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COLUMNS From The CFI #9: Mentor, Mentor, Who Has The Mentor?Some pilots like to tell horror stories of times they got themselves out of trouble with their great stick skills. But the older pilots sitting thoughtfully to the side, chuckling at the boasting, are the ones you might want to seek out and hear their […]

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English was the only language shared by the German captain and Cypriot co-pilot of the Helios 737 that crashed Aug. 14 near Athens, and they had trouble understanding each other as they tried to interpret a confusing series of alarms in the cockpit during climbout, The International Herald Tribune reported last week. Citing unnamed sources […]

UP Aerospace, of Connecticut, will be the first company to launch a rocket from New Mexico’s Southwest Regional Spaceport, in March 2006. “This launch will be a brilliant signal flare that will let the nation and the world know New Mexico’s spaceport is open for business,” New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson announced last week. (We’ll […]

WSI Corp.’s Pilotbrief Pro product line of weather information services for the cockpit now offers integrated FAA flight plan submission capability, the company announced last week. Using a WSI system, pilots will now be able to plot a flight route, evaluate the impact of weather on their flight and, with one click, file their flight […]

A new NTSB study of weather-related GA aviation accidents, which AVweb told you about last week, could potentially lead to costly and complex regulation, AOPA has warned. “The NTSB study itself helps highlight the need for ongoing pilot training, but some of its conclusions raise serious concerns,” said AOPA President Phil Boyer in a news […]

An engineer working with the “Silent Aircraft Initiative” said in Dublin Friday that advanced airliner designs using a blended-wing body could be flying within 20 years, and would create less noise than background traffic levels. Speaking at the British Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual festival, aerospace engineer Tom Reynolds, of the Massachusetts Institute […]

Pilots flying in the New York City area this month will be affected by multiple flight restrictions during events surrounding the 60th anniversary of the United Nations, starting tomorrow and extending through Sept. 28. The restrictions will include two TFRs, a Flight Restricted Zone with a special set of restrictions, and an outer ring designated […]

The FAA last year fined the city of Chicago $33,000 for its destruction of Meigs Field, and now it is time to pay up. On Aug. 31, the FAA notified the city that the fine is due in 15 days, unless a hearing is requested. The FAA is also investigating whether the city improperly used […]