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Key Takeaways:

  • Multiple aviation incidents were reported, including a stolen Cessna 182T, a runway incursion at Logan Airport by a FedEx aircraft, and a sheriff's helicopter being shot in Albuquerque, causing the pilot to retire.
  • Thousands of passengers were stranded at Heathrow Airport due to flight cancellations caused by a British Airways labor dispute.
  • Aircraft were grounded at Culver Academies flight-training camp following a fatal crash that resulted in the drowning of an instructor and student.
  • The Transportation Security Administration appointed Joseph Terrell as the new federal security director for Pittsburgh International Airport.
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A 2001 Cessna 182T, N999KS, was reported stolen from Glendale (Ariz.) Airport on Aug. 10; any information can be sent via e-mail to the Aviation Crime Prevention Institute. A $5000 reward is offered…

A maintenance crew was moving the FedEx aircraft that crossed an active runway without a clearance at Logan Airport in Boston last week…

The Transportation Security Administration named Joseph Terrell as the new federal security director for Pittsburgh International Airport…

A bullet that struck a sheriff’s helicopter in Albuquerque hit a control pedal, and if it had missed that, would likely have hit the pilot in the chest, investigators said last week. The pilot, who is a veteran of the Iraq war, says he will retire from flying

Thousands remained stranded over the weekend at Heathrow Airport, after a labor dispute at British Airways cancelled flights and stranded 70,000 passengers…

As of Saturday, 92 comments were filed in the FAA docket regarding proposed changes to D.C. airspace. You can find them all, and more, online; just enter number 17005…

Aircraft are grounded pending an investigation at Culver Academies flight-training camp in Indiana, after an instructor and student drowned when their Piper Warrior crashed into a lake.

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