Aviation News

A length of electrical cable that has caused two recent power outages at Philadelphia International Airport will soon be replaced. The problem was traced to the wire and it should be replaced in a week. An outage on June 5 halted operations for about 40 minutes and affected 135 flights… A charter company whose Challenger […]

The body of a missing F/A-18 pilot was found Wednesday in a desert area of southern California. His plane and a two-seat version of the same aircraft collided over China Lake Monday. The other two pilots ejected and were rescued… Flight Explorer has introduced a GA version of its Internet-based flight tracking system giving real-time […]

Garmin taking orders now for GPSMAP 396 handheld ready to ship soon, with terrain warning and satellite weather … it plays music, too… Lawsuit challenges FAA’s OK of $11 billion makeover plan for Los Angeles International, charging the Environmental Impact Analysis is inadequate… The security rule that prevented passengers from leaving their seats within 30 […]

Aerobatic pilot Sean Tucker will answer live questions in EAA’s monthly Young Eagles Web chat on July 20… American Champion has received FAA Type Certification for its 180-hp High Country Explorer… Correction: 230 people died in the crash of TWA Flight 800. AVweb reported an incorrect number in Monday’s issue. The nine-year anniversary of the […]

ATG expects first flight of the Javelin jet within two weeks… Salina (Kan.) Airport is offering a GlobalFlyer photo memento to any pilots who stop for fuel on the way to or from Oshkosh. GlobalFlyer launched from Salina on its nonstop solo round-the-world flight in March… A skydiver was killed in Ohio last week when […]

A long-time technical and safety advisor for his Texas EAA chapter will be honored by his peers at the Homebuilders Dinner at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. Mel Asberry, of Farmersville, Texas, will get the Tony Bingelis Award for his work with homebuilders… An Air Force helicopter pilot from Montana has received two national awards for […]

The annual all-women Air Race Classic has posted results from last week’s race. Forty teams competed in the cross-country event… ATC tapes have been released that are relevant to the October 2004 Hendrick Motorsports King Air crash that killed 10 people… Errant briefcase in cockpit brought down a $23 million F-16… Five finalists have been […]

AOPA Expo 2005 is set for Tampa, Fla., Nov. 3-5, online registration is now open… Vickers Vimy had successful test flight after repairs, could depart across the Atlantic this week… A New Zealand court has been told to reconsider its decision to give a pilot his medical back despite three incidents when he fainted… The […]

You saunter out to the mailbox expecting the usual: a utility bill or two a few pieces of junk mail, another credit-card statement that produces a mild state of depression; and, thankfully, a Victoria’s Secret catalog that at least momentarily dissipates the thought that the cost of your flight training has brought you to the […]

An off-duty flight attendant who wrote a bomb scare note and then claimed to find it in an aircraft washroom has been sentenced to five years in a federal prison. Gay Wilson was flying as a passenger on the American Airlines flight and told the court she wrote the note as a prank. Two fighters […]