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The National Business Aviation Association’s annual convention and exhibition scheduled for the Las Vegas convention center, Oct. 22 through 24, is expected to attract 25,000 attendees and more than 1000 exhibitors. Attendees will have access to more than 100 education sessions about the most pressing concerns facing business aviation today, in this country and abroad. […]

Forty-nine pilots (and planes) participated in a world-record-breaking attempt, flying a filled Vee formation in Van’s RV aircraft at Arrowhead Stadium prior to an NFL football game Oct. 13. Officially, there were 49 airplanes flown by pilots from 19 different states as part of the KC Flight Formation Team. That may set a record recognized […]

While pilots and aviation enthusiasts in the U.S. haveannual conclaves like AirVenture and Sun N Fun to sustain their passions, Chinas emerging aviation industry has no equivalent.But that may be changing with Thursdays launch of the China International General Aviation Convention (CIGAC), sponsored by the district of Shaanxi in the central Chinese city of Xian. […]

New rest rules for pilots approved by the European Parliament Wednesday and now seeking approval of the EU Council of Ministers may face another hurdle — BALPA, a British pilots union, says it is preparing a legal challenge, Express.co.uk reported Thursday. BALPA believes the new rules could create circumstances that would allow for pilots to […]

The mayor of Wichita, Carl Brewer, is expected next week to attend the opening of the Wichita-China Aviation Office in Beijing, China, which seeks to promote Wichita’s aviation industry in that country. “We need to be in the game of international trade, and this trip reflects our dedication to helping Wichita companies expand their export […]

At AOPA Summit, Cirrus CEO Pat Waddick gave AVweb a progress report on the company’s SF50 single-engine personal jet. The aircraft is on fast track development for delivery in 2015. view on YouTube

According to figures release by the FAA, fatal accidents involving aircraft registered in the experimental category fell 25 percent from 2012 to 2013, EAA reported. For 2012, 73 accidents involved fatalities in the category. In 2013, the number dropped to 55. The number of lives lost to accidents was also down, but by a lower […]

Mooney Aircraft Company has reportedly been sold to a Chinese company, and indications are the intention is to resume production, build aircraft components and service the used aircraft market, mainly in China and Asia. Meijing Group, a Chinese real estate company, expected to close the deal on Tuesday and finalize the sale sometime in November,according […]

In a letter sent to members of Congress and President Obama, NBAA said on Tuesday the ongoing federal shutdown has “grave repercussions” on the general aviation industry, forcing a “halt in the purchase, sale and production of all new general aviation airplane parts or aircraft.” NBAA says none of those things can occur without the […]

For 13 years, a team of warbird enthusiasts in Melbourne, Australia, has been trying to learn the fate of dozens of Spitfires abandoned at a military airfield after World War II — according to local legend, some of the airplanes may have been buried in fields or hidden in mineshafts to save them from being […]