BRS Announces Workforce Reductions MarketWatch - Nov 21, 2008 Based in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, BRS designs, manufactures, and distributes whole-aircraft emergency parachute systems for general aviation and ...

ERAU, Wings Aviation Join Forces Aero-News Network, FL - 7 hours ago In addition, the instructors at Wings Aviation can train pilots in the newest Light Sport Aircraft from REMOS. This new category provides students the ...

South Africa: New Body to Take Over Issuing of Pilot Licences AllAfrica.com, Washington - Nov 20, 2008 There have been a number of fatal accidents involving light aircraft in recent months. In October six people were killed at the Rand Airport, ...

SACAA 'increasing oversight' Independent Online, South Africa - Nov 20, 2008 The duties of RAASA would include issuing licences to fly light sport aircraft and national pilot licences for micro-lights, gyroplanes and light sport ...

Dynon Adds Autopilot Capability To Its Glass Panels Aero-News Network, FL - Nov 21, 2008 Founded in 2000, Dynon Avionics is the leading manufacturer of glass-panel avionics for Experimental and Light Sport Aircraft.

"It would have been done anyway. It's just the travel cutbacks have been so severe. It's just not being used." Source: General Motors spokesman Tom Wilkinson. On Friday, GM and Ford Motor Company both issued statements announcing their intention to cut travel costs by reducing the size of their corporate jet fleets. Wilkinson maintained the struggling automaker had already made plans to return the jets due to cuts in travel spending, even before the automaker executives were criticized in Washington last week for each flying from Detroit onboard three separate bizjets.

GM, Ford Both Cutting Costs After Congressional Criticism On Wednesday, top executives from Detroit's Big Three automakers appeared before Congress to ask for a $25 billion industry bailout... but instead were dressed down for their lavish travel expenses to Washington and basically having no plan for what to do with the money.

Holiday Fun For The Whole Family! The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is celebrating the holidays with three events -- Breakfast with Santa on December 6, and Polar Express Pajama Day on December 13 and 20.

Offers Reduced Cost, Time To Get In The Air Glasair Aviation is the latest planemaker to announce it is going to assist the Federal Government -- and prospective pilots -- with the economic recovery, by offering customers three limited-time money-saving offers.

Probe Powers Down Its Ion Drive As Scheduled NASA's Dawn spacecraft shut down its ion propulsion system Thursday as scheduled. The spacecraft is now gliding toward a Mars flyby in February of next year.