Pentagon, FAA Plan Counter-Drone Laser Testing in New Mexico
Officials say effort will gather safety data on high-energy system used to counter unmanned aircraft.
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Pilot Recounts Ditching Off Mexico
A Canadian pilot on his first commercial flying job and his young passenger spent several hours bobbing in the Sea of Cortez before rescue.
USAF F-16 Down In New Mexico; Pilot Safe
A U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot has been released from medical treatment with “minor injuries” after ejecting from the aircraft near Holloman Air Force Base (AFB) in New Mexico yesterday (April 30). The single-seat F-16, assigned to the 49th Wing based at Holloman AFB, went down around 11:50 a.m. local time, according to the Air […]
Air Ambulance Learjet Crashes In Mexico: No Survivors
According to preliminary reports, a Learjet 35A operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance crashed on landing at General Mariano Matamoros Airport in Cuernavaca (CVJ/MMCB) in southern Mexico, about 30 miles south of Mexico City. While some news outlets have reported four on board, the AirMed&Rescue website reports there were five crew members and no passengers, […]
First Citation Longitude Registered In Mexico Delivered
Textron Aviation announced on Thursday that it has delivered the first Cessna Citation Longitude business jet to be registered in Mexico. The aircraft went to an undisclosed customer who plans to use it for business travel in North America. The Longitude, which earned its FAA type certificate in September 2019, received certification from Mexico’s Agencia […]
FAA Grants New Route From Mexico, Despite Safety Downgrade
The FAA has apparently bent its own rules and allowed Aeromexico to launch a new route to the U.S. Last year, the agency downgraded Mexico’s safety rating to Category 2, meaning it doesn’t believe its aviation regulators can adequately monitor and enforce safety standards. Only a handful of countries have earned that status, and one […]
New Mexico Helicopter Crash Kills Four Sheriff, Fire Officials
Three men from the local sheriff’s office and a town fire official were killed in the crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office Bell UH-1H Huey helicopter near Las Vegas, New Mexico, on July 16. Killed were Undersheriff Larry Koren, Lt. Fred Beers, Deputy Michael Levison and Matthew King, a local fire department rescue specialist. […]
Mexico Works To Restore Safety Rating
Mexico says it has signed an agreement with the FAA to get its safety rating back in order. Last May, the agency reduced Mexico to a Category 2 safety rating, putting it at the same level of Third World countries with sketchy safety records. In downgrading the country, the FAA stopped Mexican airlines from starting […]
Mexico Beefing Up Oversight After FAA Downgrade
The Mexican government has suddenly found the money to increase the budget of its civil aviation authority by 40 percent after the FAA downgraded the nation’s airlines to its lowest safety rating last week. The government has freed up $7.5 million to hire 180 safety inspectors and beef up English training for pilots in light […]
