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Revolutionary Sport Plane Debuts at Air Venture
The Oshkosh AirVenture 2008 has already been running for a few weeks now, yet it seems it’s not yet too late for a few new things. Icon Aircraft recently unveiled their new ICON A5 sport ...
FAA Faces Multiple Challenges in Drone Regulation
As drone technology advances, the call for regulation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) by various parties is becoming more urgent. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been given a ...
China Develops New Fighter Airplane Prototype
China has successfully tested the latest version of the FC-4, known as the Xiaolong "Fierce Dragon", a single-seat, single-engine fighter plane. The Xiaolong is an air-to-air and air-to-ground ...
Museum Owner Inducted Into Florida Aviation Hall of Fame
Not many people know much about the man behind the museum, but the Fantasy of Flight aviation museum in Polk City has a reputation for excellence. Little wonder then, that the Florida Aviation ...
Airshow China 2008
China is a big competitor in many different sectors of industry, but few westerners consider it when discussing aircrafts. Contrary to popular belief, however, China has quite a good aerospace ...
Shape Changing Airplane Under Development for US Military
The United States military has contracted Northrop Grumman to deliver a specialized unpiloted aircraft by 2020. The first blueprint is due in late 2007, and the aircraft manufacturer is to ...
New Garmin® Synthetic Vision System Receives Certification
Garmin International Inc. has proudly announced that it has received FAA supplemental type certification for the new Garmin Synthetic Vision Technology (SVTâ„¢). The new technology is designed ...
Airplane Contrails May Increase Global Warming
A new study published in the journal Nature suggests that contrails produced by airplanes may be increasing global warming. Contrails are the cloud-like white streaks planes often trail behind ...
LIMA 2009
The 10th annual LIMA Exhibition, or Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition, will take place from the 1st to the 5th of December 2009. Hosted by the Mahsuri International ...
2008 Air Magdeburg – An Exciting Air Show and Expo
Every so often the German city of Magdeburg sees fit to host a massive air show known as the Air Magdeburg. The event sees aircraft from all over Europe and the world make their way to one ...
Monitoring Of Aircraft Wiring To Be Improved
Ensuring safety in flight has always been a full-time job and a lot of avionics systems have been dedicated to the monitoring of navigation, communication and other essential flight systems. ...
FAA Mandates Black Box Upgrade
Usually orange in color to make it easier to find in the event of a crash, the Black Box, containing a cockpit voice recorder and digital flight data recorder, has proven invaluable in ...
