The NBAA has posted online its report on the cost of restricting GA access to airspace and airports, which it recently delivered to the House Aviation Subcommittee…
American Airlines cancelled a flight in Florida on Friday after a psychic called in a tip that a bomb might be on board. A search turned up nothing…
A study group last week named three possible sites for a new GA airport near Cincinnati…
Searchers on Saturday found the wreck of a MiG-17 in a remote area of New Mexico; the pilot had died on impact. The fighter plane was en route to an air show in Arizona and had been missing since Thursday…
On Friday, searchers located the wreckage of a Sikorsky S-76A that ditched Tuesday night en route to an oil drilling ship in the Gulf of Mexico; all 10 people on board were killed…
The new digital radar system at Palm Beach International airport failed for four minutes last Thursday. It was the sixth failure in four months for the state-of-the-art $4.5 million system, installed last year.
On The Fly…
Key Takeaways:
- The NBAA released a report on the costs of restricting General Aviation access, while a study group proposed three sites for a new GA airport near Cincinnati.
- Two separate aviation incidents resulted in fatalities: a MiG-17 crashed in New Mexico and a Sikorsky S-76A helicopter ditched in the Gulf of Mexico, killing all on board.
- An American Airlines flight was canceled due to a false bomb threat, and a new digital radar system at Palm Beach International Airport failed for the sixth time in four months.
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