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We test-fly DJI’s latest unmanned aerial vehicle, the Inspire. view on YouTube

The FAA and Department of Transportation will hold a rare Sunday morning news conference to release the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the use of small unmanned aerial systems in the National Airspace System (NAS). In an even more rare Saturday night statement, the agency outlined what to expect:“The rule is specifically aimed at […]

The city of Duluth is asking the State of Minnesota for $4 million to help build a $10 million production facility for Cirrus’s SF50 light jet. At a news conference on Friday, Duluth Mayor Don Ness said the city has already committed to fronting $6 million of the construction cost of a 60,000-square-foot building as […]

Two divers have discovered the wreckage of a Korean War-era Douglas A-1 Skyraider off the San Diego coastline, KSWB Fox 5 reported this week. Dennis Burns and Ruth Yu were exploring the shallow waters off Mission Beach when they found an airplane submerged about 60 feet deep. Its identification plate confirmed it was a Skyraider […]

AVweb’s search of aviation news worldwide found an ADS-B solution and a UL Power distributor for experimental aircraft, an expanded e-FIRC from AOPA and the first field helicopter installation for new Garmin avionics.NavWorx, Inc. announced today its ADS600-EXP Universal Access Transceiver (UAT), an affordable ADS-B technology solution for Experimental/LSA aircraft owners. The NavWorx ADS600-EXP is […]

The former Korean Air executive who offloaded a flight attendant at JFK in December over a bag of nuts is appealing the one-year prison sentence handed down Thursday, the Korea Times reportedFriday.A district court judge in Seoul ruled that Cho Hyun-ah, the daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho, was guilty of acts of violence […]

The main stage from SpaceX’s successful launch of a NASA spacecraft intentionally missed its attempt to land on a barge bobbing in rough seas off Florida by 30 feet Wednesday but everything else seemed to work right. “Rocket soft landed in the ocean within 10m of target & nicely vertical! High probability of good droneship […]

The European Space Agency had a successful test of its unmanned mini-spacecraft Wednesday, launching theIntermediate eXperimental Vehicle and recovering it after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The design of the IXV spaceplane, as the ESA calls it, will ultimately result in a reusable spacecraft. The big push now is to develop re-entry capability and data […]

General aviation supplied 1.1 million jobs and contributed $219 billion to the U.S. economy in 2013, according to a study (PDF) conducted for eight major GA groups. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association released the study Wednesday at its annual news conference in Washington.The study, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, examined GA-related industries and their direct and indirect […]

GA manufacturing saw ups and downs in the past year with most of the positive numbers coming from piston airplanes, followed by business jets, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association said Wednesday in its annual review. Airplane shipments rose overall in 2014 from the prior year, although turboprops and the overall rotorcraft sector saw declines. Total […]