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The FAA Sets a Controller Hiring High, and Full Staffing Is the Next Mark
The Federal Aviation Administration has hired more air traffic controllers than in any earlier year on record. As of August, the controller …
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Private Jet Owners
Every Flight Hour Already Has a Maintenance Price
Flying's finance desk has looked at how owners should plan for repair costs on their airplanes. The basic point is one most owners know: wea…
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Maintenance Reserves Are a Line Item, Not a Surprise
A FLYING column takes owners through the arithmetic of setting money aside for the maintenance an airplane will eventually need. That premis…
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Record Year for New Controllers, and the Roster Is Still Filling
The FAA has hired more air traffic controllers than in any earlier hiring period on record. As of August, the agency was still a few hundred…
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Private Jet Owners
A Six-Year-Old Diamond Single Comes Up for Sale, and a Training Airframe Makes Its Case to Private Owners
A 2020 Diamond DA40 NG is on the market, and AircraftForSale has singled out the listing for buyers. Flight schools have relied on the DA40 …
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Private Jet Owners
A NASA F-5 Comes Down at Oshkosh
AVweb's picture for October 2 shows a NASA F-5 coming down toward the runway at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The airplane is a small, sharp-nosed fig…
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Private Jet Owners
FAA Has Its Best Year Yet for Controller Hiring, Still Short of Its Own Staffing Goal
The FAA has hired more air traffic controllers than in any year before, a milestone worth noting for anyone who regularly files IFR. As of A…
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Private Jet Owners
The Next Few Minutes Are the Ones That Count in the Clouds
For an owner flying their own airplane in instrument conditions, the advice comes down to time: keep your attention on what the airplane wil…
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The Pilot Billing by the Day: A Gulfstream Flier on What the Temporary Seat Earns
The fourth episode of Flying's "Aviation Start" series looks at pilots who are paid by the day instead of being kept on a payroll. Jay Kadir…
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Private Jet Owners
2,235 Hires Into the Pipeline That Will One Day Read Back Your Clearances
The FAA took on 2,235 controller trainees in its 2026 fiscal year, the most it has ever brought on in a single year. The agency is using the…
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Private Jet Owners
Duffy's Certification Push Reaches the Hangar
Transportation Secretary Duffy wants new aircraft to get through government approval faster. The secretary gave two reasons: approval takes …
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Citation Owners Who Fly Solo Ask the FAA for Three Months and a Seat at the Table
The National Business Aviation Association and Citation Jet Pilots have formally asked the FAA to wait three months before withdrawing the e…
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Boeing Now Holds Both of America's Next-Generation Fighter Contracts
Boeing has won the F/A-XX contract, so it now runs development on two next-generation fighter programs at once. The first was the Air Force'…
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Private Jet Owners
On the E1000 AX, Autoland Is No Longer a Front-Seat-Only Control
The FAA has approved the automatic landing capability on Epic's E1000 AX. For owners, the useful part is where the controls are. There is mo…
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Private Jet Owners
FAA Goes Shopping for a Better Way to Find Stray Signals
The FAA is looking for technology that can detect unwanted radio-frequency energy in U.S. airspace and pinpoint where it comes from. For own…
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Private Jet Owners
DoorDash Now Holds the Same FAA Certificate as Your Charter Operator
DoorDash has shown a new unmanned aircraft built to carry customer orders, and it intends to fly it in the northern part of California. It c…
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Private Jet Owners
DoorDash Joins the Part 135 Club, With a Smaller Airframe Than Yours
DoorDash has shown a new unmanned aircraft built to carry orders. It holds a Part 135 air carrier certificate from the FAA, issued in July, …
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Private Jet Owners
Stratolaunch Puts a Boeing 777 to Work Raising Its Hypersonic Test Tempo
Stratolaunch has added a Boeing 777 to its hypersonic testing operation, where the widebody will carry test vehicles aloft. The company is a…
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A Widebody Joins Stratolaunch's Hypersonic Program, With 35 Percent More Sorties Expected
Stratolaunch has brought a Boeing 777 into the group of aircraft it uses for hypersonic testing. The company says the 777 will serve as a ca…
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Private Jet Owners
The Pilot Flying Your Airplane on Charter Needed More Than a Commercial Certificate
Holding a commercial certificate is not, by itself, enough to fly passengers for hire on charter. Much of the path to the charter cockpit is…
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Private Jet Owners
A 2004 Sovereign Comes to Market With Its Engines Already Under ESP Silver Lite
A 2004 Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign is now listed for sale. The listing presents the jet as a super-midsize. Its flight deck runs Honeywell…
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Private Jet Owners
Delaware's Wings & Wheels Puts Vintage Airplanes and Aviation Hiring on the Same Ramp
Delaware's Wings & Wheels festival this fall will show classic aircraft and host a career fair for people looking for work in aviation. For …
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Private Jet Owners
Boeing Wins the Navy's F/A-XX, a Program Valued Above $20 Billion
The U.S. Navy has picked Boeing to develop the F/A-XX, the fighter it plans to fly from its aircraft carriers. The award is valued at more t…
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Private Jet Owners
E1000 AX Owners Get Autoland, and the People in the Back Can Start It
The FAA has certified Garmin Autoland for the Epic E1000 AX. For owners, the most useful detail is where it can be started. Activation isn't…
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The Airplane in Your Hangar Is Part of a $339 Billion Figure
A new study puts general aviation's value to the national economy at $339 billion. The same study ties more than 1.3 million jobs across the…
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The Altitude Your Transponder Reports Is Not the One on Your Panel
The question is whether a controller can tell when the altimeter setting in your cockpit is wrong, and the answer comes down to the transpon…
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Private Jet Owners
Four-Decade-Old Turbo Dakota Returns to the Market With a Modern Panel and Autopilot
A 1979 Piper PA-28-201T Turbo Dakota is up for sale, and the case for it rests on what is behind the panel and under the cowling rather than…
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Private Jet Owners
FAA Puts a Three-to-Five-Year Clock on Midway's Runway
According to the FAA, the airfield at Midway Atoll (MDY) needs substantial rehabilitation within three to five years if it is to stay open. …
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The FAA Wants Investors at the Table for the Next Round of Ramp and Runway Work
The Federal Aviation Administration used a recent agency gathering to explore how money from outside investors could add to the public dolla…
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Bye Aerospace's Electric Trainer Leaves the Hangar and Enters Test
The eFlyer 2 has flown. It is Bye Aerospace's two-seat trainer, and it runs on electric power alone. The flight came after the FAA gave its …
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Private Jet Owners
Bye Aerospace's eFlyer 2 Clears Its First Flight After FAA Sign-Off
Bye Aerospace's eFlyer 2 has now flown. It is a training aircraft that runs on electric power alone. The first flight opens its test campaig…
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Private Jet Owners
When the CFI Changes Mid-Syllabus: Protecting Your Training Investment
Flying has published guidance for flight instructors who take over a student partway through training after the original instructor moves on…
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A Sierra Nevada Strip Owners Can Help Pay For: Meadow View Peak Needs $200,000
The JRBAF has bought a parcel of land in the Sierra Nevada, at Meadow View Peak, where it plans to build a new backcountry airstrip. The fou…
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Owners, Here's the Number Behind Your Hangar Door: $339.2 Billion
A report on general aviation's national footprint cites estimates that the sector accounts for 1.33 million jobs across the United States an…
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Private Jet Owners
The PC-12 PRO Now Has Certified Emergency Autoland, With FAA Sign-Off
The FAA has approved an emergency autoland system for the Pilatus PC-12 PRO, and EASA has approved it too. If the pilot can no longer fly, t…
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Private Jet Owners
Raptor Above Oshkosh, as Captured by AVweb's Daily Frame
AVweb's featured image for September 28, 2026 shows Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor in the sky above Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Most owners know Oshk…
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The Walkaround Goes Autonomous: Air Force Schedules a Georgia Trial
Exyn is taking autonomous inspection work to Warner Robins, Georgia, under an Air Force project. The first step is a demonstration this Octo…
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Four Airports With a College on the Deed
Flying reports on four airports owned by colleges and universities, each one serving both its own history and the job of training new pilots…
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A 1973 Traveler With a Recent Overhaul and an IFR Panel: The Short Trip, Priced Small
A 1973 Grumman American AA-5 Traveler is up for sale with an upgraded engine that has logged relatively few hours since its last overhaul, a…
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Humanitarian Operator Moves From Borrowed Aircraft to Its Own Tecnam P2012
Props For A Purpose now has an aircraft of its own, the first one the humanitarian organization has dedicated to its work. It chose a Tecnam…
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Instrument Approaches Built for Helicopters, Flown in a Fixed-Wing Airplane
Electra has been flying its EL2 demonstrator on instrument procedures written in the manner of rotorcraft approaches. The goal was to see wh…
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Plan In, Airplane Out: The Navy Removes a Step With the MQ-20
The Navy has flown a demonstration in which an MQ-20 Avenger took a plan built by people and carried it out itself, with nothing in between.…
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Private Jet Owners
An Airtanker Designed for the Job From the Start Is Now Flying in Arkansas
Game Aerospace's GB2 has flown, and the program is now test flying the aircraft in Arkansas. The GB2 is a one-engine firefighting tanker, de…
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More Hands for the Hangar: FAA Mechanic Certifications Rise 23.2% in 2025
The FAA certificated 23.2% more new mechanics in 2025 than the year before, the highest annual total the agency has recorded. For anyone who…
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100LL Nationwide Average Hits $7.69, With Wide Regional Spread
Fuel-price data released this week put the national average for full-service 100LL at $7.69 per gallon. The figures show meaningful variatio…
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McKinney National Joins the Part 139 Ranks
North Texas gains a scheduled-service airport: McKinney National has completed Part 139 certification, the FAA clearance required for airlin…
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Clear Skies, Precise Formation: A Heritage Flight Worth the Fuel
A cloudless day gave USAF's Heritage Flight program exactly the conditions it needs: unrestricted visibility and stable air to hold a curren…
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FAA Mechanic Certifications Set a Record — The Shortage Narrows, But Doesn't Close
The FAA issued more new aircraft mechanic certificates in 2025 than in any previous year, with certifications up 23.2 percent over 2024. For…
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The Overlooked Signatures That Can Keep a Student Grounded
According to Flying, the solo endorsement process trips up more student pilots and instructors than most expect. The setbacks trace to essen…
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Sheltair Backs the Next Generation of Aviation Talent With $32,000 in Scholarships
Sheltair has established a new scholarship program worth $32,000, funding four separate awards for aviation training. The program carries th…
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Private Jet Owners
Before the 172, Cessna Got the Lines Right: A 1953 170B Comes to Market
A 1953 Cessna 170B — the direct predecessor to the 172, aviation's best-selling airplane — has surfaced for sale in well-preserved condition…
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Private Jet Owners
PC-12 Pro's Autoland Now Holds Both FAA and EASA Sign-Off
Pilatus says its PC-12 Pro's emergency autoland capability has cleared certification with both the FAA and its European counterpart, EASA. T…
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The DC-8 Leaves the U.S. Registry — for a Pavilion, Not the Scrapyard
The last DC-8 carrying a U.S. registration is done flying, and it isn't headed for the scrapper. The airframe, most recently flown as a frei…
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Long Before the Type Rating, There Was a Summer Job
One veteran pilot's logbook traces back not to a simulator bay but to a book, a mentor who answered his questions, and a job he held while s…
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FAA Weighs In: Does a Wash Count Toward Your Annual?
Owners footing the bill for annual inspections now have federal guidance on a question mechanics get asked often: whether washing the airfra…
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500th Citation Latitude Leaves the Wichita Line
Textron Aviation has delivered its 500th Citation Latitude, a production run that has now stretched a little more than ten years since the m…
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Aviation's Oldest Trade Read Closes In On the Century Mark
Flying magazine is nearing its hundredth year in print, and it says the mission hasn't moved: serve the pilots who read it, not merely mark …
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Fixed-Wing Aircraft Lands Where Only Helicopters Could
Electra flew its fixed-wing demonstrator into sites built and instrumented for rotorcraft, following vertical-flight-style approach procedur…
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Marginal VFR Remains an Early Lesson in Airmanship
Weather that starts as workable visual conditions can degrade faster than a flight plan accounts for, and Flying reports that recognizing th…
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Flexjet Adds Embraer's Praetor 600E, With Eleven More Coming Before Year's End
The fractional operator took delivery of the first production Praetor 600E, Embraer's newest super-midsize, and has eleven more on order to …
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