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FAASTeam Webinar Tomorrow Focuses On First Responders’ Role

The FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) is sponsoring a 3.5-hour webinar tomorrow (Jan. 25) on emergency first responders and aviation accidents. The recent...

Airbus Cancels $6 Billion A350 Qatar Contract Over Peeling Paint Lawsuit

Airbus has cancelled Qatar Airways’ $6 billion contract for 50 A350 aircraft because of the airline’s $600 million lawsuit against the manufacturer...

Government Investigates Chinese Investment In ICON

ICON Aircraft is under investigation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (Cfius) after a complaint by a group of...

5G Threat Fizzles, No Big Disruptions Expected

The CEOs of American Airlines and United Airlines say cooperation and collaboration in the past week between airlines, telecommunications companies and government...

Short Final: Static

Heard while transitioning NorCal Approach airspace near Sacramento: Cessna 12345:...

General Aviation Accident Bulletin

AVweb's General Aviation Accident Bulletin is taken from the pages of our sister...

Top Letters And Comments, January 21, 2022

This week's letters brought comments from readers about carbon monoxide detectors, flying an electric Xenos and the GA accident rate.

Elite Airways Selects Avsoft for CRJ Online Pilot Training

Elite Airways (MNU), based in Portland, Maine, has awarded Avsoft International a long-term contract for CRJ-200, CRJ-700, and CRJ-900 online pilot training. 

Gallagher Aviation Acquires Alpine Beech MLG STC Lighting Kit

Gallagher Aviation is excited to announce that it has acquired the STC for the Beechcraft Alpine Main Landing Gear Landing Light Kit.
Two Cardinal RGs in formation. Shot with a Motorola Z4 smart phone over Fort Ashby, WV, on Saturday, January 8th. Copyrighted photo by Dennis B. Boykin IV.

CO Detectors? Let’s Go With Self Help First

Carbon monoxide detectors might be considered must-have for the cockpit. But requiring them by FAA diktat? Hold on, pard.

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Best Of The Web: A Great Save Documented

The sands of time have all but buried one of the great aircraft saves of all time: Reeve Aleutian Flight 8. This...