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Early this month, the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) signed a directive asking its managers to support aviation, citing backcountry airstrips as “an appropriate use of National Forest System lands.” The USFS policy statement called for an inventory review and maintenance of USFS-controlled aviation-oriented facilities. And it drew positive reaction from the Recreational […]

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) believes a report critical of risk management and FAA oversight of the on-demand air charter industry “failed to present an accurate picture of the Part 135 regulatory environment.” The report (PDF), recently issued by the DOT Inspector General, was conducted as an audit to answer concerns in a House […]

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh will be making an effort to showcase electric flight initiatives this year and with the recent flight of a two-seat Chinese offering from Yuneec aircraft (which hopes to have its aircraft on display), U.S. developers will be looking for their share of the spotlight. Randall Fishman, who last year flew his single-seat […]

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. It took better than three years of restoration, but the Temora Aviation Museum, in NSW, Australia, completed the project and its rare Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) CA-27 Sabre has taken flight for […]

The National Business Aviation Association is putting its support behind the FAA’s finding that Santa Monica cannot ban “certain types of business airplanes” from Santa Monica Airport. The city of Santa Monica in 2008 attempted to enact a ban on Category C and D aircraft and the business aviation groups have been fighting the city […]

With the goals of encouraging, promoting and educating people about their two core interests — music and flying — the Flying Musicians Association Inc., has formed “to generate the desire and yearning for both amongst young people.” The association, founded by John Zapp and Aileen Hummel, both aviators and musicians themselves, is scheduled for its […]

Airbus and AirVenture officials say they’ve done the math and they can barely squeeze the world’s largest airliner into Wittman Regional Airport for its first air show appearance in North America. The A380 will arrive in Milwaukee on July 27 for customs clearance and crew rest and take off for Oshkosh the next day for […]

Click for larger images The NTSB has released photos of the section of a Southwest Boeing 737-300 fuselage that let loose in flight earlier this week. The photos show a remarkably clean fracture where the outside skin of the aircraft blew out at 34,000 feet. The section of aluminum is being examined by metallurgists while […]

Aviation groups gave the House Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection an earful about the ways general aviation security could be enhanced without crippling the industry at a hearing on Wednesday. NBAA member Martha King and GAMA Chair Mark Van Tine both told the committee that applying airline-style security protocols to general aviation will […]

The Senate Commerce Committee this week introduced a bill that would provide funding for the FAA for the next two years without imposing user fees, and would enable the agency to move forward with plans for the NextGen air traffic control system. The Alliance for Aviation Across America, which represents a slew of GA advocacy […]