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For the first time in its eight-year history, the 2010 annual meeting of Cirrus aircraft owners will not be held at the company’s headquarters in Duluth, Minn. Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association President Curtis Sanford announced to members that they will meet in Dayton, Ohio June 17-20. “We have had seven very successful Migrations in […]

The Coast Guard Sunday called off the search for survivors of a midair collision between a Guard C-130 and a Marine AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter off San Clemente Island on the southern California coast. There were seven people on the Herc and two in the helicopter when they collided late Thursday in what witnesses reported […]

Carroll’s first two videos Dave Carroll, YouTube’s favorite musical advocate for the proper treatment of luggage (famous for his YouTube video “United Breaks Guitars”) may have a new gripe — again, with United. Last week, Carroll arrived at Denver International from Regina, Saskatchewan on a United Express flight operated by Skywest Airlines. He was told […]

“We estimate that this proposed AD would affect 41,928 airplanes in the U.S. registry,” says the FAA in its move to prevent control wheels from coming loose of their control wheel shafts on certain Piper aircraft. Affected models are certain Piper PA-28, PA-32, PA-34 and PA-44 series aircraft — all to be inspected at an […]

Although it seems unlikely that there were any survivors among the nine people missing in the collision of a Coast Guard C-130 and a Marine Corps AH-1 Super Cobra helicopter Thursday, the search continued through Friday. “We will continue to search as long as there is a chance of survivors,” Coast Guard Rear Adm. Joseph […]

SportairUSA, distributor for Sting S3 and Sirius aircraft, announced Friday its new “certified pre-owned” light sport aircraft (LSA) program, offering used aircraft with a warranty, plus transition training. The company says the new program provides benefits for both sides of the buyer/seller coin. The seller, says SportairUSA, gets market exposure with SportairUSA standing behind the […]

Two years ago, when The Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act extended federal age standards for pilots of large commercial aircraft from 60 to 65, it also mandated that the GAO report within 24 months on the effect the change had on aviation safety. There appears to be little to report. The GAO collected FAA […]

The $300 billion program that is the nation’s coming fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters has military towns across the country vying for the economic boon of base modernization and infrastructure that will arrive wherever squadrons nest. The U.S. Air Force is considering sites in Vermont, Utah, Florida, Idaho and South Carolina for operating bases; […]

Lt. Josh Nelson spoke Thursday night for the Coast Guard, but would not specifically verify news reports that a Coast Guard C-130 with seven aboard collided with an AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter with two aboard, producing a fireball seen off the San Diego coast shortly after 7 p.m., Thursday. Nelson confirmed that the accident took […]

The type certificate for the MS760 Paris Jet, a four-seat twin-engine light jet originally certified in France, has been bought by new owners who will license it to MS760 Corp., based in Florida. The company plans to provide engineering, sales and other related services for the MS760 platform. MS760 Corp. has already acquired the manufacturer’s […]