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EAA reports that fatal accidents in experimental category aircraft continued their decline in the 12-month period ending September 30, as focused programs and efforts by the EAA and others continue to enhance safety. The totals, which include fatal accidents during the 2016 federal fiscal year, which is October 2015 through September 2016, showed that fatal accidents in amateur-built aircraft in the FAA’s experimental category fell 17 percent from t

One-Third Scale Replica Of A B-17 Takes To The Air

We don't yet have a lot of details, but homebuilder Jack Bally reportedly flew his Bally Bomber for the first time on Monday, November 14.

PS Engineering's Generosity Has Made This Difficult Effort Possible... and We Thank Them! 

When it comes to managing electronic communications, PS Engineering comes to mind as the leader in the field of aircraft intercom and audio panel manufacturing. In 1985, Mark Scheuer, the company founder, a graduate of the College of Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a pilot, found himself wondering when the revolution would come to the field of audio control. At the time, aircraft intercoms and audio panels had seen virtually no improvement in over a decade. With new digital circuitry and technologies, he believed it was time for the revolution to begin....

Lightspeed Aviation Steps Up To Help ANN Commemorate The Life of an Extraordinary Aviator

There was a time in aviation when the only way to hear and talk on a radio or an intercom was to where headsets made of a hard plastic and use a handheld microphone. That has changed in a big way, and a major player in bringing that about is a company called Lightspeed Aviation. Lightspeed Aviation was launched with a simple mission: to design and build the quietest, most comfortable aviation headsets in the world for the professional or general aviation pilot. With the unveiling of their first product, at the 1996 EAA AirVenture, which was the K series ANR headset, they set a new standard. The Lightspeed Aviation 20K set the bar for what was possible in aviation headsets...

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With a goal of developing the first supersonic passenger airliner for business travelers, Colorado startup, Boom Technology, has unveiled the XB-1 test airplane, a proof-of-concept aircraft that the company hopes will lead to a 45-passenger aircraft that would fly from London to New York City in a little over three hours. The XB-1 Demonstrator is a technically representative one-third-scale version of the production Boom supersonic passenger airliner. Nicknamed "Baby Boom," it was unveile

"The FAA and industry are working together to prevent Loss of Control accidents and save lives. You can help make a difference by joining our Fly Safe campaign." Source: FAA administrator Michael Huerta.

ATC authorization for an aircraft to make a touch-and-go, low approach, missed approach, stop and go, or full stop landing at the discretion of the pilot.

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