The NBAA has posted online its report on the cost of restricting GA access to airspace and airports, which it recently delivered to the House Aviation Subcommittee…
American Airlines cancelled a flight in Florida on Friday after a psychic called in a tip that a bomb might be on board. A search turned up nothing…
A study group last week named three possible sites for a new GA airport near Cincinnati…
Searchers on Saturday found the wreck of a MiG-17 in a remote area of New Mexico; the pilot had died on impact. The fighter plane was en route to an air show in Arizona and had been missing since Thursday…
On Friday, searchers located the wreckage of a Sikorsky S-76A that ditched Tuesday night en route to an oil drilling ship in the Gulf of Mexico; all 10 people on board were killed…
The new digital radar system at Palm Beach International airport failed for four minutes last Thursday. It was the sixth failure in four months for the state-of-the-art $4.5 million system, installed last year.
On The Fly…
Key Takeaways:
- The NBAA released a report detailing the cost of restricting General Aviation (GA) access to airspace and airports, while a study group identified three potential sites for a new GA airport near Cincinnati.
- Several aviation incidents occurred, including an American Airlines flight cancellation due to a psychic's bomb tip (no bomb found) and two fatal crashes involving a MiG-17 in New Mexico and a Sikorsky S-76A helicopter in the Gulf of Mexico.
- The new digital radar system at Palm Beach International airport experienced its sixth failure in four months, lasting four minutes.
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