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AVweb’s weekly submersion into what’s new in general aviation uncovered news of everything from a new Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame inductee through a Canadian flight safety contest, an SMS program for EMS transport to a new line of high performance brakes that can be retrofitted onto Cirrus Aircraft. Charlie Johnson, President and COO of […]

Based on my data sources, since August 1, 2014, we have not administered a single ATP knowledge test that would allow a pilot to then go on to take the ATP multi-engine practical test and become ATP qualified for service in an airline. Yup. None. For two whole months and I expect this trend to […]

FK Lightplanes has begun the flight-test phase for its scale-replica carbon-fiber P-51 Mustang. The first-flight video, posted online last week, shows the airplane taking off and flying along the runway briefly before settling down again. Test pilot Thomas Kreimeier said the airplane was stable in flight and landing, and responded well to rudder inputs. CEO […]

Due to fears of the disease Ebola, five of the busiest international airports in the U.S. are enhancing screening measures for arriving passengers who began their travel in West African countries. According to a report in the Washington Post, the travelers will be given questionnaires and have their temperatures taken at John F. Kennedy International […]

As the season changes, the fly-in circuit shows no sign of slowing down-our review of all things SocialFlight uncovered everything from an air race for everyone through an historic airport appreciation day to a fly-in for omelets. The Cleveland Air Races are being revived-a bit more than 1000 miles away and using airplanes that mere […]

Airbus often celebrates milestones with media events and the recent EASA certification of its A350 XWB airliner resulted in a pretty impressive formation act. Airbus launched its five flight test A350s and flew a formation routine that resulted in a neat video. The big airliners were shot in a variety of relatively intricate maneuvers, sometimes […]

A VTOL aircraft designed to pick up and carry a standard 20-foot cargo container — like the ones carried by trucks and ships — is in the works at a start-up company in the UK. Thorsten Reinhardt, founder and managing director of 4X4 Aviation, based at London Ashford Airport, flew a small scale model of […]

President Obama will issue an executive order regarding drones and privacy issues “any day now,” according to a report in The Hill on Monday.Michael Drobac, the organizer of the Small UAV Coalition, which launched last week, said the executive order would aim to satisfy privacy advocates by requiring federal drone operators to make public the […]

It’s been in the works for many years — AVweb shot video of it in flying at EAA AirVenture in 2008 — but now the makers of the Martin Jetpack say they’re ready to sell shares in their company, in an initial public offering, to raise cash for production, sometime before the end of this […]

I’ve been doing some instrument instruction with a young pilot who’s set on working his way through the ratings to an eventual professional flying career, probably in the airlines. I’m occasionally asked what’s the best way to do this, but if I’m honest, I have to admit the real question I weigh is whether to […]