Combining country fair fun with a salute to veterans, Flabob Airport at Riverside, Calif., celebrated Veterans Day with thousands of military veterans and area residents. Please share: Continue Reading →

Diamond Aircraft has tapped Airline Transport Professionals (ATP) to provide initial type ratings and recurrent training in the D-JET. Continue Reading →

An innovative engine being watched with eager anticipation by pilots and airframe manufacturers has been scrapped by Rotax, a division of Bombardier Recreational Products. Continue Reading →

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) recently approved three new members: Eclipse Aviation, based in Albuquerque, N.M., which received the type certificate for its Eclipse 500 Very Light Jet in September and immediately went from being an aircraft developer to... Continue Reading →

Bankrupt Taylorcraft Aviation LLC lost protection from its creditors Nov. 3 when U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Richard S. Schmidt dismissed its case because the company did not have legal counsel, which is required when filing Chapter 11. Continue Reading →

One of the companies experiencing boom times is Columbia Aircraft, which surpassed its 2005 deliveries in the third quarter of this year. The Bend, Ore.-based company, which manufactures the Columbia 350 and 400, delivered 130 airplanes in the first nine... Continue Reading →

Garmin’s GNS 400/500 series has earned TSO C146a Gamma-3 certification, which enables pilots to fly Lateral-Precision with Vertical (LPV) guidance approaches and receive GPS navigation via the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). Continue Reading →

The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin concerning fatigue cracks showing up in some ECi cylinders on Continental engines. Continue Reading →

“The issue centers around our willingness to impose on general aviation the same kind of security we have at commercial airports. The general aviation community seems to resist that. They seem to feel that because they have so many members... Continue Reading →

Maverick Jets of Jackson, Wyoming, revealed early this month that it is working on a “next-generation Maverick” to be called the SmartJet, a certified version of the company’s current, custom (51% owner-built) Leader. Continue Reading →