XCOR Chases New Records

XCOR Aerospace, flexing new financial muscle, intends to write its name -- or at least that of its test pilot Dick Rutan -- in the record books.

The Gang At Aero-News!

Aero-News would now like to take our curtain call, and recognize the people who came together this year to bring you our coverage of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Expo 2005 in Tampa, and the National Business Aviation Association's Meeting in Orlando.

Was It A Bad Preflight, Or A Bad Design?

A jury heard closing arguments Friday in a lawsuit filed against Cessna by families of two of the 10 victims of a Caravan accident near Dillingham Airport (PADL) during a 2001 ice storm.

Garmin tells ANN that the GWX 68, a powerful four color digital weather radar that interfaces with Garmin's G1000 avionics suite and the Garmin MX-20 MFD, is now available.

Quantity Discount? 20 Jets For Jetalliance

As NBAA 2005 was hitting its stride, Cessna Aircraft announced a $200 million 20-aircraft deal with Jetalliance.

US Helicopter, a division of Bell Aerospace Services Inc., announced the delivery of the first TH-1H training helicopter to the U.S. Air Force.

Impossible Is The Wrong Word. So Is Copter.

by Aero-News Senior Correspondent Kevin R.C. "Hognose" O'Brien at NBAA There's no Bell/Agusta BA609 on the static line at NBAA. The only one of these pathbreaking aircraft in the world is active on flight test and can't be spared for shows.

The United States and Canada have reached a full Open-Skies aviation agreement that removes all economic restrictions on air services to, from and beyond the other’s territory by the airlines of both countries.

SierraCom, a division of Sierra Industries, Ltd, continues to grow with now over 50 subscribers. Included in SierraCom's growing Citation owner/operators list is a recent Citation 650 model.

"From the time that plane was in trouble, the pilot knew it. He knew it but he didn't know what to do because Cessna hadn't warned him. And make no mistake, you saw the size of that plane. The passengers knew it was in trouble too." Source: Attorney Christina Weidner-Tafs, who is representing the families of two of the ten victims of an October 2001 accident in Dillingham, AK in a lawsuit against Cessna. The plantiffs allege the Caravan involved in the accident had a structural defect that caused it to go down, as well as that the manufacturer failed to alert pilots to special procedures with the Caravan in icing conditions. Cessna maintains the pilot's failure to detect ice on the upper surface of the Caravan's wing was a primary factor in the acciden

For Sale: Cessna 172 Skyhawk (file photo)

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