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Airbus has filed a patent application for a bicycle-style seat that allows passengers to ride their airliners in semi-standing position, allowing more bodies to be shoehorned into its airplanes. Recognizing that modern airline passengers will endure almost any indignity in return for cheap fares, the design calls for seats that look like old-style, wide bicycle […]

The committee for Santa Monicans For Open and Honest Development Decisions has received informal notification and is awaiting the official letter that a ballot measure on land-use changes at Santa Monica Municipal Airport has officially qualified for the November 2014 ballot, according to AOPA. The Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters informed the city of […]

This week, AVwebs review of whats new in aviation revealed new, worldwide coverage of a popular app, an airport advocacy program from a major aviation insurer, a pilot proficiency program at EAA Oshkosh and a new app that finds nearest airports at an unfamiliar destination. Garmin International announced worldwide coverage of the Garmin Pilot application […]

Austrian manufacturer Diamond Aircraft is moving forward with development of its Dart 450, a new single-engine turboprop for both civil and military roles. Diamond has released few details about the Dart 450, but chief executive Christian Dries told FlightGlobal that it will be capable of performing aerobatics and will excel as a reconnaissance and training […]

As Britains Farnborough Airshow gets underway, aircraft and engine manufacturers as well as suppliers are announcing significant new business. According to Reuters, the highlights include: Airbus launched its new A330neo with U.S. lessor Air Lease Corp as launch customer with a memorandum of understanding for 25 A330-900neo aircraft. Airbus also signed a firm order for […]

With the FAA reportedly scrutinizing apps and websites that have sprung up to match general aviation pilots and potential passengers to fly and split expenses, at least one startup has formally asked that the FAA rule on its legality. According to TechCrunch, AirPooler‘s request will be ruled upon in the next few months. In the […]

The F-35 has been approved for flight but the Pentagon apparently doesn’t want it flying over any oceans for now. The aircraft was due to make its international debut at the Farnborough Airshow this week but the trip has been officially cancelled. The aircraft was grounded after a June 23 engine fire that was traced […]

The namesake of the pilot at the center of one of aviation’s enduring mysteries completed a circumnavigation that, in part, symbolically completed the original attempt. Amelia Rose Earhart touched down at Oakland International Airport Friday after a 16-day flight in a Pilatus PC-12NG. Earhart, who is not related to the aviatrix who disappeared on a […]

On July 9, 2014, Amazon Prime Air petitioned the FAA for an exemption to allow private research and development flight testing of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) outdoors on its private property near Seattle, Wash. In its petition, Amazon states that the operating rules it will follow will be no different than those followed by […]

Our staffs weekly review of whats happening in the aviation world turned up news of a chance at a free Cessna CJ type rating, word that Greg Koontz is the recipient of this years Bill Barber Award for Showmanship, a SkyTrac Systems announcement of its new Overdue Notifications, and news that Transportation YOU introduced 21 […]