<p>Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.</p>


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<p>Merritt Island, Fla.-based Comp Air is moving ahead with plans to certify the Comp Air 12 and will not offer a kit version of the hefty turboprop single, according to a Comp Air spokesman. “We received word just the other day that we are going to get our funding for the CA-12 project,” he said. Certification is the plan, he added, because recent confusion about changes to the so-called 51-percent rule that requires builders to make a substantial portion of their aircraft could affect the market for large aircraft kits. Work will begin soon on the first conforming Comp Air 12, which will be 42 inches longer with a four-inch taller and wider cabin than the prototype. The final version’s horizontal stabilizer will also be lower and not cruciform style as on the prototype. The conforming Comp Air 12 is scheduled to fly in about 10 months, the spokesman said. Comp Air also announced that it will likely sign a contract at the NBAA Convention in October for Honeywell’s Apex avionics suite. Meanwhile, the company flew its smaller, high-wing CA-9 turboprop single last week for the first time. </p>


Comp Air 12 Aims for Certification and No Kit Version

Merritt Island, Fla.-based Comp Air is moving ahead with plans to certify the Comp Air 12 and will not offer a kit version of the hefty turboprop single, a

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