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More than 30 DC-3s are expected to be on the field at Whiteside County Airport in Rock Falls, Ill., July 24-26 as The Last Time gathering of the iconic airliners gets under way. There are 42 aircraft registered but some won’t make it because of mechanical issues. The event is being held to mark the […]

EAA is in discussions with the FAA over the decision to perform a major computer upgrade on the three days prior to and the first day of AirVenture that apparently involve systems used for the slot reservation system for IFR traffic going to Oshkosh and three neighboring airports. Late last week a note appeared on […]

Canada has committed to buying 65 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft to replace its 30-year-old fleet of about 120 CF-18 fighters. The aircraft order itself is worth $9 billion, including training, new equipment for air bases and simulators, and a maintenance contract with Lockheed Martin will push the total cost to about $16 billion. Canada […]

The emergency declared by an American Airlines 767 crew landing at JFK on May 4, 2010, may have been unusual, but it might also represent a situation that’s closer to “normal for JFK” than an emergency call might suggest. AVweb spoke this week to a JFK-based 13-year veteran American Airlines pilot and asked him to […]

Win a Spidertracks Aviator as we celebrate our 15th Anniversary! All you have to do is click here to enter your name and e-mail address. (You only have to enter once, and you’ll be entered in our prize drawings for the entire year – so if you’ve already entered, you’re all set.) And no, we’re […]

Boeing believes that stable growth in the world economy will help the airline industry this year and expects a big upturn in demand from the Asia-Pacific region and Middle East over the next two decades. Boeing’s latest market outlook predicts that the one-third of global aviation that currently passes through the Asia-Pacific region will blossom […]

TECNAM has sold over 3,000 aircraft (mostly in Europe) and says it will debut its first single slated for certification, a new four-seat strutted high-wing, the P2010, at AERO 2011 in Friedrischafen, Germany, though certification may follow later. The future four-seater will feature a carbon-fiber fuselage with metal wings and a metal “full flying” tail. […]

A majority of Hawker Beechcraft workers may soon be looking for work while in an unrelated turn Sikorsky may see a financial windfall. The union for Hawker Beechcraft workers has sent a letter to its members telling them the company may cut its 6,000-person workforce by up to 75 percent (4,500 jobs) within the next […]

A 19-year-old managed to steal (at least) five airplanes, allegedly, and eluded capture each time, which means “basically, anybody that wants to steal a plane can,” attorney John Greaves told AOL news. Writing for AOL in an article titled ““Barefoot Bandit” Case Hints at Gap in National Security,” contributor David Lohr asks, “If Harris-Moore did, […]

All it takes is the right piston, a little tweaking of the cylinder and some trick fuel injection timing. That’s the general idea behind something called Sonex Controlled Auto Ignition, which can best be described as residing somewhere between conventional spark ignition and true diesel cycles, according to Sonex’s Andrew Pouring, who recently sent us […]