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Key Takeaways:

  • India's booming aviation sector requires a substantial increase in pilots, controllers, mechanics, engineers, helicopters, and business jets to support its growth.
  • The U.S. House has approved a bill making it a federal crime to point a laser at an aircraft, punishable by up to five years in prison, while the FAA is expanding its program to reduce airline delays caused by weather.
  • A pilot was forced to land after violating restricted airspace by flying too close to the Space Shuttle.
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India needs pilots, controllers, mechanics, engineers, 1,000 helicopters and 500 new bizjets to fuel its growing aviation sector, top aviation official Praful Patel told Reuters on Wednesday…

A pilot in a single-engine airplane was forced to land after flying too close to the Space Shuttle, in restricted airspace, on Tuesday…

The U.S. House has OK’d a bill that would make it a crime to point a laser at an aircraft, punishable by up to five years in prison…

EAA President Tom Poberezny received the Distinguished Wisconsin Aviator Award last Saturday…

The FAA is expanding its Airspace Flow Program this summer to reduce airline delays due to weather…

Signature Flight Support has named Joe Gibney vice president of sales and marketing. He has more than 15 years of aviation experience and has worked at Signature for the last nine years.

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