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Key Takeaways:

  • Boeing saw its CEO resign over a code of conduct violation, while also successfully conducting the first flight of its 777 Worldliner.
  • Aviation safety is being addressed through NTSB recommendations for Flight Management System modifications and the FAA's plan to install runway safety barriers at Teterboro.
  • New procedures and events are on the horizon, including a GPS arrival procedure for AirVenture and the upcoming Air Care Conference.
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A new GPS arrival procedure should make it easier for pilots flying into AirVenture at Oshkosh this summer…

Boeing CEO Harry Stonecipher resigned after violating the company’s code of conduct by pursuing a romantic liaison with a female executive at the company…

Boeing’s Worldliner, a long-range version of the 777, flew for the first time on Tuesday in Everett, Wash….

The NTSB wants the FAA to require modifications to Honeywell Flight Management Systems to prevent errors due to incorrect data entries…

Registration is open online for the 2005 Air Care Conference on public-benefit flying, to be held April 29 and 30 in Asheville, N.C….

The FAA will spend $500,000 for a plan to install safety barriers at runway ends in Teterboro, to prevent airplanes from skidding off the airport into local roads, as happened last month to a corporate jet.

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