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As part of a new advertising campaign, CubCrafters officials said the company will credit the cost of a tailwheel endorsement toward the purchase of a new Sport Cub S2 or Top Cub. Dubbed “Only in a Taildragger,” the campaign runs until the end of January 2008. Training may be performed in either the customer’s new […]

If you want to teach children about aviation history, you have to make it interesting. That’s the goal of a new teachers’ kit developed by The Red Tail Project, a not-for-profit group dedicated to preserving the history of the Tuskegee Airmen and to inspiring children today through their story. The Tuskegee Airmen were African-Americans who […]

“If the younger generation doesn’t learn to fly, what’s going to happen?” — Anna Pennington, 85, a long-time North Carolina pilot “Thank goodness for DUATS.” — AOPA President Phil Boyer, in talking about the many failures of Lockheed Martin’s FSS “A lot of people in GA don’t get involved in politics, but when something like […]

The FAA has tapped nine additional colleges and universities to train students to be air traffic controllers. There are now 23 schools chosen by the FAA to participate in the Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI) program. The CTI program is part of a broader effort by the agency to recruit, train and hire controllers […]

Excel-Jet Ltd. has filed suit against the FAA over the crash of the company’s Sport-Jet prototype last June at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport. In its filing, the Colorado Springs-based company claims air traffic controllers caused the June 22, 2006, crash when the plane was cleared for takeoff behind a de Havilland Dash-8-200 in violation […]

It had to happen: The advertising industry finally realized that people flying in planes —whether airliners or their own Cessnas — are captive audiences. That’s why one advertising agency, London-based Ad-Air, has developed outdoor advertising designed to be viewed from aircraft in flight. The ads, which are about the size of five NFL football fields, […]

Each year the Wolf Aviation Fund provides funding for projects that “promote and support general aviation,” including aviation education, public service work, airport outreach and research. Deadline for this year’s proposals is Nov. 15. Projects must fit into the foundation’s seven major program areas, which are: developing public policy and airports; networking and mutual support; […]

Robert “Bobby” Sturgell has been nominated by the Bush administration to replace Marion Blakey as FAA administrator. He has been serving as acting administrator since Blakey’s departure and was deputy administrator prior to that appointment. None of the general aviation alphabet groups has shown any marked enthusiasm for Sturgell, who is a supporter of user […]

Picking a name for an airplane, especially the first of its kind, is never easy. Recently Cirrus Design Corp. bypassed the hassle by naming its entry into the Very Light Jet market simply “the jet.” Other aircraft manufacturers leaned toward celestial phenomena (Eclipse) or weapons (Javelin). When Cessna introduced its first business jet in the […]