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For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the rider was lost… So starts the proverb, which instructs us about the importance of details. This little poem, which ends with the loss of the kingdom no less, goes back centuries […]

AVweb’s search of aviation news worldwide turned up Africa’s first Boeing 787 full flight simulator, a business startup program tied to EAA’s AirVenture, a new research project on improving aircraft aerodynamics, and a business expansion for Jetcraft.Ethiopian Airlines, the largest and most profitable airline in Africa, continued its pursuit of aviation technology leadership with the […]

Diamond Aircraft’s single-engine turbine prototype made its maiden flight this week in Austria. The DA50-JP7, first announced in 2013, is designed for seven passengers and touts higher fuel efficiency with a Ukrainian-built 465-horsepower, AI-450S engine. Diamond CEO Christian Dries flew as test pilot, accompanied by Ingmar Mayerbuch, head of flight testing.Diamond plans to make two […]

Terrafugia’s requestto the FAA for an exemption from the LSA rules to allow extra weight and a higher stall speed in its Transition roadable aircraft has won support from the industry.In comments posted to the FAA docket, GAMA and EAA both said the request should be approved. “We believe it is in the public interest […]

Drones carrying illegal drugs and contraband have been among the creative ideas used by smugglers, and crashes do happen from loss of control or perhaps weight-and-balance problems. An unmanned aerial vehicle with more than six pounds of methamphetamine taped to it crashed near the San Ysidro, California, border crossing to Mexico, The Associated Press reported […]

Boeing and Embraer will work together to develop a sustainable aviation biofuel and establish the industry in Brazil, the two companies announced last week. At the Boeing-Embraer Joint Research Center in the So Jos dos Campos Technology Park, the companies will coordinate research with Brazilian universities and other institutions. Both companies will contribute toward funding […]

Well, I think we can safely kiss good-bye any hope of meaningful changes to the third class medical requirements for private pilots. I base that theory on the nasty note AOPA President Mark Baker sent to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx last week on the topic. (PDF) But what I can’t figure out is which is […]

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says his company will try again next month to recover a booster rocket used to launch a space payload. The company will try for a second time Feb. 8 to land a spent booster rocket on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean now that it has figured out the rather pedestrian […]

For the next while, FAA inspectors will have to line up and wait like the rest of us if they want to get to a secure area of the airport. The move comes after an unidentified inspector used his secure area identification area badge to bypass security at Atlanta Airport before boarding a flight for […]

Air India says it has suspended a pilot and is investigating further after the pilot allegedly brawled with a mechanic in the cockpit of a Boeing 787 at the airport in Chennai, India, on Saturday. According to various media reports, the pilot was apparently upset by the time it was taking to fix a fault […]