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Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. Prizes have done much through the last 100 years or so to spur aviation innovation, from Lindbergh’s Orteig Prize to today’s X Prize competitions, but sometimes if the prize is not quite enticing […]

Hawker Beechcraft CEO Bill Boisture said this week his company is making good progress on its Beechcraft Premier II program, but will hold off on an entry-into-service date for the new jet until late 2012 or early 2013, in hopes that the economy will improve by then. “While we remain fully committed to certifying and […]

If you have an old aircraft that’s due for trading up — even if it’s not airworthy — American Legend Aircraft Company is willing to take it in trade in its own new “Cash for Junkers” program, offering $4,500 back on the purchase of a new Legend Cub. “There have been skeptics who weren’t sure […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. At the end of this month, when wind-tunnel tests now under way wrap up, NASA plans to shut down and dismantle the historic Langley Full-Scale Wind Tunnel in Virginia, unless a new letter-writing […]

A memorial event to celebrate the life of Vicki Cruse will be held Saturday, Sept. 12, at her hangar on Santa Paula Airport in California, EAA said this week. Cruse, who was president of the International Aerobatic Club, died in the crash of her Edge 540 while participating as a member of the U.S. Unlimited […]

There are few aircraft that work in more diverse and often difficult environments than the Cessna Caravan and the option of an enhanced vision system should be welcome news to operators. One Sky Aviation, of Anchorage, recently received supplementary type certificate approval for installation of Forward Vision’s EVS 100 and 600 enhanced vision systems, which […]

The world’s fastest business jet just got a little faster and more efficient. Cessna has delivered the first Citation X with elliptical winglets. The winglet kit was developed by Winglet Technology LLC in collaboration with Cessna and received a supplemental type certificate from the FAA in June. “The patented Elliptical Winglet shape ensures the lift […]

The FAA needs to do more to regulate helicopter emergency medical services, the NTSB said on Tuesday, and operators also need to improve their training and procedures. “The pressure on HEMS operators to conduct their flights quickly in all sorts of environments makes these types of operations inherently more risky than other types of commercial […]

Under new rules proposed by the FAA this week, flight schools would be excused from the requirement to have a ground school space if they offer Internet-based ground-school training, and students would be allowed to apply for both a private pilot certificate and an instrument rating at the same time. The agency also said it […]

A business aviation analyst says fractional ownership companies will have to charge more for operating costs to make up for the loss of revenue due to the lack of fleet expansion. Brian Foley says fractionals used to make a lot of their money by paying discounted fleet prices for aircraft and then charging customers full […]