This month, the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet’s Department of Workforce Development received $500,000 from the FAA’s Aircraft Pilot Workforce Development Grant program to implement a career preparation curriculum (CPC). In partnership with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Foundation, Kentucky’s Office of Employer and Apprenticeship Services will administer the funds. The AOPA Foundation […]
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) announced today the Master Executive Council of Frontier Airlines has honored Florida-based Frontier Airlines pilot Joel Byler for likely saving the life of a ramp worker at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (KATL) in Atlanta, Georgia. Byler, a first officer on Airbus A320/321 aircraft, has flown for Frontier since 2022. He […]
Atlanta-area resident Paul Crawford last had his hands on the controls of a P-51 Mustang 79 years ago. He flew 29 missions in China before he was shot down. But thanks to Georgia’s Inspire Foundation, the Liberty Foundation and dual-control TF-51 Mustang owner Bob Bull, Crawford got a chance to feel the power and maneuverability […]
Two pilots are charged with embezzling close to $800,000 from actor/pilot John Travolta’s production company. The Marion County (Florida) Sheriff’s Department confirmed to AVweb that Jean Paul Lacruz-Romero is in custody. Local news outlets have reported that Lacruz-Romero is charged with organized fraud, grand theft, and money laundering. The second pilot, identified as Jorden David […]
The last airplane from a Washington State museum is being sold after its owner ran into financial difficulties. The executive version of a DC-3 owned by the Historic Flight Foundation at Felts Field in Spokane is being sold by Platinum Fighter Sales three months after a judge rejected owner John Sessions’ appeal of the order […]
A tipsy Delta Air Lines pilot who tried to board his flight with a half-empty bottle of Jagermeister in his carry-on will spend the next 10 months in a Scottish prison, but he expects to be back on the flight deck after he gets out of jail. The New York Times is reporting Sheriff Alison […]
The U.S. Marine Corps’ latest airplane acquisition is a supersonic interceptor that first flew off the drawing board 65 years ago. The Marines are buying 22 Northrop F-5 Tigers from the Swiss air force. The first one was loaded on a C-130 on March 18 for the trip back to the U.S. where it will […]
FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker called on Boeing to “make a good airplane” during one of a series of media interviews he gave Tuesday after a tour of a Boeing plant in Washington State. He told NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt the company is too focused on production and not concentrating enough on safety. “There […]
A Colorado company is planning to build the world’s largest airplane to allow a major advance in green energy. Radia wants to build a 356-foot-long four-engine jet to carry wind turbine blades. The WindRunner would deliver the 320-foot blades to land-based wind farms. The aircraft will be designed to land on austere landing strips built […]
Gen. Tom Stafford, who helped bring Cold War enemies together in cooperation 140 miles above the Earth, died in a retirement home near Cape Canaveral on Monday at the age of 93. Stafford was the commander of an American capsule that docked with a Soviet Soyuz ship in July of 1975, heralding decades of future […]
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