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After years of delays, the Seawind has been granted approval by Transport Canada to manufacture the first five customer aircraft, as well as two flight test articles. Flight testing for VFR certification of the amphibian is nearing completion, according to Richard Silva, president. Following VFR certification, the Seawind is scheduled to continue with IFR certification […]

The Southwest Regional Fly In (SWRFI) recently won a long-term lease on the old U.S. Air Force hangar at Hondo Airport (HDO) in Texas. SWRFI now has use of the huge hangar, which measures 120 feet by 110 feet, for exhibitors as well as classrooms and forums, for years to come, according to organizers. The […]

Eclipse Aviation has had “far more challenges than we anticipated,” wrote the company’s CEO Vern Raburn in a letter to customers at the end of February. Raburn called the company’s cumulative problems, which have plagued everything from tip tanks to avionics to production certification, “a perfect storm.” The letter came on the heels of successive […]

One of the challenges of owning a vintage aircraft is getting the information needed to do required maintenance. This is especially true of so-called “orphaned” aircraft — those no longer in production or supported by a factory. For years, aviation advocacy groups, such as the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and the Vintage Aircraft Association (VAA), […]

There is a special fascination to old machinery, and particularly that which has been restored to its original working condition. Unlike static displays, working machines let us hear, smell, touch and feel the strength, the beauty, the inventiveness of mechanical things that did the work of the nation in bygone times. Aircraft restorers know the […]

Aviation is filled with legends about airplane crashes. One of the more enduring tales out of southern Oregon is the one about a Boeing 40C, loaded with diamonds, that crashed on a mountain. Allegedly, the wreckage was never found. The story has been told for generations around campfires, kitchen tables and in tree houses. But […]

Flight Design USA will kick off a Western tour this spring to showcase its CT LSA. Handling the tour is Flight Design West, which represents the CT in California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. More than 100 CTs have been registered in the U.S. as Special-LSAs, according to company officials.

How is your airport supported? Does it rely on contributions from the municipal general fund or is it completely self-sufficient? The staff at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (KSUS) in St. Louis, Mo., are proud to note that their facility is one of the few airports in the United States that is completely self-sufficient – […]

The Rocky Mountain EAA Regional Fly-In (RMRFI) has launched its new website (RMRFI.org). The new design incorporates all the elements of an EAA Regional Fly-In, including simplification of the registration process (for volunteers and vendors), communication of event information to pilots and the general public, lodging and activity information and recognition of partners and sponsors. […]