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Key Takeaways:

  • Multiple recent aviation incidents included pilots landing on a racetrack or taxiway, taking off from the wrong runway, and two airliners clipping wings while taxiing.
  • Mooney Aerospace Group announced plans to become a private company, buying back outstanding stock at 35 cents per share.
  • The FAA lost an appeal, allowing the PATCO union to proceed with a class-action lawsuit alleging age discrimination against the agency.
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The pilot of a single-engine Piper landed on a Tulsa racetrack instead of the nearby airport on Saturday afternoon…A Continental 757 mistakenly landed on a taxiway at Newark on Saturday night…

An Alaska Airlines 737 took off from the wrong runway at Seattle-Tacoma on Monday…Tuesday night, two airliners clipped wings while taxiing at Newark…

Mooney Aerospace Group, based in Kerrville, Texas, announced Tuesday that it will become a private company. Outstanding stock will be bought back at 35 cents per share, and shares will cease to be publicly traded. Mooney Airplane Company will continue to be a wholly owned subsidiary of Mooney Aerospace…

The FAA has lost an appeal, and the PATCO union can now proceed with a class-action suit against the agency, alleging age discrimination, PATCO President Ron Taylor told Avweb yesterday.

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