Operators in NBAA’s Northeast region are “extremely concerned” about a court decision to make previously confidential tail numbers, which have been sequestered by FAA under the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program, available through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, the organization’s regional representative told Aviation Week.

Gunfire detectors in East Palo Alto, Calif., may be a key in solving the crash of a Cessna 310 that killed three Tesla Motors employees last month, reports the All Things Aviation blog. 

California's Paragon & Co. is suing investment bank Goldman Sachs, claiming it was frozen out of a deal to buy Raytheon Aircraft Co. back in 2007, reports the Wichita Eagle.

The Aerospace eBusiness blog posts about a social media experiment he conducted over coverage of last week's Heli-Expo show in Houston.  Consultant Ludo Van Vooren breaks down coverage among the aviation publications (including Aviation Week) and the exhibitors.

The Plane Conversations blog continues its series on business aviation and social media.  In part 5, writer Allen Howell gives us an update on his company's efforts to engage in social media.

Wichita's OEMs are attending this year's India's International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Aviation in Hyderabad, reports the Air Capital Insider blog. 

The We Be James blog posts about taking its Superlite plane out for a spin.  Cirrus Aircraft offers up an update on the Vision personal jet.  And the Crunchgear blog tells you how to build or buy your own hovercraft.