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The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a two-day forum on safety issues related to the oversight of public aircraft operations on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, in Washington, D.C. The event, entitled “Public Aircraft Oversight Forum: Ensuring Safety for Critical Missions,” will be chaired by NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman. All five board members […]

As a follow-up to last year’s fundraising calendar, Pilots Without Pants, which featured 14 vintage pilots (and their planes) in the nude, the Antique Airplane Club of Greater New York has come out with this year’s calendar, one that most pilots will want to hang on a wall. This year’s calendar, Plane Janes, features 13 […]

Safe Flight Instrument Corp., the longest privately-held avionics manufacturer under continuous management, will celebrate its 65th anniversary at next week’s National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) convention. Established in October 1946 to develop the invention of Leonard Greene’s Stall Warning System, the company has gone on to pioneer some of aviation’s most important safety and performance […]

Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.) has announced he will not seek re-election in 2012, according to a report at AOPA.org. A member of the House General Aviation Caucus, Costello, a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and ranking member of the aviation subcommittee, said he would complete his current term which ends in January 2013.

In an guest editorial at Philly.com, R. Thomas Buffenbarger, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, says that President Obama may think he’s “clipping the wings of high-flying CEOs” with his continued attacks on corporate jets, “but the people who would really pay the price…are workers in the general aviation industry — […]

The National Business Aviation Association’s 64th Annual Meeting & Convention (NBAA2011) kicks off Monday in Las Vegas. Convention planners report that this year’s event, taking place Monday, Oct. 10, through Wednesday, Oct. 12, is anticipated to meet or exceed expectations from previous years. “We are very excited to be returning to Las Vegas, and we […]

NextGen, the government’s program to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system, has run into serious problems that threaten to increase its cost and delay its completion, a government watchdog said during a Congressional hearing Wednesday. According to an Associated Press report, NextGen is being held back by software problems that have delayed full deployment […]

In a new study titled “The Market for General Aviation/Utility Aircraft 2011-2020,” Forecast International projects that general aviation and utility aircraft manufacturers will produce more than 24,000 aircraft worth approximately $28 billion in the coming 10 years. The Connecticut-based market research firm, which excluded the production of business jets and light sport aircraft from this […]

Start-up wireless carrier LightSquared threatened litigation if the Federal Communications Commission does not clear it to operate a network of up to 40,000 cell towers the GPS industry claims will interfere with GPS receivers. According to a story at Government Executive, Jeff Carlisle, LightSquared’s vice president of regulatory affairs and public policy, told reporters at […]