In Brief

More than $7,500 in donations were collected to cover the lost pay of an American Airlines pilot suspended for allegedly taxiing too slow. A supervisor pilot was taxiing behind him and initiated the suspension for what he said was the other pilot’s failure to clear a runway fast enough … A leaked report says the […]

All 88 people on board an Aeroflot Boeing 737 were killed when the aircraft crashed in central Russia on Sunday. Investigators were looking into the possibility that an engine failure that triggered an in-flight explosion brought the aircraft down … The pews had fold-down trays and the wedding party had to go single file up […]

Lt. Col. Jack Faas has been selected as the new executive director of the Civil Air Patrol Historical Foundation; CAPHF founder Drew Steketee will remain on the board and serve as an advisor… Three pilots are flying across the U.S. this week in vintage aircraft to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the U.S. Air Mail […]

Cirrus Design laid off 100 workers last week in response to a sales slump. COO Brent Wouters told Associated Press the reduction was due to “not selling as many airplanes as we’d hoped to this year.” There were 79 layoffs at the main plant in Duluth and 29 at the composite facility in Grand Fork, […]

A Convair 580 carrying cargo crashed shortly after takeoff in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday; all three crew members were killed… A P2V air tanker that was fighting wildfires in Nevada crashed on Monday, killing all three crew members. Early reports said the aircraft may have broken apart shortly after takeoff… A jury trial has been […]

A woman escaped serious injury when she fled from her parked car just before a Cessna 172 crashed into it. The aircraft was apparently trying to go around at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank when it hit power lines and crashed into the car, injuring all three on the plane. The woman saw it coming […]

The NTSB has released its preliminary report on the fatal crash of a charity flight in Massachusetts on Aug. 12… An Air France 747 ran off the runway while landing in Montreal; nobody was hurt… A pilot on his first solo flight was killed in a midair collision in Melbourne, Australia… A passenger who was […]

CubCrafters CC18-180 Top Cub has earned an Australian Type Certificate. The 180 horsepower Piper Cub-alike weights 1200 pounds empty and has an 1100 pound useful load. More info at CubCrafters.com. Two hypersonic experiments were destroyed by NASA August 22 after an anomaly caused a failure shortly after liftoff from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Friday. […]

Two helicopter pilots set a new around-the-world speed record… Local officials backed off on a plan to close Reid-Hillview Airport in California… Some pilot testing centers have lost their certification under new FAA rules… A pilot who took off in a 172 in Roanoke, Va., and avoided talking to ATC reportedly planned to commit suicide […]

The Air Transport Association has gone to court to challenge the FAA’s action to auction off airport slots… The German Bankruptcy Court has added the Thielert Engine Owners Group to the creditors’ committee overseeing the Thielert insolvency… The FAA has posted details of the Temporary Flight Restrictions that will be in place for the Democratic […]