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Key Takeaways:

  • A Convair 580 cargo plane crashed fatally near Cincinnati, and a Belgian airliner returned to Brussels after a cat entered its cockpit.
  • The man who inspired "The Terminal" movie, despite being rich and famous, continues to live on a bench at a Paris airport.
  • Pilot-related deadlines include ultralight pilots needing to register by Sept. 1 for Sport Pilot certificates and warbird pilots having an extended paperwork conversion deadline to July 2005.
  • German biologists are utilizing light airplanes to train endangered geese in migration routes.
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One crew member died on Friday when a Convair 580 cargo plane crashed short of the runway at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport; the other crew member was seriously hurt…

The man who inspired Spielberg’s “The Terminal” movie is rich and famous, but still lives on a bench at a Paris airport…

Ultralight pilots who want to transition to Sport Pilot certificates must register by Sept. 1

German biologists are using a light airplane to train endangered geese in migration routes

The FAA extended its deadline for warbird pilots to convert paperwork to July 2005…

A Belgian airliner returned to Brussels last week after a loose cat entered the cockpit and scratched the co-pilot.

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