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Textron Inc. says it’s restructuring its Textron Aviation division in response to a “stubbornly soft” business jet market. Some layoffs have already occurred and the company is also offering early retirement incentives. In a conference call on the release of third quarter earnings, Textron CEO Scott Donnelly told financial reporters that while deliveries of business […]

AVweb’s search of news in aviation found announcements fromBanyan Air Service, the Recreational Aviation Foundation, the Unmanned Safety Institute and Sporty’s.Banyan Air Service at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport will host a free Seaplane Splash-In on Nov. 19, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Splash-In will include two workshops: Seaplanes 101 and The Seaplane […]

Boeing opened its new manufacturing facility this week in St. Louis, where it will manufacture components of the upcoming 777X jet. The site historically served as an assembly facility for McDonnell Douglas military jets. Boeing merged with the company in 1997. Now, a 424,000-square-foot composite manufacturing complex will produce wing edge and empennage parts for […]

A new advanced robotics system that functions as a copilot has been successfully tested in flight in a Diamond DA-42 and a Cessna Caravan, Aurora Flight Sciences announced this week. On Monday, Aurora demonstrated automated flight capabilities with the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) in a Caravan, flying basic maneuvers under the supervision of […]

Tier 1 Engineering has flown a battery-powered manned helicopter for a five-minute cruise flight, the company recently announced. The aircraft flew to 400 feet altitude and reached a peak speed of 80 knots during its first flight, which took place in late September in Costa Mesa, California. “I’m very pleased to achieve this historic breakthrough […]

Germany’s Matthias Dolderer was crowned the 2016 Red Bull Air Race champion Sunday after a weathered-out season finale in Las Vegas invalidated the day’s flying results. Dolderer and Australian Matt Hall had already clinched first and second places on the season. Hall could have theoretically claimed the championship but settled for second. Hannes Arch, of […]

AVweb‘s search of aviation news worldwide found announcements from Avidyne, Aero Electric Aircraft, Dassault Aviation and True Blue Power. Avidyne announced the winners of the $55,000 Dream Panel Giveaway contest that ran from May 1 – Sept. 30, 2016. The Grand Prize winner was David Mullins of Texas, who won a Full Avidyne IFR & […]

What makes training good? What makes it stick so that when you really need it, you can make the right decision and execute accordingly? Anyone who has earned a flight instructor certificate will remember the Six Laws of Learning as elucidated in the FAA’s dreary Aviation Instructor’s Handbook. My friend John Deakin once told me […]

The new organizers of the Flying Aviation Expo, led by Scheyden Precision Eyewear President Jeff Herold, hope to build on past successes and build the show into the premier GA event for the West Coast. Herold tells AVweb how this month’s event came together. Duration: 10:33 File Size: 5.1 MB download here

Boeing said this week it’s behind schedule on development of its manned spacecraft, which could give competitor SpaceX the edge on being the first U.S. company to launch people into orbit since the retirement of NASA’s space shuttle several years ago. Boeing has now postponed a first unmanned flight of the CST-100 Starliner for the […]