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People who worry about bird strikes in aviation, from airport operators to air traffic controllers to researchers and safety experts, gather every year for a Bird Strike North America Conference — but this year’s event, which takes place Sept. 14-17 in Victoria, British Columbia, is expected to draw more attention than usual. The dramatic Hudson […]

For pilots, just going for a sightseeing flight along the California coast in Airship Ventures’ new Zeppelin NT is nice enough — but wouldn’t it be even better if you could take a turn flying it, and learn about how all the systems work? Pilots kept asking for a chance to sit in the cockpit, […]

Robert A. Decatur, who in 1944 was a Tuskegee cadet, served as one of the roughly 960 black pilots who escorted all-white bomber crews over Europe … or not, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Decatur passed away last month and the Internet offers multiple sources (his obituary, as published in the Sentinel, among them) that […]

Girls With Wings is devoted to introducing young women to role models in aviation-related occupations and it’s currently seeking scholarship applicants to show their motivation, inspirations and future plans in essay form. The scholarship winner must not yet have received her private pilot’s license, must be female, and will be sent a check to be […]

Making inroads to the Far East via Brunei, Piper appears to be following through on plans announced earlier this year to expand its influence on the other side of the world. Piper’s plan would see it playing a key role in the opening of Brunei’s first pilot academy. To move forward, Piper is currently seeking […]

The FAA’s reaction to the fatal midair collision that on Aug. 8 killed all nine aboard both a Piper Saratoga and Eurocopter is receiving support from both AOPA and NATCA. “I believe that the FAA’s task force recommendations meet or exceed the NTSB’s on every issue,” wrote Eddie Kragh, NATCA representative to the task force […]

The former Eclipse went into full-eclipse last November when it entered bankruptcy, and Eclipse Aerospace, which acquired the former manufacturer’s assets in a $40 million bankruptcy deal opened for business Tuesday with hopes to employ more than 500 people, restart production and turn out hundreds of jets per year. That may be the ultimate goal, […]

When Airbus launches a new aircraft design it has, in the past, received government loans that, if the new design does not prove profitable, do not need to be repaid. Now, due to a ruling from the World Trade Organization (WTO), that may change. The Wall Street Journal Friday summarized the words of “a person […]

The FAA has issued a final Airworthiness Directive that requires replacement of certain Thales Avionics pitot probes (like that flown on the crashed Air France Flight 447 and 43 other Airbus A330 and A340 model aircraft currently flying) with Goodrich probes in order to prevent airspeed discrepancies that “could result in reduced control of the […]

The FAA is proposing restructuring the low-level VFR airspace around Manhattan in reaction to last month’s collision between a sightseeing helicopter and a PA32 over the Hudson River. The agency says it wants to separate traffic flying over the river from aircraft flying to and from heliports and seaplane bases by altitude. This will include […]