On The Fly…

Diamond TwinStar IFR-certified in Europe…Photo IDs for pilots included in intelligence reform bill…GlobalFlyer launch date pushed back from January to February…NASA retired venerable B-52B mothership after nearly 50 years…Air Care Alliance annual conference set for April in North Carolina…AOPA ads promoting GA to run on Wx Channel during holiday season.

Diamond's turbo-diesel TwinStar has received IFR certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency, the company announced yesterday. Deliveries in Europe begin next month...

The launch date for Steve Fossett's GlobalFlyer round-the-world nonstop solo flight has been pushed back from early January to early February...

NASA retired its venerable B-52B mothership after nearly 50 years. The airplane launched both the X-15 rocket and the X-43A scramjet. It will be put on display at the Edwards Air Force Flight Test Center Museum...

The Air Care Alliance has scheduled its AIR CARE annual national conference for the last weekend in April 2005, in North Carolina...

AOPA will run ads promoting GA on the Weather Channel during the holiday season.