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BE A PILOT reported Monday that response to its learn-to-fly program was up 6.2 percent in 2002, through early December. Response this autumn was 50 to 70 percent higher each month compared to post-9/11 months in 2001… The National Aeronautic Association presented Paul H. Poberezny, founder of the EAA, with the Wright Brothers Memorial Award […]

Five U.S. soldiers were killed in the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter in central Honduras Wednesday. The helicopter was on a night training exercise as part of its deployment to Joint Task Force Bravo, which conducts training, counter-drug and humanitarian missions in Central and South America and the Caribbean… A security sweep of Chicago […]

A new series, “A Chopper Is Born,” will air on the Discovery Wings channel. The 15-part series highlights the building of a RotorWay Exec 162F kit helicopter. The series is currently airing in the U.K., and it will appear in the U.S. sometime this fall. For more information, contact RotorWay at 480/961-1001 or visit the […]

There were some tense moments in Miami after an experimental plane crashed into the FederalReserve Bank, Thursday. Both occupants of the Four Winds 192 died but none of the 100 people attending a Christmas party inside was hurt. Authorities quickly determined the mishap was an accident and not deliberate… Steve Fossett’s balloon flight around the […]

Rudder problems continue to bother the Concorde. Maintenance crews found a piece of a British Airways Concorde’s rudder missing last week after a flight from London to New York. The plane, with 96 passengers aboard, landed safely. It’s the fifth such incident since 1989… A new terminal opened on the GA ramp at Dane County […]

United Air Lines said Thursday that despite its mechanics’ rejection of a 7-percent pay cut, it would find a way to trim $5.2 billion in labor costs and avert bankruptcy. Saturday, the flight attendants union okayed $412 million in wage concessions. Yesterday, the airline said talks with the mechanics union would resume, but didn’t say […]

A Piper Lance and a Mooney Cadet made fatal contact near the approach path of Runway 22 atCaldwell, N.J., Friday evening at about 7:30 p.m. The two aircraft impacted approximately one and a half blocks apart in a residential neighborhood in Fairfield, N.J. Both pilots were killed. No one on the ground was injured and […]

Ten pilots were chosen to represent the United States at the World Aerobatic Championship (WAC) in 2003. The pilots are: Steve Andelin, Kirby Chambliss (Team Captain), David Martin, Julie Mangold, Mike Mangold, Vicki Cruse, Debby Rihn-Harvey, Chandy Clanton, Marta Meyer and Robert Armstrong…A United Air Lines commuter jet bound for Portland, Maine, collided with a […]

Eurocopter has announced it will build aircraft and components at a plant it will build in the Golden Triangle of Mississippi. American Eurocopter Corporation will build parts for three models and do the final assembly of AS350 helicopters. The plant will employ about 100…A retired TWA captain has won his third unlimited gliding championship. John […]

Diamond AircraftDA20-C1 has received an increase in gross weight. The FAA now allows 1764pounds in the two-seat aircraft, increasing the useful load to 600 pounds,meaning you and your passenger can pack an extra sandwich or two. It applies toall DA20-C1s…The deal AVweb reported last week has come topass — Lancair has found the money it […]