Aviation News

The FAA on Monday asked operators of commuter aircraft to collect data on the actual weight of pax and bags, to test whether the averages in use are accurate, and also issued an emergency AD mandating inspections of Beech 1900 elevator control systems. The actions were prompted by the fatal Jan. 8 crash of a […]

Don’t, repeat, don’t fly anywhere within 30 nm of the Capitol between 2000 and 2300 on Tuesday night. That’s when President Bush will be delivering the State of the Union Address and the Secret Service is determined that he not be interrupted. The NOTAM covering the TFR bans all GA traffic and closes the DC-3 […]

The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved an alliance between three of the major U.S. airlines. The agreement between Delta, Northwest and Continental would allow them to sell seats on each other’s flights if they agree to certain competitive rules. Low-fare carriers are against the proposed deal, as they call it a virtual merger of […]

A Cirrus SR-22, registered to Cirrus Design Corp., crashed Saturday in north-central Minnesota, according to the Aitkin County Sheriff’s Department. The aircraft came down in a densely wooded area before 7:00 a.m., scattering debris over several hundred yards… Banner towers and all other general aviation is banned from a seven-nautical-mile radius of the Super Bowl, […]

A pilot and his passenger died when their Cessna 182 collided in midair with a WWII-era Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat that was performing in an air show on Saturday, near Parker, Ariz. The Hellcat was damaged but its pilot landed safely… An Air France Concorde bound for New York on Sunday returned to land at Paris […]

Pilots who want to participate in EAA’s 50 Flags to Kitty Hawk program can now get application forms online at the EAA site. One EAA member pilot from each state will be chosen to take his or her home flag to Kitty Hawk during the year. On the day the flag arrives, there will be […]

Lycoming Tuesday announced that it has received final certification from the FAA for the production of new crankshafts. Already in limited production on a risk-release basis — allowing production to begin prior to certification — these crankshafts will be used to replace crankshafts in Lycoming engines affected by Service Bulletins 550, 552 and 553… The […]

A man who stole a motorglider and threatened to crash it into a Frankfurt bank building landed the aircraft safely Sunday after talking by phone with the brother of an astronaut killed in the Challenger space shuttle explosion. The man was arrested after he spent more than an hour circling over downtown Frankfurt, at least […]

It was a typical pre-9/11 afternoon as we approached White Plains.New York Tracon handed us off to White Plains Tower and the controllers were issuing their usual rapid-fire instructions to the arriving mass of airline, regional, business and general aviation aircraft.The frequency was so congested that most of the arriving aircraft were unable to read […]

A Lancair 320 used Interstate 20 for an emergency landing in California on Monday. Traffic was disrupted but there were no injuries. The airplane struck the top of a motorhome and then hit the median… New $4 million fuel farm, hangar space, and pilot’s lounge is coming to Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth, N.H…. Two […]