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(SUMMARY) Accuses HBC Of 'Misinformation And Legal Wrangling' Delaying A-29 Super Tucano Program As the winner of the U.S. Air Force Light Air Support (LAS) competition, Sparks, NV-Based Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) on Thursday issued a point-by-point...

(SUMMARY) Presentations From The Forum Now Available Online On Thursday, Feb. 2, more than 70 general aviation industry leaders and regulatory executives concluded a successful 2 1/2-day avionics rotorcraft forum at the Aircraft Electronics Association...

(SUMMARY) Discusses UAS Strikes, Civilian Casualty Count The US has been very reluctant to even acknowledge that it has a program of drone strikes on foreign soil, let alone offer details. But in an hour-long "hang-out" on Google+ Monday, President Obama both...

(SUMMARY) Second European Carrier In A Week To Suspend Operations A second European airline has folded up its tent this week. Hungary-based Malev Airline grounded all its planes Friday, ending a reported 66 years of continuous service. Spain's Spanair entered...

(SUMMARY) LaHood Indicates Changes Could Come By Memorial Day Despite the defeat of his 11th hour amendment to the FAA reauthorization bill, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) said this week that he expects the FAA will soon offer new rules to require helicopter...

(SUMMARY) Flight Was Successful, But Main 'Ballute' Did Not Deploy As Intended A STIG-A rocket was launched over the weekend by Armadillo Aerospace from the New Mexico Spaceport Authority's Spaceport America. The research and development test flight was a...

(SUMMARY) "I know we're facing difficult economic times in our country, but we've got to get our financial house in order without hindering high-growth industries, such as general aviation." Source: Letter to President Obama from Florida Senator Bill Nelson...

(SUMMARY) Fun Places To Fly It's the weekend, and the winter weather has been milder than normal in many parts of the country. So ... all gassed up and no place to go? This website has an ever growing list of Fun Places to Fly.

(SUMMARY) A waypoint that precludes any turn until the waypoint is overflown, and is followed by either an intercept maneuver of the next flight segment or direct flight to the next waypoint.

(SUMMARY) Good News, Bad News... It's ALL News As the preeminent online aviation news resource out there, the editorial staff at Aero-News sees a large number of news releases. We look at all of them, and can usually tell whether something merits publishing...

(SUMMARY) Flight Design Offers Loyalty Upgrade Program Recognizing the loyalty that carries a customer from a starting model to a larger airplane, Flight Design has announced a strong incentive program to present-day buyers of its CTLS Light-Sport Aircraft....

(SUMMARY) New Directors Bring Extensive Aviation, EAA And Business Backgrounds Three directors have been added to the Experimental Aircraft Association board, which governs the 176,000-member aviation organization. The three new directors ... Jack Pelton,...

(SUMMARY) Also: Upgraded Bell 47s, LaHood Optimistic, 'Aero-Integrity', Darkside of the Moon, Flying People, 400th Mustang and SO Much More! Airborne 02.03.12 is chock full of info about the week ending Friday, February 3rd, 2012... Presented by Aero-TV...

(SUMMARY) Document Will Help NASA Define Technology Developments Going Forward NASA has received the National Research Council (NRC) report "NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities," which provides the agency with findings and recommendations on where...

(SUMMARY) Tenth Annual Team America Rocketry Challenge Is Set For May 12 Nearly 700 teams of middle and high school students across 48 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands are gearing up for the 2012 Team America Rocketry Challenge, the...