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(SUMMARY) AD NUMBER: 2011-18-12 PRODUCT: Eurocopter Model AS350B, B1, B2, B3, BA, and D; and AS355E, F, F1, F2, and N Helicopters.

(SUMMARY) Vietnam-Era Helo Went Down In Afghanistan Jan. 19 The Pentagon has identified six US Marines killed when their helicopter crashed last Thursday in Afghanistan. The Associated Press reports that all six were based at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in...

(SUMMARY) Governors See Economic Growth, Opponents Wary While the FAA and air traffic planners worry about the day unmanned aerial vehicles become a common sight in our skies, two eastern states are lobbying the US Department of Defense to bring it on....

(SUMMARY) Over 200 Operations Per Hour Recorded By Temporary Control Tower Organizers of the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo at Sebring say that they had record attendance for at least part of the four-day run of the show. No official attendance figures have been...

(SUMMARY) Exhibitors At Sebring Light Sport Expo Saw Some Hefty Price Hikes Vendors attend fly-in's because they offer an opportunity to reach large numbers of people that might become potential customers. However, one problem vendors have is the escalating...

(SUMMARY) Bystanders Had Right Skills At Right Place & Time All four occupants of a Bay Island Airways Seaplane Adventure gone wrong are doing fine. The modified AirCam reportedly lost at least one engine, ditched and flipped inverted in the waters off Roatan....

(SUMMARY) Second Area Airport Groundbreaking In As Many Weeks DOT and FAA representatives attended a groundbreaking for the second major airport project in the Fort Lauderdale area in as many weeks on Monday. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Acting FAA...

(SUMMARY) After Looking At The Positive Side Of Things, Let's Get Serious And See What's NOT So Good In The Aero-World A few days ago, we noted that we really didn't have to tell you that these are difficult times for aviation. After decades of stunted growth,...

(SUMMARY) Aligns State-of-the-Art UAS With Beyond-Line-of-Sight Communications And Network Security Two players in the unmanned aircraft arena announced a strategic alliance Monday. AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems and ViaSat will collaborate to align AAI's...

(SUMMARY) AD NUMBER: 2012-01-10 PRODUCT: General Electric Company (GE) CF34-10E series turbofan engines.

(SUMMARY) AD NUMBER: 2012-01-07 PRODUCT: BRP-POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG Rotax 914 F2, 914 F3, and 914 F4 reciprocating engines.

(SUMMARY) Over 3,000 Potential Spacefarers Have Applied For The Next Class Individuals interested in becoming America's future space explorers have until Friday to submit their applications. The deadline to apply for NASA's next astronaut class is Jan. 27. The...

(SUMMARY) Pilot Says He Was Attempting To Hand-Prop The Airplane A rented Cessna 172RG was damaged when it rolled unpiloted into the side of the terminal building at Davenport Municipal Airport in Iowa. The building took a pretty good hit as well. The plane...

(SUMMARY) JAA Board Approves Lease With West Virginia Aviation Company The Jacksonville (FL) Aviation Authority Board of Directors Monday approved a lease with KCI Aviation for the construction of a new 30,000-square-foot hangar facility at Cecil Airport. "We...

(SUMMARY) Collaborative Effort With Tecnam, Selex Galileo, FLIR Systems, And Airborne Technologies A maritime surveillance light aircraft is in development through a collaboration between Multinational IT company Indra, Italian aircraft manufacturer Tecnam,...