In Brief

A bird strike likely caused the crash that killed two University of North Dakota students last year, according to investigators at the school, the school newspaper reported… Red Bull Air Races come to San Diego on May 3 and 4, and on to Detroit, May 31 and June 1… Diamond’s third D-jet has flown for […]

A pilot leaving Sun ‘n Fun about 11:30 a.m. Sunday was killed after his plane crashed shortly after takeoff. Identity and address of the pilot weren’t available at deadline … A blown flypast by National Guard F-16s at Fenway Park in Boston has resulted in the grounding of the out-of-position pilot. The maneuver he chose […]

China Eastern Airlines is denying reports of rebellion by pilots in the wake of a series of cancelled flights last week. The airline says high winds forced the pilots to turn around and return to their originating airports … Australia is restricting importation of portable laser devices after a series of laser pointing incidents at […]

The GEnx engine, which will power Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, has FAA airworthiness certification, GE said Monday… An FAA safety team was dismayed by the lack of response from Alaska flight instructors to a safety program launch… AOPA gets some murky clarification from the state of Florida regarding its use tax for aircraft… The NTSB wants […]

Canadian authorities say a pilot reported a gyro failure before the Piper Malibu he and four passengers were in broke up and crashed in central Alberta. The pilot, Reagan Williams, lost his father Alan in a crash in British Columbia exactly five months earlier … NATCA is inviting you to take some time out of […]

An F-15 pilot who was hurt when the airplane broke up in flight has sued Boeing, alleging “gross indifference” to the safety of flight crews… Sales of Light Sport Aircraft have slowed, perhaps reflecting economic uncertainty, says Dan Johnson of bydanjohnson.com… EAA is working to reverse an FAA decision that prohibits first flights in homebuilt […]

The Air Care 2008 conference on public benefit flying will be held Apr. 25-26 in Atlanta. Anyone thinking of going is reminded that the deadline for getting discount hotel rates is March 28 and more information is available here … Jon Sharp will try to set a speed record in his NemesisNXT racer at EAA […]

Jeppesen will stop updating NavData databases for some older IFR GPS receivers as of next year, says AOPA… Vicki Van Meter, who was celebrated for piloting an airplane across the country in 1993 at age 11, died Saturday, an apparent suicide. She was 26… Officials in Mexico have cracked down on aerial drug trafficking, and […]

The FAA has granted a Technical Standard Order (TSO) for Aspen Avionics’ Evolution primary flight displays. The company says deliveries of the innovative devices will begin, as scheduled, on March 31 … The Australian Owners and Pilots Association says the countrys Civil Aviation Safety Authority “sensationalized” an emergency airworthiness directive issued to address problems with […]

George B. Litchford Sr., an inventor who helped develop TCAS (Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System) for aircraft, died on Feb. 28 at age 89… A proposed FAA Airworthiness Directive would require owners of Cirrus SR20s to inspect and perhaps replace the heat exchanger to prevent carbon monoxide from leaking into the cabin… Alarms were […]