Since 1960, nobody has beat USAF Col. Joe Kittinger’s record for jumping from 102,000 feet and landing safely with a parachute. Now Col. Kittinger is helping a Red Bull team to break that record, with skydiver Felix Baumgartner hoping to set four world records in a single jump. The team plans to send Baumgartner aloft […]
In the Jan. 18 edition of AVwebFlash, we ran a story headlined “Flight 1549-Inspired Tow Plane Crash Lands Near Hudson.” Based on reader input and our own reflection, we’ve decided the headline is misleading and doesn’t reflect the events of that day, which included a successful off-airport landing with no damage to the aircraft. The […]
Financial publications are reporting that Steven Udvar Hazy has left the chairmanship of International Lease Finance Corp. after parent company, government-supported insurer AIG decided against selling ILFC, the largest aircraft leasing company in the world. Hazy co-founded the company and sold it to AIG during better times. With AIG under government supervision, thanks to an […]
ADIZ-like restrictions have been imposed for private aircraft traveling to the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada next month. All private aircraft heading to Vancouver will have to land in a “gateway” airport before going to Vancouver. Thorough security screenings and searches will be done at the gateways and the aircraft must go […]
A Congressional candidate in Los Angeles is asking celebrities to plant their carbon footprint somewhere besides Santa Monica Airport. Democrat Marcy Winograd is suggesting Van Nuys. The candidate for the 36th District has sent letters to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, actors Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise and John Travolta and director Stephen Spielberg asking them to take […]
No question that 2009 was a bleak year for the U.S. economy, but some GA manufacturers made positive progress in the global market. Pilatus, based in Switzerland, had the best year ever for its PC-12 NG turboprop, delivering 100 copies worldwide. “Achieving 100 deliveries in a single year is a significant milestone for Pilatus and […]
It took six years of effort, but the FAA has upgraded its traffic flow management system (TFMS) to make it more effective for general aviation flights, NBAA said this week. Prior to the upgrade, general-aviation flight plans submitted to the Flight Service FS21 system more than three hours before departure were held and weren’t transmitted […]
It looks like a collaboration between Yves Rossy and the Martin Jetpack with a little Buzz Lightyear thrown in, but NASA says its Puffin “personal flying suit” could someday whisk its occupant from a standing start to 30,000 feet on 60 horsepower of battery power. The device uses two rotors to vertically lift and then […]
An Oregon company says it’s received a patent for online flight planning. FlightPrep says the patent was originally filed in 2001 and was finally awarded Dec. 29, 2009. “FlightPrep’s Online Planner is recognized for the ability to display charts and routes interactively from data stored on an Internet server. The invention cites the ability for […]
Search and rescue crews worked into the night Saturday, searching for a plane that they’re not sure crashed in the mountains near Stanford, Calif. Confused early reports appear to suggest that two distress calls were made: one, pre-crash via radio; the other, post-crash through 911. In one of those communications, the caller stated that the […]
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