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The shortage of aviation maintenance workers has caught Congress’s attention

The Washington Post is reporting that a forensic researcher has analyzed photographic evidence of bones found on a South Pacific Island in 1940 and has concluded that they are the bones of Amelia Earhart, who was lost in 1937 along with navigator Fred Noonan in the South Pacific after failing to find their intended destination. […]

The 29th annual WAI Conference is just a few weeks away

The new GDL 50 includes Garmin’s TargetTrend and TerminalTraffic technologies

Visibility testing begins on unmanned MicroCub

Here’s who to thank and why it likely went down as it did. Last night House Transportation Chair Bill Shuster (R, PA) withdrew the amendment to FAA reauthorization pushing for turning the FAA’s air traffic control functions over to a private corporation. The bill—the Senate has already passed its version—once passed will then move on […]

What the future holds for the Cessna speedster

The affordable autopilot is now available for Piper models as well

By ending production of the highly regarded but light selling TTx, Textron Aviation might be showing its long term plans for other models. When Textron Aviation announced that it had ended production of the TTx single-engine piston speedster, the news was greeted with little shock, and most of the commentary centered on the angle that […]

It seems as though things are looking up for the aircraft manufacturing industry