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J. Clarke McNeace of Mesa, Ariz., is the first CFI to be named an Instructor in Aerobatics by the National Association of Flight Instructors … Honda Aero broke ground Wednesday on its new corporate HQ and jet engine plant in Burlington, N.C…. ATG has laid off workers from its Javelin jet program, reports Flight International.

Officials in Indonesia say technicians failed to properly secure a section of wing cap that came loose from a Batavia Air Boeing 737 last week. The 18 by 24 inch chunk of metal hit a house but no one was hurt and the aircraft landed safely … The FAA says it won’t reopen public comment […]

Two pilots were killed and a third seriously hurt when their helium balloon hit powerlines in Iowa last Friday. The basket separated and crashed 60 feet to the ground … Liberty Aerospace announced its first U.S. dealer, First Flight Aviation in Fort Smith, Ark … Feeling thankful today? The Air Care Alliance can help you […]

A Thai Air Force helicopter pilot was suspended for landing his aircraft in the jungle so he could pick wild mushrooms for his mother. Local villagers reported the incident after they found the abandoned aircraft… The family of a pilot missing in B.C.s rugged interior are asking for public help to find him. Ron Boychuk, […]

The new edition of the FAA’s Aviation Weather Services advisory circular is available free online in PDF format … . A 41-year-old woman who was seriously hurt when she stepped into the path of a taxiing Piper Cherokee on Sunday is recovering. She was hit in the head by a wing in Gainesville, Ga. … […]

An experienced helicopter pilot walked into the rotor of his aircraft on Friday and was killed. Harold Gene Jones, 64, left the Bell 407 running while he offloaded baggage at Morristown, Tenn. Airport and was struck in the head while walking back to the aircraft … . The comment period on new rules for aircraft […]

The crew of a US Airways flight that landed in Boston on Monday complained of headaches and nausea from an unidentified odor in the cockpit … . A 46-year-old T-38, the oldest of its kind in the U.S. Air Force fleet, landed for the last time at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday … . […]

A Greeneville, Penn. pilot died Friday when his RV-10 went down and caught fire about a mile from the local airport. Witnesses said the engine on Daniel Lloyds homebuilt didnt sound like it was running right before the crash… A pilot making his first flight in a Formula One racing plane died Friday when the […]

Able Flight‘s two newest winners of flight training scholarships for people with disabilities are Jessica Scharle of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Tyler Ryan of Walden, N.Y. … The FAA says it exceeded its goal for reducing the most serious runway incursions by 25 percent in fiscal year 2007 … EAA has worked with the FAA […]

The FAA has imposed a temporary flight restriction (TFR) within the Washington Flight Restricted Zone. The one nm diameter TFR is in effect Tuesday for the demolition of the Woodrow Wilson bridge … . Three Calgary, Alberta men died Friday when their Piper Malibu crashed in the Rocky Mountains west of Calgary in an unsuccessful […]