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This year’s Sun ‘n Fun, slated for next month in Lakeland, Fla., will be the location of one of the first Light Sport Aircraft deliveries under the new Sport Pilot rules. That’s when Atlanta-based Hansen AirGroup LLC delivers the first factory certified LSA to Major General Hugh Cox. The retired Air Force officer will take […]

The Kansas State Senate Transportation Committee has tabled a request from the Kansas Department of Transportation to fold the state’s separate Department of Aviation back into the KDOT under the classification of “other.” Aviation advocacy groups came out so strongly against the proposal that the state’s Secretary of Transportation, Debbie Miller, said she intends to […]

The form that Sport Pilot examiners and instructors use when issuing Sport Pilot certificates is now available for download at FAA.gov. Available as a PDF, the form is called “Airman Certification and/or Rating Application-Sport Pilot.” As of the end of February, 104 Sport Pilot knowledge tests had been taken with a pass rate of 92%. […]

With the exception of “airport expansion,” the phrase that draws the non-flying public to city council meetings is “Wal-Mart wants to locate here.” That’s what brought at least 20 citizens in Iowa City, Iowa, to a March 1 City Council meeting to express objections to the location of a Wal-Mart Supercenter store on land purchased […]

Millionaire Steve Fossett made his way into the record books — once again — when he successfully became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world. Fosset flew more than 67 hours nonstop in the Global Flyer, a Burt Rutan-designed aircraft, landing at 1:49 p.m. (CST) March 3 at Salina Municipal Airport (SLN) […]

Jabiru USA Sport Aircraft, LLC., the nation’s largest supplier of Australian-produced Jabiru aircraft and engines, has opened a new sales and builder center in Shelbyville, Tenn. The 10,000-square-foot facility, at the north end of Bomar Field (SYI), includes classroom areas, parts storage, kit building areas and offices. “This new building provides a fantastic place for […]

Adam Aircraft, which is developing the A500 twin-piston and A700 Adamjet, has added a heavy hitter to its roster: Gen. Wesley K. Clark. A Democratic candidate for president last year, Clark spent 34 years in the Army, rising to the rank of four-star general as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Collings Foundation will debut a new color scheme for its B-24 Liberator. The B-24, which joins the foundation’s B-17 Flying Fortress on the Wings of Freedom Tour this spring and summer, is being repainted to represent one of the most famous B-24’s […]

Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corp. recently finalized all required static testing for FAA certification of its new twinjet airframe, including pressurization, ultimate wing loads, up and down bending and landing gear drop testing. The company is on track for certification of its SJ30-2 jet by the second half of this year, says Dr. Carl L. Chen, […]