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Key Takeaways:

  • An F-15 pilot is suing Boeing, alleging "gross indifference" after his aircraft broke up in flight, causing injury.
  • Sales of Light Sport Aircraft have slowed, possibly due to economic uncertainty, while EAA works to reverse an FAA ban on homebuilt first flights from a California airport.
  • Two Russian Tu-95 bombers were escorted away from U.S. airspace near Alaska by NATO jets, and a college student pilot was rescued after spending a cold night on a mountain following a wrong turn.
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An F-15 pilot who was hurt when the airplane broke up in flight has sued Boeing, alleging “gross indifference” to the safety of flight crews…

Sales of Light Sport Aircraft have slowed, perhaps reflecting economic uncertainty, says Dan Johnson of bydanjohnson.com

EAA is working to reverse an FAA decision that prohibits first flights in homebuilt aircraft from the Placerville, Calif., airport…

Two Russian Tu-95 bombers that flew close to U.S. airspace near Alaska were escorted away by NATO jets early Wednesday…

A Montana college student pilot spent a cold night on a mountain near Billings after taking a wrong turn on a cross country. Andrew Sheffer was walking out through waist-deep snow when he was found by rescuers.

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