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The results for 2009 have been tallied and here are Velozia Air’s most popular posts for 2009. Every single one of them is in the aircraft accident category, which is not surprising since 95% of the posts here at Velozia deal with accidents.
MOST READ POSTS IN 2009.
1) A look at one of the Air France Flight 447 crash theories . I looked at one of the many theories being thrown around for Flight 447. In the more than half-year after the accident, we still... Read Full Story
The Federal Aviation Administration is increasing oversight of American Airlines after three mishaps during landings last month. Jetliners' wingtips touched the ground during two landings, one in Charlotte, N.C., on Dec. 13, the other in Austin, Texas, on Dec. 24. And in Jamaica, a plane overshot the runway during heavy rain on Dec. 22. FAA officials said in a statement Friday they will conduct a review of the mishaps to see if there might be a larger issue. The statement says that if needed... Read Full Story
(Photo by John Medina - Corona Fire Department)
Quick thinking may have saved the life of the pilot (and sole occupant) involved in a Cessna 172F (registration N8520U) crash near Corona Municipal Airport (AJO) in Corona, California. The aircraft flipped over during a forced landing after an engine failure on December 17, 2009 at 2:45 PM PST. For Velozia Air’s original post of the story, click HERE .
The pilot reported to the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB... Read Full Story
Delta Air lines has received government permission to operate its namesake service and its Northwest Airlines subsidiary as a single carrier. The single operating certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration allows Delta to put its code on Northwest flights and phase out the Northwest name. That process will be complete in the first quarter of 2010. For now, travelers won't notice anything different. Delta, based in Atlanta, acquired Northwest in October 2008 to become the world's... Read Full Story
Cessna 172S similar to accident aircraft. (Photo by MilborneOne. Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0)
The November 4, 2009 aircraft accident involving a Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP (registration N5194X), in which the two pilots on board were killed, remains a mystery. Involved in the plane crash was Analytical Economics Inc. co-founder Michael J. Piette and Mark Revet, who worked for the start-up company Pro BioDiesel. Revet was a Certified Flight Instructor, while Piette was an... Read Full Story
There are quite a few things that you need to know to be able to get a private pilot license and be able to learn to fly a small private airplane. If you want to be able to get private pilot training you need to be at least Sixteen (16) years of age and be able to fluently speak, understand and read English (this is because English is the only language that the tests are written in and spoken in the flight control towers worldwide). You need to go through several steps in order to show that... Read Full Story
http://www.etravelblackboard.us/showarticle.asp?id=92651 Google News Alert for: FAA FAA asks carriers to maintain winter schedules over JFK renovations etravelblackboard.us The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has asked major North American carriers to maintain their winter schedules to New York's busy JFK ... See all stories on this topic ________________________________________ Tip: Use a minus sign (-) in front of terms in your query that you want to exclude. Learn more... Read Full Story
