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(SUMMARY) Senator Bill Nelson (D) Sends Letter To President Obama Supporting GA Position Florida's senior Senator, Democrat Bill Nelson, recently sent a letter to the White House opposing President Barack Obama's proposal for a $100 per-flight user fee on...

(SUMMARY) Steve Appleton Had A Love For Fast Airplanes, Aerobatics ANN Real-Time Update, 02.03.12, 1711, ET: NTSB personnel are now reporting that Appleton's fatal flight last but a few minutes. According to an investigator on site, preliminary details suggest...

(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) Ever wonder what it takes to become an Apache helicopter pilot? Former British Army Air Corps pilot Ed Macy gives this description in his 2009 book Apache: Inside the Cockpit of the World s Most Deadly Fighting Machine . As the most technically...

(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...

(SMART SUMMARY) The company currently employs about 50 engineers who are working to transform the Kestrel prototype single-engine six to eight seat turboprop into an FAA-certified production aircraft.

(SMART SUMMARY) A practical flying car with every-man usability has so far eluded the public, but we may have already been introduced to a design that shows promise, aside from the Terrafugia Transition roadable aircraft.