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Key Takeaways:

  • Over $100,000 was raised for Katrina victims at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) annual meeting.
  • The FAA proposed new rules to reduce flammability in fuel tank vapors for over 3,200 large passenger jets.
  • An update was posted on the investigation into the Air France A340 accident in Toronto, where the aircraft overran the runway and caught fire.
  • The NTSB is urging the FAA to address the issue of pilots repeatedly mistaking Taxiway Tango for Runway 16R at Seattle-Tacoma Airport.
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Over $100,000 was raised for Katrina victims during the recent National Business Aviation Association annual meeting in Orlando. The meeting was originally scheduled for New Orleans…

The FAA issued an NPRM on Monday that would require more than 3,200 large passenger jets to reduce flammability levels of fuel tank vapors….

Investigators have posted an update on the Air France accident on Aug. 2 in Toronto, when an Airbus A340 overran the runway and caught fire…

AVweb columnist Rick Durden, now executive director of LightHawk, explains it all to the eco-masses in a Grist magazine interview…

At least eight times in the last six years, pilots have mistaken Taxiway Tango for Runway 16R at Seattle-Tacoma Airport, The Seattle Times says. The NTSB wants FAA to do something about it…

The Sport Pilot Tour stop in Dallas drew its best crowd yet, with about 700 visitors. Next stop is Dec. 3 in Camarillo, Calif.

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