Once The Leading Edge Of A GA Renewal, Cirrus Is Proving To Be A GA Embarrassment

News and Analysis By Jim Campbell, ANN E-I-C Through most of 2008, the Cirrus revolution appeared to be in full swing -- even with the spectre of an uncertain economy on the horizon. A number of solidly successful years bode well for the first new company in a long while to boast the building of over 4000 new airplanes (at that time) and the unveiling and announcement of the radically new Cirrus single-engine jet program proved that Alan Klapmeier's vision was going strong... For well over a decade (including their experimental/kit-build years), the Cirrus program set the industry abuzz with imagination, innovation and (possibly best of all) a spirit of openness and transparency that ha

Father, Stepmother Both Fatally Injured When Their Private Plane Went Down In Michigan

It was the second time a Fort Wayne, IN, teenager had been involved in an airplane accident, and he has lost nearly his entire immediate family as the result of the two tragedies.

Rental Aircraft Down After Catching Undercarriage On Blast Fence During Final Approach

A long-running debate over the installation of a "safety zone" at the northeast end of Sikorsky Memorial Airport (KBDR) in Bridgeport, CT has been re-ignited following an accident at the airport Saturday night.

Wouters: "We're Very Excited To Have Joined Forces With CAIGA"

Cirrus is now a Chinese company. In a news release posted on the company website Tuesday, Cirrus and China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co., Ltd. (CAIGA) announced that the two companies have completed their merger.

Surprisingly Little New Information Presented and Few Possible Fixes... Why?

At the 2010 AOPA event in Long Beach, CA, the organization, while attempting to reorient itself under the somewhat testy leadership of Craig Fuller, held a symposium looking into the current state of the flight training industry.

NTSB Preliminary Report Indicates His Airplane Did Not Catch Fire Until AFTER He Landed Safely

Here's an instance where the pilot of a homebuilt utility airplane seems to have done everything right when he smelled fuel in the cockpit, and lost the aircraft anyway.