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A cheap ($100,000) surveillance drone will start service in Iraq this summer. The U.S. Marines have ordered several ScanEagledrones that can linger over a battlefield at up to 16,000 feet while beaming real-time images of the world below. The drones have a 10-foot wingspan and weigh just 33 pounds… A Virgin Atlantic Airways pilot suspected […]

Southwest Airlines CEO James Parker unexpectedly resigned on Thursday. Gary Kelly, who was CFO, will take over the slot… A military plane carrying Britain’s Prince Charles was involved in an incident in March during which it may have come close to a midair collision with an airliner, according to news reports over the weekend. The […]

The pilot of a single-engine Cessna was handcuffed and questioned when he landed at a Lancaster, Pa., airport last Friday after violating a TFR that accompanied a visit by President Bush… Cessna and Learjet would get tax breaks worth up to a half-billion dollars over 10 years, in bills now pending in Congress, The Washington […]

Oceanside Airport will have new hangars. Supports at the city council chambers of Oceanside, Calif., last week collected to encourage their representatives to adopt the local airport’s master plan. The airport crowd held its ground for five hours and was rewarded with a council resolution to start building new hangars. “This is what we have […]

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The FAA gets Orville and the Department of Transportation gets Wilbur in the naming of their respective buildings to honor the Wright brothers’ achievments. The ceremony was held Wednesday to rename the FAA building the Orville Wright Federal Building and the DOT headquarters the Wilbur Wright Federal Building. Previously they were known as 10-A and […]

Aviation advocates in Australia say proposed fee changes at airports could drive general aviation operators out of business… AOPA “surprised and shocked” by remarks last week by Sen. John D. “Jay” Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) calling aircraft “killing machines,” saying large corporate aircraft could inflict half the damage seen on 9/11… The Pennsylvania legislature is working to […]

Retiring NTSB board member John Goglia has joined the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association to lead efforts to increase the public’s recognition of and respect for the individual aviation maintenance technician… EAA says the FAA is late sending hard copies of the AirVenture NOTAM, so if you want one, go straight to the AFSS, or download […]

A Fargo TV reporter found out the hard way that security isn’t so lax at his city’s airport. WDAY’s Mike Licquia was arrested Saturday after allegedly being spotted climbing the eight-foot fence. Formal charges hadn’t been filed by our deadline and the reporter was released on his own recognizance… An American Airlines flight attendant has […]

A British mercenary will plead guilty to trying to kill a drug lord with a surplus military jet, according to lawyers in the case. David Tomkins is charged with trying to buy a Cessna A-37B Dragonfly from undercover agents to launch an air raid against the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar under a contract […]