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Flytenow’s model got shot down by the FAA. Not so fast, says the Internet startup. For decades, private pilots who took along paying friends on trips have been targets for the FAA, which strictly limits a pilot’s right to collect fees from passengers. So when Flytenow started its ride-sharing business a couple of years ago, […]

Probability and hype in the new airplane game. By now you might have heard about the new Boom supersonic jet, a “demonstrator” version that’s set to fly sometime in 2017. That’s what the company making the jet, Boom Technology, out of Denver, Colorado, says anyway. Um!okay. Now here’s what will really happen. Let me start […]

The University of North Dakota’s John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences is upgrading its training fleet, and that’s just the beginning.

What’s inside the upcoming issue

A non-partisan look at how the new president’s policies will affect pilots and manufacturers. It’s been said again and again, and here I am saying it, too. Donald Trump’s ascension to power is unlike any other individual’s in our nation’s history. There has, thank goodness, never, ever been a presidential election like this in the […]

Why the latest update of the popular app is different, and what that means to you

Here’s the equation for the 2020 mandate.

On separate sides of the continent, a pair of oceanside municipalities are getting evil in their attempts to shut down historic airfields. You have to give a little credit to former Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, who in March of 2003 ordered city crews to destroy Meigs Field, the iconic Chicago general aviation destination that […]

How the re-engining company improves the big Beechcraft turboprop twin.

How 3D engine printing will reduce parts by the hundreds, for a start.