Business & Military

Sales of light sport aircraft in the U.S. for 2014 totaled 199, according to numbers compiled and released this week by the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association. CubCrafters took first place, with 50 airplanes, and Van’s Aircraft took second place for the year, with 26 copies of its factory-built RV-12 sold. Other top sellers for the […]

After reading your comments about the Me 262 in your review of Adolf Galland’s book earlier this week, I thought you would be interested in the history of a surviving example of an Me 262.This unique example is a night fighter version displayed at the South African National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg. How […]

Daher recently opened a new sales, maintenance and support facility in Pompano Beach, Florida. AVweb was there and shot some video of the event. view on YouTube

While some people seem to believe that drones will mean the end of the world, others are trying to save the world with drones. The Lindbergh Foundation is trying to raise $500,000 through crowdfunding to finance its Air Shepherd program to stop (not reduce or minimize) the poaching of elephants and rhinos in Africa. “When […]

It seems like everyone is hiring these days and the FAA is hoping to attract its share of candidates for career-oriented applicants through an online job fair on the afternoon of March 25. The so-called Virtual Career Fair requires pre-registration and those who sign up will be able to see what an FAA career might […]

A few companies this month confirmed their plans to develop cargo spacecraft for this year’s round of bids for NASA contracts to service the International Space Station, according to a Washington Post report.On Tuesday, Sierra Nevada Corp. announced a version of its manned reusable vehicle, modified for cargo missions. The Dream Chaser Cargo System will […]

Amazon, which is developing drones to make package deliveries, received its long-awaited experimental airworthiness certificatefrom the FAAon Thursday. The approval allows Amazon to test its unmanned aerial systems in the U.S. while proposed commercial drone regulations await the rulemaking process. The certificate, requested by Amazon in July, allows the company to make flights no higher […]

AVweb’s search of aviation news worldwide turned up an expansion in India for L-3 Aviation Products, a new ADS-B Out product from Aspen Avionics, Avlite System’s new runway fixture, and a scholarship program from the Flying Musicians. L-3 Aviation Products (L-3 AP) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week in celebration of the opening of its […]

NASA engineers are now testing an airplane wing fitted with 18 electric motors, and they plan to replace the wings and engine of a Tecnam P2006T with an improved version of the system within the next two years. The project, called LEAPTech, for Leading Edge Asynchronous Propeller Technology, “is a key element of NASA’s plan […]

The FAA this week released its annual aviation forecast for the next 20 years, predicting growth for the turbine and rotorcraft fleets but downturns in sales of most fixed-wing piston airplanes. The business jet market grew in 2014 for the first time since 2008, and the forecast predicts “robust growth” in that sector over the […]