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Ask a harried air traveler about the basics of modern flight, and you’ll probably elicit surprise when they discover commercial airplanes fly only as fast as they did in the 1950s. Given the range of aerospace advances in the past half-century, plus the technological leaps in almost every other area … Continue reading →

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A World Trade Organization panel ruled a state tax break Washington offered to Boeing is a “prohibited” subsidy. (AP) A World Trade Organization panel ruled a state tax break Washington offered to Boeing is a “prohibited” subsidy. The state extended … Continue reading →

Dynon and Garmin cracked the code earlier this year on bringing non-TSO’d digital attitude indicators into production airplanes. Paul Odum, a San Francisco IT executive and aircraft owner, has established The STC Group, LLC, to develop and own supplemental type … Continue reading →

The airline that boasts of having invented no frills “bare fares” has started flying daily to Orlando, Florida, out of the Niagara Falls International Airport. Spirit Airlines recently began offering a daily flight from the airport, with fares that average … Continue reading →

If a drone is on your holiday shopping list, be sure to check your insurance coverage before you crack open that instruction manual and take flight. Damage from a drone is a bit more complicated than handing your kid a … Continue reading →

From the 1989 April issue of Road Track When I was taking flying lessons a few years ago, a friend of mine asked me what kind of airplane the instructor and I were using. “A Cessna 150.” I answered. He … Continue reading →