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Eclipse Aviation pulled off the most dramatic surprise at this year’s EAA AirVenture, introducing its v-tail, single-engine Concept Jet which, until that moment, had been a carefully-guarded secret. As the company’s Chief Operating Officer, Peg Bilson, introduced the Concept, a curtain dropped revealing a cloud of mist, flashing lights and a mockup. The press corps […]

Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), and Trent Lott (R-Miss.), both long-time supporters of general aviation, now say they are determined that GA will pay more in fees to support modernization of the air traffic control system. During recent Senate Finance Committee hearings on the FAA reauthorization bill, Rockefeller threatened to restrict GA access to congested […]

“You don’t take chances when you are flying in the ADIZ,” says Kent Larson, owner of Aerial Photographers LLC, based in Vienna, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. Larson flies a 1972 Cessna Cardinal with two transponders on it – one more than the FAA requires, “Just in case one gives out,” he explained. The aircraft […]

Two years after an airplane struck a passing sport utility vehicle while landing at a private airstrip near Georgetown, Delaware, state officials have begun to scrutinize the state’s non-public airfields. The accident killed a man and his daughter, who were driving past the runway’s end at the time. The threshold is only about 18 feet […]

“Getting into light sport after losing your medical is like rediscovering sex.” — Mike Fletcher, Light Sport Airplanes West “It is clear to us there is a great need for this aircraft as we strive to drive down the cost of flying and learning to fly.” — Jack Pelton, Cessna’s chairman, president and CEO on […]

How would you like to be the proud owner of a beautifully restored, airworthy antique aircraft — and only pay $50 for it? It could happen, if you hold the winning ticket in the 1940 Air Terminal Museum raffle. The museum, located at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, is raffling off a 1947 Cessna […]

When record-making Steve Fossett sets yet another one, some people shrug. He has set many a record in powered and un-powered aircraft, balloons, sailboats – if it moves, Fossett may have set a record in it. Early last month, he and New Zealand soaring expert Terry Delore set a speed record for sailplanes, gliding over […]

There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Kilmer S. Bortz. He was one of those highly-decorated heroes of World War II who came home to a comparatively prosaic, but apparently satisfying, life. He died June 27 at his home near Lutherville, Maryland. He was 87. Bortz flew with the Navy’s Bomb Squadron 13, itself […]

It’s official. After a year of test flying a prototype and gathering data, Cessna Aircraft Co. officials have decided to go ahead with the company’s Light Sport Aircraft program. “After conducting extensive market research, it is clear to us there is a great need for this aircraft as we strive to drive down the cost […]