Aviation News

New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey is worried FAA budget cuts will hurt aviation in the state. McGreevey wrote President Bush asking him to explain just how the system is supposed to absorb triple the flights in the next 20 years with $400 million less in equipment spending approved for 2005 and a shortage of qualified […]

A new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking may challenge Light Sport aircraft designers, check back Monday for more… The Internet public meeting on National Air Tour Standards begins Feb. 23 at 9 a.m. A kind reader pointed us to the Federal Register announcement that we had not provided in previous coverage… Some of the very best […]

A Maryland pilot has touched down in Antarctica in his bid to fly over both poles solo. Gus McLeod landed at Argentina’s Mirambio Base Saturday. He was forced to turn back on an earlier flight because of ice… The Canadian province of Alberta has eliminated its aviation fuel tax on international flights. Carriers, including WestJet […]

A mechanic and his supervisors have been cleared of any wrongdoing over maladjusted elevator cables suspected of playing a role in the crash of a US Airways Express Beech 1900 on Jan. 8, 2003. All 21 people aboard the commuter flight, operated for the airline by Air Midwest, died when it climbed sharply after takeoff, […]

The FAA agrees to investigate AOPA’s complaint against Chicago for closing Meigs Field without notice… EAA announced this summer’s schedule for kids’ Air Academy and adults’ Fantasy Flight Camp at Oshkosh… Light-jet contender Safire Aircraft unveiled enhanced new Web site… Aircraft accidents in Alaska fell by 14 percent last year, according to an FAA report. […]

Passengers at LAX declined last year by 2.25 percent, reaching the lowest level in 14 years, while air cargo and military ops increased… To raise $100,000 for Angel Flight East, Marine pilot Lindy Kirkland plans to land at 100 airports in Virginia in 24 hours, flying a Cirrus SR-22, on March 16… A seven-foot-long piece […]

Wreckage of a missing air ambulance was found in Hawaii Monday. The pilot and two paramedics were on their way to Hilo to pick up a patient when the plane crashed at the 5,000-foot level in an area of dense foliage and rugged terrain. All three died… A modern design will take on the warbirds […]

The federal government has upheld a ban on large aircraft at Teterboro Airport. The appropriations bill signed by President Bush last week contained a clause limiting the airports use to aircraft weighing 100,000 pounds or less. Local activists were elated, owners of Boeing Business Jets (170,000 pounds) were not… The FAA is dragging its feet […]

An underwater camera on Monday found the wreck of a Cessna Caravan that crashed in Lake Erie on Jan. 17; all 10 people on board were killed… The California skydiving company whose new PAC 750XL airplane was lost on a ferry flight from New Zealand has ordered a new aircraft from the same manufacturer, Pacific […]

A Bonanza crashed Thursday evening into a Farmington, N.M., police station, about 400 yards from the runway at Four Corners Regional Airport. The pilot suffered serious injuries, but nobody in the building was hurt. Ten inmates were transferred to another facility. The pilot, a student in Mesa Airlines’ training program, had been cleared to land. […]