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It’s not every day that a film crew flies into the Alta Sierra residential airpark east of Sacramento but Michael Graves had been so thoroughly lured into the story, he didn’t have a clue that he would be the star of the show. Graves was the victim and beneficiary of an elaborate ruse that ultimately […]

Three people died in a midair collision between a Cirrus aircraft and a glider towplane Saturday near Boulder, Colo. Two of the dead were in a Cirrus SR20 and the other was the pilot of a Piper Pawnee glider towplane. The pilot of the glider was able to release the aircraft and had to fly […]

The huge snowstorm blanketing the mid-Atlantic has reportedly collapsed the roof of an FBO at Dulles and may have damaged or destroyed four aircraft, according to WTOP. It’s also been reported that snow caused damage at Manassas Airport in Virginia. The roof of Dulles Jet Center collapsed about 8 a.m. Saturday after the D.C. area […]

Reports surfaced Friday that the TSA is backing off of plans to create regulations proposed in 2008 that would have required operators of general aviation aircraft to provide special security measures and screen people and cargo. The agency is now said to be leaning toward leaving security mostly to the judgment of pilots and operators. […]

Thursday, AOPA President and CEO Craig Fuller will deliver “a major policy address” to outline the organization’s goals for 2010 and beyond. Fuller will speak at the annual meeting of the South Carolina Aviation Association in Myrtle Beach. The theme of the meeting, according to AOPA, will be “Engagement.” In a news release announcing the […]

Manufacturing in aerospace “may help lead the U.S. economy out of recession” in 2010, according to a study by Embry-Riddle’s Center for Aviation and Aerospace Leadership. While the Center’s study (the Aerospace Economic Report and Outlook for 2010) suggests that the rate of recovery could be relatively quick, as compared to other sectors of the […]

In the wake of Colgan Air’s Continental Flight 3407 that crashed outside of Buffalo last year, reporter and pilot Miles O’Brien has stepped up to front an investigative documentary, “Flying Cheap,” to air on PBS and online, Feb. 9, 2010. In the report, O’Brien looks into the regional carrier culture through interviews with past Colgan […]

Tyler Whitney, of Fenwick, Mich., has become the first EAA Young Eagle to pass his FAA private pilot written test by using Sporty’s innovative Online Pilot Training Course, free of charge. EAA and Sporty’s Pilot Shop joined forces last April to offer the training course free to all young pilot aspirants who are introduced to […]

Cessna Thursday announced that it has completed its 300th Citation Mustang, to be “delivered later this year to a retail customer in Australia.” The mark follows delivery of the first Mustang (April, 2007) by a span of less than three years. Announced first at the 2002 National Business Aviation Association convention, Cessna had the first […]

Mooney owner Jolie Lucas was inspired after attending AirVenture Oshkosh 2009, and the result is The Mooney Ambassadors group — pilots acting as ambassadors for the brand. The group’s passion was evident in an e-mail sent Thursday to AVweb. “Think about it,” Lucas wrote, “can any other company have a 30-40 year old airplane right […]