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The second class of Sport Pilot Examiners recently completed training in Sebring, Fla. Another class is already underway, with nine more classes scheduled throughout the year. Requirements to become a Sport Pilot Examiner include successful completion of the training course, which involves completing sport pilot and sport pilot flight instructor evaluations during the course, as […]

Preliminary accident statistics for 2004 show a drop in several categories, including GA, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Total number of accidents fell from 1,864 in 2003 to 1,715 in 2004. Fatalities dropped from 695 to 635. A majority of the fatalities occurred in general aviation and air taxi operations. GA accidents decreased […]

The first-ever Hot Glass Fly-In is set for May 20-22 at Las Cruces International Airport (KLRU) in New Mexico. The fly-in, expected to attract several hundred high performance composite aircraft, will showcase aircraft from manufacturers such as Lancair, Glasair, Tango, Burt Rutan’s Long-EZE, White Lightning and the new Nemesis NXT.

Maj. Gen. Arthur G. Salisbury, who led one of the legendary air battles of World War II, died March 20 at his home near Colorado Springs. He was 88. Salisbury led the 57th Fighter Group in the “Palm Sunday Massacre” on April 18, 1943, in which 76 Nazi transport planes and 13 fighters were shot […]

This year’s Copperstate Regional EAA Fly-in will be held Oct. 6 through 9, 2005, at a new site, Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ), located midway between Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz. Previously held at Phoenix Regional Airport, Copperstate is the largest EAA fly-in in the Southwest, attracting as many as 10,000 people. CGZ is also home […]

The Southwest Regional EAA Fly-In, known as the Texas Fly-In, is more than just an air show. Organizers are billing it as a “Texas-sized celebration of an American privilege: The freedom to build your very own airplane.” A wide variety of airplanes will be on display — and flying — during the event, slated for […]

By 2023, business jet operations at Easton Airport (ESN) in Maryland will nearly double what they are today, according to a forecast released recently by Delta Airport Consultants. Annual business operations are projected to go from today’s 8,600 to 16,800 over the next 20 years. The number of business jets based at Easton will nearly […]

Diamond Aircraft’s DA40-180 Diamond Star equipped with the Garmin G1000 glass cockpit has received Transport Canada approval. Deliveries to Canadian customers will begin immediately. FAA certification was awarded in June 2004.

Spring will bring a new terminal building to Connellsville Airport (VVS) in Pennsylvania. The project is the latest in a string of improvements the Fayette County Airport Authority has been slowly making to the pre-World War II airport over the past two years. The airport, located approximately 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, was opened in […]