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Key Takeaways:

  • Economic pressures, including high fuel costs, are affecting local pilots, while a charter operator is in a legal dispute over an aircraft.
  • Recent aviation events saw mixed outcomes, with EAA fly-ins announcing lineups and record attendance, but also experiencing a fatal crash involving two announcers.
  • Aviation safety was highlighted by a fatal hot-air balloon fall and new Canadian regulations requiring collision-avoidance equipment, alongside the return of a repaired blimp to service.
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A Washington Post story finds local pilots cutting back on flying due to high fuel costs…

EAA has announced its lineup for evening programs at AirVenture…

A man died in a 700-foot fall from a hot-air balloon over Colorado Tuesday morning; suicide is suspected…

The Hood blimp that crashed last September has been repaired and will be flying again this summer in New England and New York…

EAA’s Rocky Mountain Regional Fly-In broke attendance records last weekend, despite 100-degree heat. Two show announcers died in a crash on Monday…

New rules in Canada will require collision-avoidance equipment aboard commercial aircraft…

A charter operator says its Learjet was a lemon, Bombardier blames “lessee’s remorse”; they are working it out in court…

Final standings have been posted online for this year’s Air Race Classic cross-country all-women air race, completed last week, from Oklahoma to New Brunswick.

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