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Flying is a lot of fun and isn’t particularly dangerous for pilots who actively manage the risks. Since three-quarters or more of accidents are pilot-induced, we’re largely in control of our fate if we pay heed to the missteps of others and avoid risky behaviors. Hence, it’s totally appropriate that many government and private safety […]

Things are good in Wichita for some companies, but not so good for others. According to The Wichita Eagle, some 2000 people have applied for as many as 500 sheet-metal fabrication jobs at Cessna, while Raytheon finds itself in the opening stages of laying off up to 350 workers. Of course, where they could go […]

Airborne Cellphone Use Your question omitted an important alternative: “I’ve tried to use my cell phone in the air, but it didn’t work” (QOTW, Mar. 30).The reason this is important is that I’ve heard that digital cell phones, which most are, are subject to having their transmitters shut down by the cell phone system when […]

The skies above the U.S.-Mexican border near Tucson have been busier than usual this week. Thirty pilots and their aircraft have joined a band of about 1,000 volunteers — some, including President Bush, call them vigilantes — who will spend the month of April working to deter illegal immigrants from Mexico. Leaders of the group, […]

It should be harder to book airline reservations as airlines start chopping seats to save money. Most major airlines are retiring old, inefficient planes and replacing them with smaller aircraft or simply chopping flights. The exception is Southwest, which expects to add 10 percent more capacity this year… A New Mexico flight instructor has developed […]

There are times when being forced to land by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) can be a good thing. In fact, it might even save a life. A 22-year-old California pilot got lost and strayed into Mexico last Tuesday after taking off from Glendale in a Cessna 152. By the time he got […]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials arrested 27 illegal immigrant workers in a raid last Tuesday. These folks weren’t stocking department store shelves or picking fruit — they were fixing airliners. ICE conducted the raid on theTIMCO Aviation Services facility in Greensboro, N.C. The 27 people arrested face a variety of charges, including using false […]

Cessna says its Citation Mustang program is ahead of schedule, and the light jet will make its first flight before July… USMC Harrier jump-jet will fly at AirVenture in Oshkosh this July, EAA said last week… Recent eruptions of smoke and ash at Mount St. Helens have spewed up to 40,000 feet high, causing disruptions […]

The Navajo Nation has opted out of a partnership with Utilicraft Aerospace to build a new twin-prop freight hauler. The project was announced in December, but then two state agencies in New Mexico reviewed the proposal and warned the tribe to proceed with extreme caution before putting any money into the project, IndianCountry.com reported on […]

Porsche is now formally out of the airplane engine business. The carmaker made a big splash 20 years ago when it offered its legendary designs for aircraft, but they never took off. There are only 20 Porsche-powered planes still flying and the company is offering to replace them with other engines or buy the planes […]