for the Aviation Industry Corp. of China’s (AVIC) Comac C919. Most of […]

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. Private aviation is looking better all the time, especially for those who like to travel in comfortable clothes. Separate reports from different parts of the country suggest the TSA is ready to get […]

The FAA’s long-awaited proposal to create new rules that aim to prevent pilot fatigue is meeting with criticism from both airline operators and pilots. Capt. Chesley Sullenberger said at a news conference last week the rules need to be changed before they go into effect “to protect the safety of the flying public.” He and […]