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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 […]

Aviation has a new alphabet group: the Aircraft Brokers Association International, Inc. (ABAi). Based in Missoula, Mont., ABAi was founded to establish minimum certification standards for aircraft brokers. To accomplish its goal, ABAi has developed a Code of Ethics that all members must embrace in order to maintain membership in the association. Additionally, a computer-based […]

Some of the pilots heading for the annual Hagerstown Fly-In in Maryland in antique airplanes, most without radios, found themselves in unexpected trouble Oct. 7. A dozen flew into airspace they didn’t know had been restricted for a visit by President Bush to a nearby memorial service for firefighters, according to the FAA. Four were […]

Bombardier Aerospace has launched its all-new Learjet aircraft, provisionally named Learjet NXT, which company officials are calling “the next generation in Learjet excellence.” A public unveiling of the new jet is expected in October 2008, in time to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the first flight of a Learjet, according to Pierre Beaudoin, president and […]

Shell Aviation recently contributed $5,500 to the EAA’s Young Eagles program and $2,000 to Able Flight Inc. Funds for the donations come from the proceeds of the “AeroShell Cow T-shirts” offered by AeroShell Lubricants, and from the auction of rides with the AeroShell Aerobatic team at this summer’s AirVenture. “AeroShell strongly believes in the positive […]

Brig. Gen. David Lee “Tex” Hill was exactly the sort of man we describe as a living legend. He died Oct. 11 at the age of 92, very much a legend in his own time and, doubtless, for a long time to come. He was affable, candid, endowed of a great sense of humor, a […]