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In her first official visit outside Washington since she took office, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey traveled to Wichita last month, where she toured Rayt

Aviation Partners now expects to receive certification of its winglets for the Hawker 800 next May, nearly a year later than originally planned.

A laser-guided, computer-controlled robot that promises to significantly decrease the time it takes to find corrosion and other airframe structural anomali

A more powerful, better-performing Cessna Caravan 208, including improved fuel burn, is the object of a program by Anchorage, Alaska-based Caravan dealer,

Top Raytheon Aircraft officials declined to comment directly on a recent Wall Street Journal article claiming the company has “suffered more setba

Published news reports and “numerous rumors” of the Ford flight department’s drastic downsizing are not only premature but false.

Just one year ago there were none.

The NTSB has had longstanding concerns about the lack of cockpit voice recorder (CVR) information following reportable accidents or incidents.

Owners of some 360 U.S.-registered Mitsubishi MU-2s would be required to install newly designed torque-tube joints to prevent possible failure of the flap

Early next year Boeing will offer a kit for BBJs and BBJ2s that will provide a 6,500-ft cabin at FL 410 instead of the standard 8,000-ft cabin.

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association has opened its membership to include non-U.S.

Since production ended nearly 20 years ago of the small, sleek Falcon 10, Dassault has concentrated on building larger business jets.

CAE last month inaugurated its aviation training center near Denver International Airport.

Aircraft Security & Alert Systems of Dallas has been selected to provide an advanced locking mechanism as standard equipment for Bombardier’s new Chall

Amsafe, the Phoenix-based company producing an inflatable seat restraint certified for the CRJ700 and CRJ900 regional jets last year, expects to certify a

A Cessna 182 recently flew from Daytona Beach, Fla., to Carlsbad, Calif, running on jet-A.

Sovereign Air recently opened at Henson Field in Hagerstown, Md., occupying the facilities of the former Aero-Smith FBO.

One of the pilots keyed the microphone and shouted, “Brakes, brakes!” shortly before the Careflight Learjet 25 he was in went off the end of the runway and

It will probably be another six months before the FAA issues its final rule to regulate fractional aircraft ownership operations under new Part 91 Subpart

A scheduled meeting on October 24 between Eclipse Aviation and the JAA will mark the first step of the European certification process for the Eclipse 500 s

The FAA has granted dozens of Part 135 (and a few Part 121) petitioners permission to operate without being equipped with required mode-S transponders.

Not long ago, Raytheon Co.

Group RVSM approval for Falcon 10/100s equipped with the original Collins autopilot is expected to be completed early next year.

Will Cessna’s newly announced Mustang light jet spur Piper to action? Though the company has contemplated introducing a jet for years, the official answer

AirCell’s AGT.02 airborne cellular telecommunications system has been certified for use on the Beech Premier I.

FBO Ireland started business jet handling at Dublin Airport last month, operating out of the main terminal.

Bombardier is trying to sell Belfast City Airport in Northern Ireland.

It’s nearly as certain as death and taxes.

Dr.

D&D Design of West Milford, N.J., is marketing an FAA-approved kit for alerting Gulfstream IV operators of an insufficient air supply required to infla