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The Piasecki PV-18 is similar to this Piasecki H-25. (Photo by U.S. Navy) A 1951 Piasecki PV-18 (HUP-1 Retriever) Korean War-era helicopter (registration N183YP) crashed one mile south of Adelanto Airport (52CL) in Adelanto, California killing all three occupants aboard. The accident happened yesterday (November 7, 2009) in San Bernardino County, California (Mojave Desert area). Pilot Joseph “Joe” William Pike was killed along with two other occupants. While much is still unknown about the crash, the accident occurred after the aircraft departed 52CL on its way to Flabob Airport (RIR) in Riverside, California. The helicopter crashed near Victor Street, one mile south of the ... Read Full Story
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Cessna Skyhawk SP similar to that in the accident. Photo by MilborneOne (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0) Michael Piette, a nationally known forensic economist, and Mark Renet were killed when the Cessna 172 Skyhawk SP (registration N5194X) they had rented crashed in the woods northwest of Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH), Florida for unknown reasons Wednesday night. The accident occurred at around 7:20 PM EST, a little bit more than an hour after sunset. The airplane, which the men had rented from Eagle Air Corporation, had just departed the airport as the men meant to fly in the airport’s traffic pattern to practice takeoffs and ... Read Full Story
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The two pilots on Northwest Flight 188 who flew past their destination more than 100 miles are fighting the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) decision to revoke their licenses. The incident occurred on October 21. The pilots claimed that they were so... Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.  
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simflight3d is a new web site specializing in airplanes for Flight Simulator and announces its first model: the 1958 Cessna 172 (straight tail). SimFlight3D is currently creating general aviation aircraft "for pilots by pilots" and also sim pilots....  
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The two Northwest pilots that overshot their destination by 150 miles were punished by the Federal Aviation Administration and their licenses were revoked. According to a CNN report, the FAA said the pilots...  
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Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board were at the Denver Regional Air Traffic Control Center in Longmont on Wednesday as part of their investigation into the Northwest flight that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles.  
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Rose Pelton, the wife of Cessna Aircraft’s chairman and CEO Jack Pelton,  will be the first customer to take delivery of Cessna’s new light sport aircraft, the Skycatcher. She’ll receive the plane before the end of the year.  Rose Pelton plans to use the two-place, single-engine aircraft to pursue her private pilot’s license. “I couldn’t be more [...]  
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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew past their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles last week. The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday the pilots had violated numerous regul...  
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A departing private plane encroached onto the runway at Honolulu International Airport on Thursday as a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Hilo was preparing to land, the Federal Aviation Administration said today.  
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Flyboys by James Bradley
Boyd byRobert Coram
When Thunder Rolled by Ed Rasimus
Off the Planet by Jerry M. Linenger
Every Man a Tiger by Tom Clance with Gen. Chuck Horner (Ret.) (non fiction)
Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering by Robert Shaw
Into the Unknown by Louis Rotundo
Test Pilots: The Frontiersmen of Flight  by Richard P. Hallion
Carrier by Tom Clancy (non fiction)
Brassey's Air Combat Reader
Fly Low Fly Fast: Inside the Reno Air Races by Robert Gandt
The Wild Blue by Stephen Ambrose
Barons of the Sky by Wayne Biddle
Fighter Wing by Tom Clancy (non fiction)
Strike Eagle: Flying the F-15E in the Gulf War by William L. Smallwood
The Pilots by James Spencer
Eye of the Viper by Peter Aleshire
Once a Fighter Pilot by Jerry W. Cook
First Light by Geoffrey Wellum
Bogey's and Bandits: The Making of a Fighter Pilot by Robert Gandt
Yeager by Chuck Yeager
Black Aces High by Robert Wilcox
Angles of Attack: An A-6 Intruder Pilot's War by Peter Hunt
Scream of Eagles by Robert Wilcox
Fighter Boys: The Battle of Britain, 1940 by Patrick Bishop
Piece of Cake by Derek Robinson

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