General aviation news archive for November 2016
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Missing Maurice Kirk ‘safe and accounted for’ but Vintage Air Rally halted
24 Nov 16
All crews taking part in the 8,000-mile voyage from Crete to Cape Town are being kept by authorities at an Ethiopian airport
Tickets on sale for RAF Cosford Air Show 2017
23 Nov 16
Organisers hope next year’s ‘Battlefield Support’ themed show will attract 60,000 visitors, making it ‘bigger and better than ever before’
First ever FAI - Breitling Pilot of the Year named
23 Nov 16
The winner is a Russian Orthodox priest who has climbed Everest twice, rowed across the Atlantic and Pacific, sailed around the world, made it to both Poles and only took up ballooning two years ago
Supersonic business jet planned by Lockheed Martin
23 Nov 16
Lockheed Martin is completing preliminary design of a ‘low-boom’ flight demonstrator as part of NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Transport (QueSST) project
Airline Pilot Careers Day at Oxford Airport, 3 December
15 Nov 16
If your dream is to become an airline pilot, then go along to Airways Aviation Academy Oxford
Crete to Cape Town Vintage Air Rally launched
10 Nov 16
Vintage aircraft of the 1920s and 30s set off from Sitia on 12 November in the first leg of the Crete2Cape Vintage Air Rally, from where they will route across Africa to Cape Town
Piper M350 receives EASA certification
10 Nov 16
The only piston-engine aircraft with a pressurised cabin will be available for a little under £1 million
Applications open for Air League flying scholarships
10 Nov 16
Winners will have the chance to win flying hours to go towards a LAPL or PPL
F-15C pilot grounded after ‘sonic event’
10 Nov 16
The deafening boom over Norwich sounded like a bomb, rattled window frames in thousands of homes and caused horses and cows to stampede
Simulated seven-day around-the-world flight to raise money for charity
3 Nov 16
The task covers more than 37,000 miles along actual airline routes, while teams of pilots face real-time air traffic control and weather conditions
Restored Vulcan bomber unveiled at Avro Heritage Museum
3 Nov 16
Among those gathered for the celebrations were the Vulcan’s first and last pilots and the man chiefly responsible for funding the renovation project
Airlander 10 scheduled to fly in early 2017
3 Nov 16
It had been hoped the world’s longest aircraft would be back in the skies before the end of the year but repairs are ongoing
Tayside Aviation wins prestigious RAF award
3 Nov 16
Scotland’s largest light aircraft training organisation was honoured alongside astronaut Tim Peake
Appeal to all airfield owners and operators
3 Nov 16
The Airfield Operators Group aims to bring CAA Airfield Licensees and owners of unlicensed airfields together to share information and have a ‘strong unified voice’
Cirrus Vision Jet receives certification
3 Nov 16
There are already 600 reservations for the $1.96 million SF50, with the first deliveries expected in December
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