Aviation News

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A pilot was hurt when his twin-engine cargo aircraft crashed into a Wal-Mart garden center in Manchester, N.H., on Tuesday morning. The airplane apparently had just taken off and was trying to return to the airport. The pilot was able to walk away from the crash… A V-22 Osprey being delivered to Edwards Air Force […]

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Maintenance of a Cessna Citation 500 that crashed Saturday just before 10 a.m. is a key subject of a lawsuit currently pending in State District Court, according to the Houston Chronicle. The 33-year-old jet was on a maintenance check ride, but crashed on takeoff, killing two… A reader has sent in-flight photos of the Airbus […]

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A P-51 Mustang allegedly flew low across Washington-Grizzly Stadium before Montana’s football game with Cal Poly on Oct. 22. The FAA is looking for witnesses… Got a bunch of extra dollars to spend? A company is offering hot-air balloon tours of Europe — just $81,000 for 52 days and seven countries… The U.S. Air Force […]

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They normally race the clock but organizers of the Marion Jayne Air Race and the Carolinas 300 Air Races had to outrun Hurricane Rita last month. The original routes had to be modified to account for the storm… The NTSB will release its report today on the takeoff crash of a Challenger bizjet at Teterboro […]

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Pennsylvania officials say the state will have full ADS-B coverage within four years. It will start with four ground stations covering most of the eastern part of the state… Anheuser-Busch has apologized for a Bud Light commercial poking fun at low-cost airlines it admits was in poor taste. The ad was supposed to be a […]

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A Nigerian 737 with 116 people aboard crashed after taking off from Lagos Saturday night in a heavy thunderstorm, no sign of survivors… Chalmers “Slick” Goodlin, former X-1 test pilot, died last week at age 82, in West Palm Beach, Fla…. Due to concerns about avian flu, aviators involved in a bird strike are advised […]

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A Columbia 400 impacted a mountain ridge Monday around noon, 50 miles east of its departure airport, San Diego’s Gillespie field. The aircraft was bound for Scottsdale. The event may mark the first fatal crash of a Columbia aircraft. Three people plus one dog aboard the aircraft were killed. The aircraft’s emergency beacon was not […]

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