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USAF’s U-2 spyplane will make a return visit to EAA AirVenture this year as part of the Air Force’s 60th Anniversary celebrations. The aircraft will be on display in Aeroshell Square…

The Dassault Falcon 7X received EASA and FAA certification in a ceremony in France on Friday. The aircraft is expected to begin service in June…

Frederico Fleury Curado has been elected CEO of Embraer by the company’s board of directors. Mauricio Botelho will stay on as chairman of Embraer’s board of directors.

The National Business Aviation Association is moving its annual convention back to Orlando after it became apparent that New Orleans Lakefront Airport will not be able to handle the large static display that goes along with the show. The 2005 convention was to have been in New Orleans but was moved because of Hurricane Katrina, the aftermath of which is still hampering Lakefront Airport…

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association says a funnel cloud passed directly over the Tulsa Airport last Tuesday but, because they don’t have weather radios, controllers didn’t even know it was there. One of their wives phoned to see if they were OK and that was the first they heard of it.

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