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The National Hurricane Center’s forecasters are predicting another above-normal hurricane season for 2005, unhappy news after last year’s destructive season. “NOAA’s prediction for the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season is for 12 to 15 tropical storms, with seven to nine becoming hurricanes, of which three to five could become major hurricanes,” said retired Navy Vice Admiral […]

Cirrus Design Corp. had a great year last year, beating all sales records for the company. That growth has continued this year, with the company reporting a 27% increase in first quarter deliveries over the same period in 2004. New purchase orders were well above first quarter projections, according to John Bingham, executive vp of […]

Sales are booming at Glasair Aviation. The Arlington, Wash.-based company reports that sales in the first quarter of 2005 exceeded total deliveries in all of 2004. The company’s new Customer Assembly Center has been booked through September, officials added.

A new airport in central Texas is one step closer to reality. A bill that would free up funding for the airport is working its way through the Texas Legislature. The bill passed through the House of Representatives, as well as the Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee, without changes. It has been placed on […]

A new museum has opened at Georgetown Airport (GED) in Sussex County, Delaware. The Delaware Aviation Museum features a number of interesting aircraft, including the B-25 “Panchito,” a Cessna UC-78, often called a “bamboo bomber” for its wooden spars and fabric covering, a Yak-9, MiG 15 and MiG 17. The museum also houses the Jeffrey […]

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University celebrated Charles Taylor’s 137th birthday on May 24 by naming one of its oldest units the Charles Taylor Department of Aviation Maintenance Science. Taylor, the Wright brothers’ mechanic and engine builder, is the man who put the “power in powered flight,” according to the department’s chairman, Fred Mirgle. Taylor’s great-grandson, Charles Taylor […]

Washington National Airport (DCA) will reopen to GA, but only for “certain precleared” operations, according to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials. The Washington, D.C. airport was closed to GA after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Congress mandated that DHS develop a security plan to permit GA operations at DCA as part of the […]

Membership for the proposed Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) museum now exceeds 1,000, but organizers want more charter members. The National WASP World War II Museum is slated to be built at Avenger Field (SWW) at Sweetwater, Texas, where the bulk of WASP training took place, according to Nancy Parrish, executive director. At first the […]

The FAA has awarded Symphony Aircraft Industries (SAI) a Type Certificate for the Symphony 160. The two-place, high-wing aircraft is produced in Canada and sold in the United States through dealerships. “The U.S. market is one of great importance for Symphony Aircraft Industries,” said Paul Costanzo, SAI president and CEO. “With the FAA Type Certificate […]