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News and Updates - Operating Status  
2/8/2010 5:00 PM     Read   Share  

Tuesday February 9, 2010 Federal Agencies in the Washington, DC, area are CLOSED.




(SMART SUMMARY) >>> AVWEB FUEL FINDERCURRENT PRICE FOR 100LL: $4.62 (down 1¢ from last week)CURRENT PRICE FOR JET A: $4.30 (down 4¢ from last week)Fuel prices provided weekly by AirNav, based on prices from the past 2 weeks.


Short Final  
2/8/2010 8:04 AM     Read   Share  
(SMART SUMMARY) With Super Bowl XLIV about to kick off as we prepare this week's AVweb stories, we can't resist the temptation to delve into our mailbag and serve up a "Short Final" that's been holding for over a year:It was a Friday afternoon in November when we were departing OSU airport in the company King Air for our home base in Grand Rapids.


(SMART SUMMARY) In the wake of Colgan Air's Continental Flight 3407 that crashed outside of Buffalo last year, reporter and pilot Miles O'Brien has stepped up to front an investigative documentary, "Flying Cheap," to air on PBS and online, Feb. 9, 2010.


(SMART SUMMARY) A lot of pilots are active supporters of general aviation, but few of them put their money where their mouth is like Gary Bradshaw, founder of PilotJourney.com and a major contributor to the May 15, 2010 "Learn To Fly Day" initiative.


(SMART SUMMARY) Tyler Whitney, of Fenwick, Mich., has become the first EAA Young Eagle to pass his FAA private pilot written test by using Sporty's innovative Online Pilot Training Course, free of charge.


Exclusive Video: AVweb's G100UL Flight Test  
2/8/2010 4:04 AM     Read   Share  
(SMART SUMMARY) For nearly three decades, general aviation has been struggling to find an unleaded replacement for 100LL avgas.


Three Die In Cirrus/Towplane Midair  
2/8/2010 4:04 AM     Read   Share  
(SMART SUMMARY) Three people died in a midair collision between a Cirrus aircraft and a glider towplane Saturday near Boulder, Colo.


FedEx Captain Wins AOPA Sweepstakes SR22  
2/8/2010 4:04 AM     Read   Share  
(SMART SUMMARY) It's not every day that a film crew flies into the Alta Sierra residential airpark east of Sacramento but Michael Graves had been so thoroughly lured into the story, he didn't have a clue that he would be the star of the show.


AVweb Flies New G100UL Fuel  
2/8/2010 4:04 AM     Read   Share  
(SMART SUMMARY) General Aviation Modifications thinks so and demonstrated the new fuel to AVweb in a test flight and engine test cell run last week.



(SUMMARY) New Cargo Variant Completed Taxi Tests, Ready To Fly The first flight test of the Boeing 787-8 is slated for Monday, February 8, 2010. The first flight window will open 10:00am PDT....


(SUMMARY) European Aircraft Manufacturer Confirms Berlin Company As Preferred KBE Software Supplier The software engineering company PACE announced late last week that it has concluded a four-year license and services agreement with Airbus. Under this agreement, PACE remains a preferred software supplier for...


(SUMMARY) Asks FAA To Come Observe The Situation, Offer Solutions Airport officials at Aspen's Sardy Field (KASE) are concerned about what seems to be an increasing number of people wandering onto a taxiway that is used by private jet traffic moving to and from the runway. They've requested that the FAA come...


Dallas FBO Introduces New Condominium Hangars  
2/8/2010 11:37 PM     Read   Share  
(SUMMARY) Offices Have Direct Access From The Hangars Ambassador Jet Center, a full-service FBO at Dallas Executive Airport just completed the first of three state-of-the-art hangars for lease or sale....


Iran Claims To Manufacture 'Advanced' UAVs  
2/8/2010 11:36 PM     Read   Share  
(SUMMARY) Defense Minister Says Aircraft Can Carry Out 'Pinpoint' Attacks The government of Iran is claiming to be able to manufacture "advanced" UAVs that can carry out precision attacks, as well as surveillance and detection missions....


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