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Airborne 07.12.13: Piper Tests 93UL, FAA Readies Pilot Regs, SpaceX Hops Again

Also: Bahamian Tax Woes, Solar Impulse Success, Kickstarter Funds Space Telescope, Get The To Oshkosh!

Piper Aircraft has completed flight tests of a Piper Archer powered by 93 octane premium unleaded automotive gasoline. Piper worked with Airworthy AutoGas LLC, Phoenix, AZ, to prove the concept in a test flight regime conducted from the company's Vero Beach manufacturing campus. The FAA announced Wednesday that it plans to publish "soon" the final rule that will increase the qualification requirements for first officers who fly for U.S. passenger and cargo airlines. SpaceX has release

Two Dreamliners Experience Difficulties In The U.K. Friday

Ethiopian Jet Catches Fire At Heathrow, Second Returns To Manchester Airport

Boeing had a bad day Friday, with two of its signature Dreamliners having issues in the U.K.

Janet Napolitano Resigns As Head Of Homeland Security

Will Take A Position As The President Of The University Of California

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has announced she is leaving the agency for a job in academia.

ANN Plans Most Extensive Oshkosh Coverage ... EVER

Establishes A Permanent Presence At Wittman Regional Airport

We have some great plans in the works for our coverage of Oshkosh this year, and we want you to be a part of it.

Hersman Gives Final On-Site Media Briefing In San Francisco

Says Board Wants To Complete Investigation 'Expeditiously'

In her final briefing for the media on site in San Francisco, NTSB Chairwoman Deborah A.P. Hersman said that she hopes to "expedite" the investigation that will lead to a probable cause for the Asiana Flight 214 accident last Saturday.

IFALPA Calls For Full Investigation Of Asiana Flight 214 Accident

Disagrees With NTSB's Early Release Of Information To The Media

In a statement released Thursday, the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations said that the NTSB was wrong to release operational data from the Cockpit Voice and Flight Data Recorders aboard Asiana Flight 214 so early in its investigation.

Flight Design To Establish Presence In Newport, VT

Will Assemble And Ship CTLS Airplanes At Newport State Airport

The governor of Vermont, along with the owner of the Jay Peak resort in Newport, VT held a news conference Thursday to announce that Flight Design will be assembling and shipping its CTLS LSAs at Newport State Airport (KEFK) in a region known locally as the Northeast Kingdom.

NH Teen Becomes Youngest Person With Both Private Pilot And Helo Tickets

Achieves Both Goals Within Days Of His 17th Birthday

A New Hampshire teenager has become the youngest person ever to hold both a private pilot and helicopter license, receiving both within days of his 17th birthday.