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In raw figures, Cirrus had a better first quarter this year than last, but while “the trajectory of the business is terrific at the bottom line,” Cirrus CEO Brent Wouters told TheStreet.com, “the revenue line stinks” and fuel adversity may be coming. Cirrus’ first quarter was up 36 percent over the same period last year, […]

Central Maine Airport operator Kristina Wallace told The Morning Sentinel her phone is “ringing off the hook” with calls from pilots who’ve learned that 87-Octane fuel is about to vanish from the airport. Federal regulations and tax incentives, along with the actions of fuel refiners and distributors in the region, mean that the only 87-Octane […]

The Coast Guard, Navy and Marines have published reports on an October midair that took the lives of all involved — seven Coast Guard members and two Marines flying in a Military Warning Area, at night, off Southern California. The crash involved a Coast Guard C-130 and Marine Cobra AH-1. The C-130 was flying search […]

Responding to “several reports of the rear passenger door departing the airplane in flight” the FAA Wednesday published proposed rules for owners of certain Diamond aircraft models. “Several reports” appears to translate to 31, according to the FAA, and affected models are DA40 and DA40F airplanes. The FAA is proposing to change the models’ “emergency […]

Felix Baumgartner is working to break the longstanding freefall record by jumping from a balloon gondola at the edge of space later this year, and this week Red Bull said it has developed a “flying video production studio” to capture the event for live streaming over the Internet. When the current record was set, 50 […]

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. Alejandro Maclean, a pilot in the Red Bull Air Races since 2005, died last week while practicing for an airshow in his native Spain. The airplane slammed into the ground during a maneuver […]

Arizona may be planning to take a chapter out of California’s regulatory textbook and that could lead to significant extra costs for flight schools. National Association of Flight Instructors President Jason Blair says Arizona officials are meeting Thursday to discuss the regulation of flight instructors and flight schools. A similar meeting by California officials some […]

The U.S. government has paid $261,000 to pull a long-retired Lockheed JetStar from an Arizona boneyard and repaint it for static display. As you might have guessed this isn’t just any JetStar, nor is it just any paint job. The JetStar was used to shuttle former President Lyndon Johnson between Washington and his ranch in […]

The FAA is planning to bring pilots and air traffic controllers together to share information after near midair collisions to help develop better strategies for prevention, according to a report in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal. United Airlines is expected to be the first airline to participate in the project. Currently, pilot and controller reports are […]

An Embraer 190 regional jet operated by Henan Airlines crashed in northeast China about 10 p.m. local time on Tuesday, killing at least 42 of the 96 people on board. The jet reportedly crashed on approach and burst into flames at Yichun Airport, a small airport near the Russian border that opened last year. Three […]