In Brief

Two people died when their Cirrus SR22 crashed on a North Carolina mountainside last Thursday afternoon. Tommy Marshall, 55, and his wife, Veronica, 50, of Pensacola, Fla., were killed in the crash. Early reports did not suggest the aircraft’s full plane parachute had been deployed… Luke Air Force Base in Arizona wants all GA pilots […]

An Alaska Airlines MD-80 landed safely Monday afternoon at Seattle-Tacoma Airport after a foot-long gash opened up in the fuselage at 26,000 feet. A ramp vehicle had dented the airplane just before takeoff… New Jersey has seen 44 aviation accidents so far this year, double the number in 2004. Thirteen people died, the Star-Ledger reported […]

AOPA is running five different television ads on the Weather Channel over the holidays outlining the importance of GA and reiterating that it is not a security threat. The ads run through Dec. 31… Aviation Technology Group, Inc. (ATG), which is building the Javelin personal jet, announced the addition of Brig. Gen (Res) Uzzi Rozzen, […]

Thielert says demand is strong for its 1.7 liter diesel aircraft engines and it’s continuing to expand its market. In addition to OEM sales to Diamond Aircraft, the Jet-A sipping mills are also being retrofitted into Cessnas and Pipers… A lawsuit has been filed against Boeing and Onex Corp. claiming age discrimination in the determination […]

Nine single-engine aircraft were destroyed in a hangar fire at Arlington (Texas) Municipal Airport Monday night, and 11 others were damaged. One of the airplanes in the hangar was a 1934 Fairchild… The U.S. House passed a bill last week that would carry a $250,000 fine and a possible five-year prison term for anyone who […]

At least 107 people, including 65 students, died when a Sosoliso Airlines plane crashed on landing at Nigerias Port Harcourt Airport. Bad weather was reported at the time of the crash … Canadian Armed Forces officials say all their planes are accounted for, despite reports last week that a C-130 went down off the coast […]

The Associated Press is reporting that Iranian officials knew of problems with a C-130 that crashed into an apartment building, killing a total of more than 120 people. The plane’s pilot was attempting an emergency landing at Tehran’s airport when the accident occurred… Put another log on the fire and start planning your trip to […]

An FAA Airworthiness Directive for McCauley Propeller Systems targets 40 propeller hubs that the company says were incorrectly manufactured. The hubs could crack, causing blade separation and loss of control. The AD is effective Dec. 15 and requires that the hubs be removed from service within 10 flight hours or 10 days… An around-the-world “world […]

The Department of Defense will continue to produce its FLIP charts for aviators for two more years, AOPA said on Tuesday… SpaceX has scrubbed its rocket launch till at least mid-December, due to technical glitches… The 70th anniversary of the Douglas DC-3 gets celebrated at Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, Calif., on Dec. 17. Lectures, […]

The existing record of 27.6 seconds for the longest paper airplane flight was never threatened in a competition in England last week. Competitors said the Leeds University Grand Hall was too small and planes kept hitting the walls. Longest flight was 6.55 seconds… Flight 93 the movie is now Flight 93 the Web site. The […]