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AVmail: October 3, 2005Reader mail this week about fuel prices, FSS closures, SIC type ratings and more.

COLUMNS The Pilot’s Lounge #92: Hey, FEMA! GA Is An Asset … Use UsSo many pilots want to help in the hurricane relief — but the national agency charged with coordinating relief doesn’t seem to realize the power of volunteer pilots. AVweb’s Rick Durden has some tough words for political appointees and some suggestions for […]

In case there was any doubt that the damage to JetBlue’s A320 was slight, despite all the media attention and melodrama surrounding its live-televised landing with a twisted nosegear last month, we have pix of the aftermath. So for your own edification, feel free to click through for a look. You also might enjoy the […]

Four airports in Texas and Louisiana damaged by the recent hurricanes will get at least $16 million in federal help to make repairs, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta said last Friday, a day after he visited the region. Mineta said he would also try to change some of the rules for the use of Airport […]

In Europe, where worry over climate change due to industrial pollution is widespread, the emissions emanating from aircraft have again attracted attention. A recent study found that with the amount of air travel in the United Kingdom expected to double over the next 25 years, it will be impossible for the country to meet its […]

A new GPS satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral last week, adding new technology to the current system that will provide greater accuracy, enhanced resistance to interference from the earth’s ionosphere, and other improvements to performance. The two-ton satellite will replace an aging unit that was launched in 1993. What does it mean for GA […]

You wouldn’t think all those Ph.D.s at NASA would need a study by the Government Accountability Office to tell them it’s cheaper to fly coach than to operate their own fleet of aircraft, but nothing is so convincing as hard numbers — in this case, $20 million worth of numbers. That’s how much NASA could […]

With two Williams Int’l FJ33-4-17M Turbofan Engines, ATG’s little Javelin Jet expects to climb at 10,000 feet per minute and top out at .9 Mach. Two-hundred-twenty gallons of fuel would carry the jet 1220 nm with reserves. The two-seater prototype flew for the first time on Friday. Test pilot Robert Fuschino took off at 7:50 […]