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The NTSB was unable to determine a reason for a March 2004 helicopter crash into the Gulf of Mexico, but said that a terrain warning system would likely have prevented the accident… Boeing to lay off 900 workers in Wichita, Kan…. Rob Penrod, formerly with Bell Helicopter, has joined Adam Aircraft as vice president of […]

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Press Release: Diamond D-Jet Completes Successful First Flight

CLICK ANY IMAGE FOR A LARGER VERSION Diamond offers the most complete line of modern general aviation aircraft. Clockwise: D-JET, DA40-FP, DA20, DA40-180, DA42. After a series of high speed taxi and rotation tests, Diamonds D-JET S/N 001, lifted off at 17:08 on Tuesday April 18th, 2006. The test was conducted from the London International […]

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A two-foot chunk of ice fell through the roof of a college gymnasium in Loma Linda, Calif. College officials bagged the “opaque” ice and the FAA is trying to find out if it came from a passing airliner. More airborne ice fell in a park in Oakland… Transcripts from one of two public hearings on […]

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It appears the Relentless NXT Reno racer was destroyed following an emergency landing in New Mexico on its way to Palmdale, Calif. from Sun ‘n Fun. An FAA preliminary report says the unidentified pilot radioed a Mayday that the aircraft was on fire and then put it down on a dirt strip near Glenwood, N.M. […]

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Pilots and families last week protested a judge’s decision to play cockpit voice recordings from United Airlines Flight 93 during the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui… Delta pilots are preparing to strike if an arbitrator voids their contract.

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Space Adventures, which arranges space tourism trips for the wealthy, is looking for a broader market. The company has announced it intends to compete with Virgin Galactic for the suborbital space race using a Russian-designed spacecraft… A government consultant and former state and municipal official is joining AOPA as its vice president of regional affairs. […]

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Authorities in California have confirmed that Cessna-owned 208B Caravan went down near Yucaipa, Calif. Tuesday, killing Cessna Regional Sales Manager Steve O’Neill and Rick Voorhis, president of Pacific Aircraft Sales, Inc., which is based in Reno, Nev. The plane went down in a mountainous region about 75 miles east of Los Angeles. Inmates at a […]

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In evacuation tests this weekend, Airbus successfully evacuated 853 filled seats, two cockpit crew with the aid of 18 cabin crew (a total of 873 humans) from 8 of 16 exits, ATWonline reported today. Only one leg was broken in the process… British Airways to raise crew retirement age to 60 in an effort to […]

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Aerobatic pilot Nick Nilmeyer, 23, died during a practice Monday near Greenfield, Calif., in his Extra 300-S. Nilmeyer was the youngest member of the first Stars of Tomorrow team in 2003 and graduated to team captain in 2005…Custom Chelton EFIS for Vans RV-10 released by Direct-To Avionics… New data will provide better warning of solar […]

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