Aviation

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The Associated Press   BURNET — FAA officials say a pilot who had radioed he was having trouble was killed after the single engine, homebuilt aircraft he was flying crashed near the Burnet Municipal Airport.    Federal Aviation Administration...  

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration had strong words Friday for two Northwest Airlines pilots, who overshot the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport last month, but he also turned th...  

Federal Aviation Administration officials say they are strengthening procedures for alerting the military when air traffic controllers lose contact with planes. The move comes as a result of the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis last month.  

The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that its air traffic controllers should have contacted air defense officials much sooner in the case of a Northwest Airlines jet last month that flew past its destination.  

Randy Babbitt said air traffic personnel should have been 'more agile' when they lost contact with the crew of a Northwest flight for more than an hour last month. Air traffic controllers were slow to notify the military when they lost contact with a Northwest Airlines jet for more than an hour last month, the top U.S. aviation regulator said Friday.  

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....  

BRUNSWICK, Maine — A civilian pilot who brought his stricken aircraft to a safe landing at Naval Air Station Brunswick made some history before the closing of the base.The emergency landing of a Cessna 172 on Wednesday appears to be the first such landing of a private aircraft in the installation’s history, said Lt. Cmdr. Jorge Maderal, a base spokesman. Base officials scoured the logbooks dating to 1962 and could find no references to a...  

Washington, Usa - To prevent an ignition source inside the fuel tanks, which, in combination with flammable fuel vapors, could result in a fuel tank explosion and consequent loss of the airplane  

The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis are part of a larger problem - eroding professionalism among commercial airline pilots, Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Randy Babbitt said Wednesday.  

The US Federal Aviation Administration is proposing that owners of nearly 42,000 piston-powered Piper-built aircraft have their right and left control columns inspected and possibly repaired due to faulty factory assembly work  

The Federal Aviation Administration violated its own rules by taking more than 40 minutes to alert the military after losing communication with a Northwest Airlines flight last week, according to officials familiar with internal reviews under way at several federal agencies. The delay has sparked consternation within the military, concern within the FAA and special oversight by the White House, these officials said, particularly because such...  

Here are some statistics I gathered from CADORs regarding airplanes getting hit by lasers (for 2009): May: 7 June: 4 July: 7 August: 26 September: 18 One particular report I read noted that the copilot was injured by the laser: From CADORS 2009O1962: UPDATE Supplemental information received from Canadian Helicopters Ltd. [2009/09/09]: The operator voluntarily provided additional information on this occurrence. The aircraft registration was...  

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is withdrawing its proposed fee hike for aircraft agricultural inspections.  

Boeing is targeting a December 17-24 window for the first flight of the 787.